EP1250281A1 - Device for the transfer and aeration of fluids - Google Patents

Device for the transfer and aeration of fluids

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EP1250281A1
EP1250281A1 EP01903914A EP01903914A EP1250281A1 EP 1250281 A1 EP1250281 A1 EP 1250281A1 EP 01903914 A EP01903914 A EP 01903914A EP 01903914 A EP01903914 A EP 01903914A EP 1250281 A1 EP1250281 A1 EP 1250281A1
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fluid
receptacle
rod
container
spiral
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Martial Moulin
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C11/00—Funnels, e.g. for liquids
    • B67C11/02—Funnels, e.g. for liquids without discharge valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/234—Surface aerating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/236—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages
    • B01F23/2361—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages within small containers, e.g. within bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/237—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media
    • B01F23/2376—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids characterised by the physical or chemical properties of gases or vapours introduced in the liquid media characterised by the gas being introduced
    • B01F23/23761—Aerating, i.e. introducing oxygen containing gas in liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F2101/00—Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field
    • B01F2101/06—Mixing of food ingredients
    • B01F2101/16—Mixing wine or other alcoholic beverages; Mixing ingredients thereof
    • B01F2101/17—Aeration of wine

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  • the present invention relates to the transfer of fluids and in particular the transfer of liquids with ventilation thereof. It relates more particularly to the transfer of aromatic liquids such as wine and the concomitant aeration of said liquids.
  • transfer is understood here to mean the action consisting in pouring a fluid product from one container into another.
  • an aromatic liquid which one wishes to smell and / or taste is for this purpose poured from a container where it is kept, such as a bottle, a barrel or the like, in a container serving itself for olfactory and / or taste test.
  • This container qualified as a test and / or tasting container, is most often a glass, a goblet, a wine taste, a cup or the like.
  • the liquid which is poured into it can undergo a static or substantially static aeration.
  • a decanter used conventionally to receive a wine poured from a first container consisting of its original bottle, with the help of a funnel.
  • the funnels used for this purpose have a hollow tube, one of the open ends of which opens into the bottom of the funnel, possibly with the interposition of a fine filtration grid, while the other end, also open, leads to the open air and, once introduced into said intermediate container, allows the liquid poured into this funnel to flow into the intermediate container where it then aerates.
  • Said tube can be bent, at least in its end part, and it then makes it possible to orient the liquid in a directional manner towards the wall of said intermediate container, in order to spread the laminar flow or to give it a start of turbulence, so to anticipate the static aeration of the fluid thus poured.
  • a device intended to make it possible to float one liquid on the surface of another This device is composed of a funnel, the bottom of which is pierced so as to cause the flow of the liquid from the funnel in trickling along a smooth rod.
  • the second liquid flowing along the stem Smooth reaches without turbulence on the surface of the first liquid, which is the goal. Even if a spiral line is drawn on the periphery of the rod, it is specified that this must favor the downward flow in laminar flow and that it is only allowed that the second liquid spreads over the surface of the first, without mixing.
  • a device for transferring liquids comprising a part providing a downward flow in simple spiral, or preferably double, allowing the liquid poured to be projected, with turbulence helping to give it dynamic aeration, towards the walls of the receiving container, from which said liquid flows by gravity, advantageously in a flow turbulent.
  • the first object of the invention is therefore a device for transferring a fluid from a first container into a second container, comprising an upper part forming a receptacle, preferably a funnel body, and intended to receive the fluid to pour, as well as a lower part composed of a rod, solid or hollow, connected to said portion forming a receptacle and provided on its periphery with at least one spiral groove, advantageously two spiral grooves, while said or each of said spiral grooves has one of its ends facing an orifice or through hole formed in the bottom of the receptacle portion.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows a front view in partial section of the embodiment according to FIG. 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows a top view along III of the device according to FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 4 represents a top view along IV of the upper part of the rod with spiral grooves of the device according to FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 5 shows a view in longitudinal section of the rod with spiral grooves constituting the lower part of the device according to FIG. 2.
  • the first object of the invention is therefore a device for transferring and aerating liquids, in particular wines, comprising a part upper forming a receptacle 1, and intended to receive the fluid to be poured, as well as a lower part composed of a rod 2, solid or hollow, provided on its periphery with at least one spiral groove 3, advantageously two spiral grooves , while said or each of said spiral grooves has one of its ends facing an orifice or through hole 6 formed in the bottom of the funnel part, to which said rod is connected.
  • the rod 2 has two spiral grooves 5 and the receptacle has two holes 6. Said two spiral grooves are preferably in the same direction, that is to say both clockwise or anti-clockwise , and advantageously nested one inside the other.
  • the receptacle 1 preferably has the shape of a funnel.
  • This may be of conventional shape, but it advantageously comprises an asymmetry, for example as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 in the form of a pinch line 7, in order on the one hand to facilitate the transfer of a fluid in this funnel and secondly to prevent the funnel from sealingly adhering over its entire periphery to the neck or other upper orifice of the second container into which the transfer is to take place. This allows the air contained in this second container to flow naturally and not to slow the filling of said second container with the poured fluid.
  • the rod 2 can be permanently fixed to the bottom of the receptacle 1, for example by welding or by making the assembly in a single piece.
  • said rod can be a separate piece, the fixing of which on the bottom of receptacle 1 can be ensured, for example, by screwing in an appropriate tapped opening, while said rod is then provided at one of its ends with 'a corresponding screw thread. In that case, the thus screwed end of the rod 2 can be simply flush with the bottom of said receptacle, or it can penetrate into the bottom of said receptacle.
  • Said spiral grooves can have any geometry. They preferably have a semi-circular transverse profile, but can also have a U, V or any other profile, possibly asymmetrical.
  • the pitch of the spiral of said spiral groove can be arbitrary. but a pitch of about 40 mm is suitable in practice, for spiral grooves of about 8.5-7 mm in width and about 5.5-3.5 mm in depth, on a rod of about 23 -13.5 mm in diameter and around 85 mm in length.
  • the rod tapers from the bottom of the receptacle to an intermediate point or to its free end and the values of the respective parameters indicated above by intervals then decrease between the highest value and the lowest value of the said intervals between the fixed end and the free end of the rod 2.
  • the orifices 6 advantageously have a diameter of approximately 2-3 mm.
  • the spiral groove (s) 5 with which the rod 2 is provided have one of their ends 3 opposite the orifice
  • the invention also relates to a process for transferring and aerating fluids, in which a fluid is poured into the receptacle of a device such as described above and the fluid is allowed to flow through the orifices of said device and to aerate with concomitant flow by gravity, with turbulence, from the external wall of the rod of said device, from paths d flow 8 corresponding to a spiral groove 5, an embodiment of which is shown in section in FIG. 5.
  • the above-mentioned device is used to improve the mixing of one fluid with another, the first fluid being contained in the receiving container and the fluid to be mixed with said first fluid being poured into receptacle 1.
  • the first fluid and the fluid to be mixed with it are poured into the receptacle 1.
  • mixture is understood here to mean both the mixing of a fluid with air or any other gas constituting the atmosphere of said second container, as well as the mixing of the poured fluid with any other fluid, in particular any other liquid, poured into said second container or poured practically concomitantly into the device according to the invention from a container other than that from which said fluid originates.
  • fluid here is meant liquids, especially chosen from pure liquids, true solutions, emulsions and dispersions, as well as pourable powders and granules, and optionally gases.
  • the process applies in practice preferably to liquids.
  • the invention therefore also relates to the use of a device as described above for the transfer and / or mixing of fluids in a container where the aeration of said (s) is carried out. fluid (s) and / or for mixing a fluid with another fluid previously contained in the receiving container.
  • Said receiving container also called here "second container”
  • the device according to the invention initiates aeration of the fluid poured before it even reaches the receiving container, by promoting mixing with the air of said fluid in turbulent flow along all or part of rod 2 and from it.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for the transfer of a fluid from a first vessel to a second vessel, comprising an upper part (1) forming a receptacle for the fluid to be poured. Said device is further characterised in that it also comprises a lower part which is a rod (2) with at least one spiral channel (5) on the outer surface thereof for inducing a turbulent drainage of fluid. Said, or each of said channel(s) (5), has the one extremity facing an orifice or hole arranged in the base of the part forming a receptacle (1), to which said rod (2) is attached.

Description

DISPOSITIF POUR LE TRANSVASEMENT ET L'AERATION DE FLUIDESDEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AND AERATING FLUIDS
La présente invention concerne le transvasement des fluides et en particulier le transvasement des liquides avec aération de ceux-ci. Elle concerne plus particulièrement le transvasement de liquides aromatiques tels que le vin et l'aération concomitante des dits liquides. On entend ici par "transvasement" l'action consistant à verser un produit fluide d'un récipient dans un autre .The present invention relates to the transfer of fluids and in particular the transfer of liquids with ventilation thereof. It relates more particularly to the transfer of aromatic liquids such as wine and the concomitant aeration of said liquids. The term “transfer” is understood here to mean the action consisting in pouring a fluid product from one container into another.
D'ordinaire, un liquide aromatique que l'on souhaite sentir et/ou goûter est pour ce faire versé d'un récipient où il est conservé, tel qu'une bouteille, un fût ou autre, dans un récipient servant lui-même au test olfactif et/ou gustatif. Ce récipient, qualifié de récipient pour test et/ou pour dégustation, est le plus souvent un verre, un gobelet, un taste-vin, une tasse ou analogue.Ordinarily, an aromatic liquid which one wishes to smell and / or taste is for this purpose poured from a container where it is kept, such as a bottle, a barrel or the like, in a container serving itself for olfactory and / or taste test. This container, qualified as a test and / or tasting container, is most often a glass, a goblet, a wine taste, a cup or the like.
Dans le cas de vins nécessitant une décantation, il est fréquent de faire précéder le transvasement dans le récipient de test et/ou de dégustation d'un transvasement intermédiaire, en pratique une carafe à décanter, de façon à séparer les dépôts du vin et/ou à opérer une aération du vin dont la surface supérieure exposée à l'air ambiant est alors sensiblement augmentée. Ce transvasement intermédiaire est d'ordinaire effectué avec l'aide d'un entonnoir, de préférence muni d'une grille filtrante, apte à retenir les éléments solides présents dans le récipient d'origine .In the case of wines requiring decantation, it is frequent to precede the transfer into the test and / or tasting container with an intermediate transfer, in practice a decanter, so as to separate the deposits from the wine and / or to ventilate the wine, the upper surface exposed to the ambient air is then appreciably increased. This intermediate transfer is usually carried out with the help of a funnel, preferably provided with a filtering grid, capable of retaining the solid elements present in the original container.
Dans le cas où ledit récipient intermédiaire a une contenance et/ou une forme appropriées, le liquide qui y est versé peut y subir une aération statique ou sensiblement statique. C'est le cas en particulier dans une carafe à décanter utilisée classiquement pour recevoir un vin versé à partir d'un premier récipient constitué par sa bouteille d'origine, avec l'aide d'un entonnoir. Actuellement les entonnoirs utilisés à cette fin possèdent un tube creux dont l'une des extrémités ouvertes débouche dans le fond de l'entonnoir, éventuellement avec interposition d'une grille fine de filtration, tandis que l'autre extrémité, également ouverte, débouche à l'air libre et, une fois introduite dans ledit récipient intermédiaire, permet au liquide versé dans cet entonnoir de s ' écouler dans le récipient intermédiaire où il s'aère ensuite. Ledit tube peut être coudé, au moins dans sa partie terminale, et il permet alors d'orienter de façon directionnelle le liquide vers la paroi du dit récipient intermédiaire, pour en étaler l'écoulement laminaire ou lui conférer un début de turbulence, de façon à anticiper de l'aération statique du fluide ainsi versé. On connaît par ailleurs, d'après le document US 4 050 484, un dispositif destiné à permettre de faire flotter un liquide à la surface d'un autre. Ce dispositif est composé d'un entonnoir, dont le fond est percé de façon à entraîner l'écoulement du liquide de l'entonnoir en ruissellement le long d'une tige lisse. Si celle-ci est disposée dans ou sur la surface d'un liquide préalablement contenu dans le récipient d'accueil, où par exemple un cocktail composé de liquides de densités différentes doit être réalisé, le second liquide s 'écoulant le long de la tige lisse parvient sans turbulence sur la surface du premier liquide, ce qui est le but recherché. Même si une ligne spiralée est dessinée sur le pourtour de la tige, il est précisé que cela doit favoriser l'écoulement descendant en flux laminaire et qu'il est seulement permis que le second liquide s'étale en nappage sur la surface du premier, sans mélange.In the case where said intermediate container has a suitable capacity and / or shape, the liquid which is poured into it can undergo a static or substantially static aeration. This is particularly the case in a decanter used conventionally to receive a wine poured from a first container consisting of its original bottle, with the help of a funnel. Currently the funnels used for this purpose have a hollow tube, one of the open ends of which opens into the bottom of the funnel, possibly with the interposition of a fine filtration grid, while the other end, also open, leads to the open air and, once introduced into said intermediate container, allows the liquid poured into this funnel to flow into the intermediate container where it then aerates. Said tube can be bent, at least in its end part, and it then makes it possible to orient the liquid in a directional manner towards the wall of said intermediate container, in order to spread the laminar flow or to give it a start of turbulence, so to anticipate the static aeration of the fluid thus poured. We also know, from document US Pat. No. 4,050,484, a device intended to make it possible to float one liquid on the surface of another. This device is composed of a funnel, the bottom of which is pierced so as to cause the flow of the liquid from the funnel in trickling along a smooth rod. If this is placed in or on the surface of a liquid previously contained in the receiving container, where for example a cocktail composed of liquids of different densities must be produced, the second liquid flowing along the stem Smooth reaches without turbulence on the surface of the first liquid, which is the goal. Even if a spiral line is drawn on the periphery of the rod, it is specified that this must favor the downward flow in laminar flow and that it is only allowed that the second liquid spreads over the surface of the first, without mixing.
On sait également qu'un entonnoir d'où le liquide s'écoule par l'intérieur d'une tige creuse ne doit pas obstruer la sortie de l'air du récipient dans lequel son contenu doit être versé et, par exemple dans le document DE 805 846, il a ainsi été proposé de conférer à la tige creuse de 1 ' entonnoir des formes géométriques ayant des sections transversales autres que circulaires, pour éviter ce problème.It is also known that a funnel from which the liquid flows through the interior of a hollow rod must not obstruct the air outlet from the container into which its content is to be poured and, for example in the document DE 805 846, it has thus been proposed to give the hollow rod of the funnel geometric shapes having cross sections other than circular, to avoid this problem.
On a maintenant élaboré un dispositif permettant, au contraire, un brassage exceptionnel des fluides versés d'un premier récipient dans un second récipient, quel que soit ledit second récipient, et procurant un mélange et/ou une aération exceptionnels du dit fluide dans ledit second récipient, en particulier lorsque ledit second récipient est lui-même d'un type permettant une aération statique des fluides qui y séjournent.We have now developed a device allowing, on the contrary, an exceptional mixing of the fluids poured from a first container into a second container, regardless of said second container, and providing exceptional mixing and / or aeration of said fluid in said second container, in particular when said second container is itself of a type allowing static aeration of the fluids which remain there.
On a ainsi trouvé que l'on peut atteindre les objectifs rappelés plus haut, ainsi que d'autres qui ressortiront mieux à la lecture de la description ci- après, avec un dispositif pour le transvasement des liquides comportant une partie procurant un écoulement descendant en spirale simple, ou de préférence double, permettant de projeter le liquide versé, avec une turbulence contribuant à lui conférer une aération dynamique, vers les parois du récipient d'accueil, d'où ledit liquide s'écoule par gravité, selon un flux avantageusement turbulent . L'invention a ainsi pour premier objet un dispositif pour le transvasement d'un fluide d'un premier récipient dans un second récipient, comportant une partie supérieure formant un réceptacle, de préférence un corps d'entonnoir, et destinée à recevoir le fluide à verser, ainsi qu'une partie inférieure composée d'une tige, pleine ou creuse, raccordée à ladite partie formant réceptacle et pourvue sur sa périphérie d'au moins une gorge spiralée, avantageusement de deux gorges spiralées, tandis que ladite ou chacune des dites gorges spiralées a l'une de ses extrémités en regard d'un orifice ou trou traversant ménagé dans le fond de la partie formant réceptacle.It has thus been found that the objectives mentioned above can be achieved, as well as others which will emerge more clearly on reading the description below, with a device for transferring liquids comprising a part providing a downward flow in simple spiral, or preferably double, allowing the liquid poured to be projected, with turbulence helping to give it dynamic aeration, towards the walls of the receiving container, from which said liquid flows by gravity, advantageously in a flow turbulent. The first object of the invention is therefore a device for transferring a fluid from a first container into a second container, comprising an upper part forming a receptacle, preferably a funnel body, and intended to receive the fluid to pour, as well as a lower part composed of a rod, solid or hollow, connected to said portion forming a receptacle and provided on its periphery with at least one spiral groove, advantageously two spiral grooves, while said or each of said spiral grooves has one of its ends facing an orifice or through hole formed in the bottom of the receptacle portion.
Ce dispositif selon l'invention, ci-après dénommé "aérateur", est décrit plus en détail dans la suite de la présente description en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels:This device according to the invention, hereinafter called "aerator", is described in more detail in the remainder of this description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 représente une vue en perspective d'une forme de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention.Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention.
Fig. 2 représente une vue de face en coupe partielle de la forme de réalisation selon Fig. 1. Fig. 3 représente une vue de dessus selon III du dispositif selon Fig. 2.Fig. 2 shows a front view in partial section of the embodiment according to FIG. 1. Fig. 3 shows a top view along III of the device according to FIG. 2.
Fig. 4 représente une vue de dessus selon IV de la partie supérieure de la tige avec gorges spiralées du dispositif selon Fig. 2. Fig. 5 représente une vue en coupe longitudinale de la tige avec gorges spiralées constituant la partie inférieure du dispositif selon Fig. 2.Fig. 4 represents a top view along IV of the upper part of the rod with spiral grooves of the device according to FIG. 2. Fig. 5 shows a view in longitudinal section of the rod with spiral grooves constituting the lower part of the device according to FIG. 2.
La nomenclature des pièces ou parties du dispositif selon l'invention représentées dans ces figures est la suivante:The nomenclature of the parts or parts of the device according to the invention represented in these figures is as follows:
1 réceptacle 2 tige 3 extrémité fixée de la tige 4 extrémité libre de la tige 5 gorge spiralée 6 orifice 7 ligne de pincement 8 chemin d'écoulement L'invention a ainsi pour premier objet un dispositif pour le transvasement et l'aération des liquides, en particulier des vins, comportant une partie supérieure formant un réceptacle 1, et destinée à recevoir le fluide à verser, ainsi qu'une partie inférieure composée d'une tige 2, pleine ou creuse, pourvue sur sa périphérie d'au moins une gorge spiralée 3, avantageusement de deux gorges spiralées, tandis que ladite ou chacune des dites gorges spiralées a l'une de ses extrémités en regard d'un orifice ou trou traversant 6 ménagé dans le fond de la partie formant entonnoir, à laquelle ladite tige est raccordée. Dans une forme de réalisation préférée, la tige 2 comporte deux gorges spiralées 5 et le réceptacle comporte deux orifices 6. Lesdites deux gorges spiralées sont de préférence de même sens, c'est-à-dire toutes deux de sens horaire ou anti-horaire, et avantageusement imbriquées l'une dans l'autre.1 receptacle 2 rod 3 fixed end of the rod 4 free end of the rod 5 spiral groove 6 orifice 7 pinch line 8 flow path The first object of the invention is therefore a device for transferring and aerating liquids, in particular wines, comprising a part upper forming a receptacle 1, and intended to receive the fluid to be poured, as well as a lower part composed of a rod 2, solid or hollow, provided on its periphery with at least one spiral groove 3, advantageously two spiral grooves , while said or each of said spiral grooves has one of its ends facing an orifice or through hole 6 formed in the bottom of the funnel part, to which said rod is connected. In a preferred embodiment, the rod 2 has two spiral grooves 5 and the receptacle has two holes 6. Said two spiral grooves are preferably in the same direction, that is to say both clockwise or anti-clockwise , and advantageously nested one inside the other.
Le réceptacle 1 a de préférence la forme d'un entonnoir. Celui-ci peut être de forme classique, mais il comporte avantageusement une asymétrie, par exemple telle que représentée sur les figures 2 et 3 sous la forme d'une ligne de pincement 7, afin d'une part de faciliter le transvasement d'un fluide dans cet entonnoir et d'autre part d'empêcher l'entonnoir d'adhérer de façon étanche sur toute sa périphérie au goulot ou autre orifice supérieur du second récipient dans lequel le transvasement doit s'opérer. Cela permet à l'air contenu dans ce second récipient de s'écouler naturellement et de ne pas freiner le remplissage du dit second récipient avec le fluide versé.The receptacle 1 preferably has the shape of a funnel. This may be of conventional shape, but it advantageously comprises an asymmetry, for example as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 in the form of a pinch line 7, in order on the one hand to facilitate the transfer of a fluid in this funnel and secondly to prevent the funnel from sealingly adhering over its entire periphery to the neck or other upper orifice of the second container into which the transfer is to take place. This allows the air contained in this second container to flow naturally and not to slow the filling of said second container with the poured fluid.
La tige 2 peut être fixée à demeure sur le fond du réceptacle 1, par exemple par soudage ou par réalisation de l'ensemble en une pièce unique. En variante, ladite tige peut être une pièce séparée, dont la fixation sur le fond du réceptacle 1 peut être assurée, par exemple, par vissage dans une ouverture taraudée appropriée, tandis que ladite tige est alors munie à l'une de ses extrémités d'un pas de vis correspondant. Dans ce cas, l'extrémité ainsi vissée de la tige 2 peut être simplement affleurante sur le fond du dit réceptacle, ou elle peut pénétrer dans le fond du dit réceptacle.The rod 2 can be permanently fixed to the bottom of the receptacle 1, for example by welding or by making the assembly in a single piece. As a variant, said rod can be a separate piece, the fixing of which on the bottom of receptacle 1 can be ensured, for example, by screwing in an appropriate tapped opening, while said rod is then provided at one of its ends with 'a corresponding screw thread. In that case, the thus screwed end of the rod 2 can be simply flush with the bottom of said receptacle, or it can penetrate into the bottom of said receptacle.
Lesdites gorges spiralées peuvent avoir une géométrie quelconque. Elles ont de préférence un profil transversal semi-circulaire, mais peuvent également avoir un profil en U, en V ou tout autre profil quelconque, éventuellement dissymétrique. Le pas de la spirale de ladite gorge spiralée peut être quelconque. mais un pas d'environ 40 mm convient dans la pratique, pour des gorges spiralées d'environ 8,5-7 mm de largeur et d'environ 5,5-3,5 mm de profondeur, sur une tige d'environ 23-13,5 mm de diamètre et d'environ 85 mm de longueur. Selon une forme de réalisation préférée, la tige va en s ' amincissant depuis le fond du réceptacle jusqu'à un point intermédiaire ou jusqu'à son extrémité libre et les valeurs des paramètres respectifs indiquées ci-dessus par des intervalles vont alors en diminuant entre la valeur la plus élevée et la valeur la plus basse des dits intervalles entre l'extrémité fixe et l'extrémité libre de la tige 2.Said spiral grooves can have any geometry. They preferably have a semi-circular transverse profile, but can also have a U, V or any other profile, possibly asymmetrical. The pitch of the spiral of said spiral groove can be arbitrary. but a pitch of about 40 mm is suitable in practice, for spiral grooves of about 8.5-7 mm in width and about 5.5-3.5 mm in depth, on a rod of about 23 -13.5 mm in diameter and around 85 mm in length. According to a preferred embodiment, the rod tapers from the bottom of the receptacle to an intermediate point or to its free end and the values of the respective parameters indicated above by intervals then decrease between the highest value and the lowest value of the said intervals between the fixed end and the free end of the rod 2.
Les orifices 6 ont avantageusement un diamètre d'environ 2-3 mm.The orifices 6 advantageously have a diameter of approximately 2-3 mm.
La ou les gorges spiralées 5 dont est munie la tige 2 ont l'une de leurs extrémités 3 en regard de l'orificeThe spiral groove (s) 5 with which the rod 2 is provided have one of their ends 3 opposite the orifice
6 ou de l'un des orifices 6 du réceptacle 1, tandis que 1 ' autre extrémité de la gorge spiralée ou de chacune des gorges spiralées peut être confondue avec l'extrémité libre 4 de la tige, ou en variante peut se situer en une position intermédiaire le long de ladite tige 2, qui se poursuit alors jusqu'à son extrémité libre 4 par une portion de section et de forme quelconques, pouvant être dépourvue de toute gorge externe .6 or one of the orifices 6 of the receptacle 1, while the other end of the spiral groove or of each of the spiral grooves may be merged with the free end 4 of the rod, or as a variant may be located in one intermediate position along said rod 2, which then continues to its free end 4 by a portion of any section and shape, which can be devoid of any external groove.
L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de transvasement et d'aération des fluides, dans lequel on verse un fluide dans le réceptacle d'un dispositif tel que décrit plus haut et on laisse le fluide s'écouler à travers les orifices du dit dispositif et s'aérer avec écoulement concomitant par gravité, avec turbulences, à partir de la paroi externe de la tige du dit dispositif, à partir des chemins d'écoulement 8 correspondant à une gorge spiralée 5, dont une forme de réalisation est représentée en coupe sur la figure 5.The invention also relates to a process for transferring and aerating fluids, in which a fluid is poured into the receptacle of a device such as described above and the fluid is allowed to flow through the orifices of said device and to aerate with concomitant flow by gravity, with turbulence, from the external wall of the rod of said device, from paths d flow 8 corresponding to a spiral groove 5, an embodiment of which is shown in section in FIG. 5.
Selon une variante de mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention, le dispositif susdit est employé pour améliorer le mélange d'un fluide avec un autre, le premier fluide étant contenu dans le récipient d'accueil et le fluide à mélanger avec ledit premier fluide étant versé dans le réceptacle 1.According to a variant implementation of the method according to the invention, the above-mentioned device is used to improve the mixing of one fluid with another, the first fluid being contained in the receiving container and the fluid to be mixed with said first fluid being poured into receptacle 1.
Selon une autre variante du dit procédé dans laquelle on emploie le dispositif susdit pour améliorer le mélange d'un fluide avec un autre, le premier fluide et le fluide à mélanger avec celui-ci sont versés dans le réceptacle 1.According to another variant of the said method in which the above-mentioned device is used to improve the mixing of one fluid with another, the first fluid and the fluid to be mixed with it are poured into the receptacle 1.
On entend ici par "mélange" aussi bien le mélange d'un fluide avec l'air ou tout autre gaz constituant l'atmosphère du dit second récipient, que le mélange du fluide versé avec tout autre fluide, en particulier tout autre liquide, déjà versé dans ledit second récipient ou versé pratiquement concomitamment dans le dispositif selon l'invention à partir d'un autre récipient que celui d'où provient ledit fluide.The term “mixture” is understood here to mean both the mixing of a fluid with air or any other gas constituting the atmosphere of said second container, as well as the mixing of the poured fluid with any other fluid, in particular any other liquid, poured into said second container or poured practically concomitantly into the device according to the invention from a container other than that from which said fluid originates.
Par "fluide" on entend ici les liquides, notamment choisis parmi les liquides purs, les solutions vraies, les émulsions et les dispersions, ainsi que les poudres et granulés versables, et éventuellement les gaz. Le procédé s'applique en pratique de préférence aux liquides .By "fluid" here is meant liquids, especially chosen from pure liquids, true solutions, emulsions and dispersions, as well as pourable powders and granules, and optionally gases. The process applies in practice preferably to liquids.
L'invention a ainsi également pour objet l'utilisation d'un dispositif tel que décrit plus haut pour le transvasement et/ou le mélange de fluides dans un récipient où s'opère l'aération du (des) dit (s) fluide (s) et/ou pour le mélange d'un fluide avec un autre fluide préalablement contenu dans le récipient d' accueil .The invention therefore also relates to the use of a device as described above for the transfer and / or mixing of fluids in a container where the aeration of said (s) is carried out. fluid (s) and / or for mixing a fluid with another fluid previously contained in the receiving container.
Ledit récipient d'accueil, encore dénommé ici "second récipient", peut être une carafe, avantageusement une carafe à décanter, ou un verre ou tout autre récipient approprié.Said receiving container, also called here "second container", can be a carafe, advantageously a decanter, or a glass or any other suitable container.
Il convient de noter que le dispositif selon l'invention initie une aération du fluide versé avant même que celui-ci atteigne le récipient d'accueil, en favorisant le brassage avec l'air du dit fluide en écoulement turbulent le long de tout ou partie de la tige 2 et à partir de celle-ci. It should be noted that the device according to the invention initiates aeration of the fluid poured before it even reaches the receiving container, by promoting mixing with the air of said fluid in turbulent flow along all or part of rod 2 and from it.

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1. Dispositif pour le transvasement d'un fluide d'un premier récipient dans un second récipient, comportant une partie supérieure (1) formant réceptacle et destinée à recevoir le fluide à verser, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une partie inférieure composée d'une tige (2) raccordée à la partie formant réceptacle (1) et pourvue sur sa périphérie d'au moins une gorge spiralée (5), tandis que ladite ou chacune des dites gorges spiralées (5) a l'une de ses extrémités en regard d'un orifice (6) ménagé dans le fond de la partie formant réceptacle1. Device for transferring a fluid from a first container into a second container, comprising an upper part (1) forming a receptacle and intended to receive the fluid to be poured, characterized in that it comprises a lower part composed of '' a rod (2) connected to the receptacle part (1) and provided on its periphery with at least one spiral groove (5), while said or each of said spiral grooves (5) has one of its ends opposite an orifice (6) formed in the bottom of the receptacle part
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2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite partie supérieure formant réceptacle (1) est un corps d'entonnoir.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said upper part forming receptacle (1) is a funnel body.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la tige (2) comporte deux gorges spiralées (5) et le réceptacle comporte deux orifices (6) .3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rod (2) has two spiral grooves (5) and the receptacle has two holes (6).
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite tige est une tige pleine.4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said rod is a solid rod.
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit réceptacle comporte une asymétrie, notamment sous la forme d'une ligne de pincement (7).5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said receptacle comprises an asymmetry, in particular in the form of a pinch line (7).
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la tige (2) est fixée à demeure sur le fond du réceptacle (1) .6. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rod (2) is permanently fixed to the bottom of the receptacle (1).
7. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la ou les gorges spiralées (5) dont est munie la tige (2) ont l'une de leurs extrémités (3) en regard de l'un des orifices (6) du réceptacle (1), tandis que l'autre extrémité de la gorge spiralée (5) ou de chacune des gorges spiralées (5) est confondue avec l'extrémité libre (4) de la tige.7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spiral groove (s) (5) which is provided the rod (2) have one of their ends (3) opposite one of the orifices (6) of the receptacle (1), while the other end of the spiral groove (5) or of each of the grooves spiral (5) coincides with the free end (4) of the rod.
8. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la ou les gorges spiralées (5) dont est munie la tige (2) ont l'une de leurs extrémités (3) en regard de l'un des orifices (6) du réceptacle (1), tandis que l'autre extrémité de la gorge spiralée (5) ou de chacune des gorges spiralées (5) se situe en une position intermédiaire le long de ladite tige8. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spiral groove or grooves (5) with which the rod (2) is provided have one of their ends (3) opposite one of the orifices (6) of the receptacle (1), while the other end of the spiral groove (5) or of each of the spiral grooves (5) is located in an intermediate position along said rod
(2), qui se poursuit jusqu'à son extrémité libre (4) par une portion pouvant être dépourvue de toute gorge externe .(2), which continues to its free end (4) by a portion which can be devoid of any external groove.
9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les gorges spiralées (5) ont un profil choisi parmi un profil transversal semi-circulaire, un profil en U et/ou un profil en V.9. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the spiral grooves (5) have a profile chosen from a semi-circular transverse profile, a U-shaped profile and / or a V-shaped profile.
10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 3 et 7-9, caractérisé en ce que le pas de la spirale des gorges (5) est d'environ 40 mm, tandis que les gorges spiralées (5) ont une largeur d'environ 8,5 à 7 mm et une profondeur d'environ 5,5 à 3,5 mm.10. Device according to any one of claims 1, 3 and 7-9, characterized in that the pitch of the spiral of the grooves (5) is approximately 40 mm, while the spiral grooves (5) have a width about 8.5 to 7 mm and a depth of about 5.5 to 3.5 mm.
11. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que la tige (2) va en s 'amincissant depuis le fond du réceptacle (1) jusqu'à un point intermédiaire ou jusqu'à son extrémité libre. 11. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the rod (2) tapers from the bottom of the receptacle (1) to an intermediate point or to its free end.
12. Procédé de transvasement et d'aération des fluides, caractérisé en ce qu'on verse un fluide dans le réceptacle (1) d'un dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 et on laisse le fluide s'écouler à travers les orifices (6) du dit dispositif et s'aérer avec écoulement concomitant par gravité le long de la paroi externe de la tige (2) du dit dispositif.12. Method for transferring and aerating fluids, characterized in that a fluid is poured into the receptacle (1) of a device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 and the fluid is allowed to flow to through the orifices (6) of said device and ventilate with concomitant flow by gravity along the external wall of the rod (2) of said device.
13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu'on laisse le fluide s'écouler à partir des chemins d'écoulement (8) correspondant à une gorge spiralée (5) du dit dispositif.13. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the fluid is allowed to flow from the flow paths (8) corresponding to a spiral groove (5) of said device.
14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'emploie pour améliorer le mélange d'un fluide avec un autre, le premier fluide étant contenu dans le récipient d'accueil et le fluide à mélanger avec ledit premier fluide étant versé dans le réceptacle (1) .14. Method according to one of claims 12 or 13, characterized in that it is used to improve the mixing of one fluid with another, the first fluid being contained in the receiving container and the fluid to be mixed. with said first fluid being poured into the receptacle (1).
15. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 12 ou 13, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'emploie pour améliorer le mélange d'un fluide avec un autre, le premier fluide et le fluide à mélanger avec celui-ci étant versés dans le réceptacle (1) .15. Method according to one of claims 12 or 13, characterized in that it is used to improve the mixing of a fluid with another, the first fluid and the fluid to be mixed with the latter being poured into the receptacle (1).
16. Utilisation d'un dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 pour le transvasement et/ou le mélange d'un fluide dans un récipient où s'opère l'aération du dit fluide et/ou le mélange de celui-ci avec un fluide préalablement contenu dans le récipient d'accueil. 16. Use of a device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 for the transfer and / or mixing of a fluid in a container where the aeration of said fluid takes place and / or the mixing thereof. this with a fluid previously contained in the receiving container.
7. Utilisation selon la revendication 16, caractérisée en ce que ledit récipient d'accueil ou second récipient est une carafe ou un verre. 7. Use according to claim 16, characterized in that said reception container or second container is a carafe or a glass.
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