Patent ID: 7837769

Claim:
An apparatus for removing entrained gasses from new wine in an enclosed container, comprising: a rigid container for containing a new wine to be de-gassed and being capable of resisting up to approximately 27 inches of Hg of vacuum without collapse, said container including a throated access passage and an air-tight stopper inserted therein, said stopper having a fitting associated therewith for communicating a vacuum to an interior of said container and capable of connecting to a negative pressure source supplied through a length of tubing; a source of compressed air, capable of continuously providing compressed air at 60-65 psig. for intervals of 15-300 minutes through a length of tubing; a vacuum generator connected through a positive pressure port thereof to said source of compressed air through said length of tubing and capable of generating a vacuum at an inlet negative pressure port thereof of approximately 23 inches of Hg vacuum when said source of compressed air is actively supplying compressed air to said positive pressure port, said source of compressed air power rating selected in accord with the formulation of approximately 0.5 horsepower of compressor power per each single 5 gallon sized enclosed container connected to said vacuum generator and rising in power selection as additional containers are added so as to maintain said approximately 23 inches of Hg vacuum in each connected container, said inlet port being connected to said length of tubing.