| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7552675 |
Double lift tank wine press |
June 30, 2009 |
| A wine making apparatus includes an engaging mechanism for engaging a fermentation tank, and a press mechanism for pressing the wine making ingredients in the tank against an inner surface of the tank. In a described embodiment a tank has a pair of forklift attachment points and a mo |
| 7150586 |
Wine must and pomace pump |
December 19, 2006 |
| A wine must pump (10) for pumping a wine product (23) such as must or pomace, has an intake port (14) for receiving the wine product (23), a discharge port (16) for discharging the wine product (23) under pressure, vacuum chamber (20), connected to the inlet port (14), for receiving and |
| 7105765 |
System and method for aligning tubes in an orbital welder |
September 12, 2006 |
| A novel orbital welder includes a body defining a tube passage, a weld tip, a rotor, a light source disposed to emit light toward the tube passage such that the emitted light will impinge upon one or more tubes placed in the tube passage, and a detector to detect the light emitted by |
| 7105040 |
Wine must and pomace pump |
September 12, 2006 |
| A wine must pump (10) for pumping a wine product (23) such as must or pomace, has an intake port (14) for receiving the wine product (23), a discharge port (16) for discharging the wine product (23) under pressure, vacuum chamber (20), connected to the inlet port (14), for receiving and |
| 7000965 |
Tank lifting apparatus |
February 21, 2006 |
| A tank lifting attachment (10) is disclosed for allowing a tank, such as a wine press tank (12) to be lifted by a conventional lifting device (100) such as a crane or block and tackle. A center section (16) has a pair of inside grip plates (26) to abut the inner walls of the wine press t |
| 6712668 |
System and method for electropolishing nonuniform pipes |
March 30, 2004 |
| A pipe electropolishing system (10, 10a) for in place polishing of a pipe (28) has provision for detecting the instant position of a cathode (14) within the pipe (28) such as cable marks (52) and cable mark sensor (50), an infrared camera (60), heat sensing crayon marks (64), thermisters |
| 6691726 |
System and method for using bent pipes in high-purity fluid handling systems |
February 17, 2004 |
| A novel method for bending tubes suitable for use in high-purity fluid handling systems includes selecting a tube made from a material having a grain-size number of at least 5, and forming a bend in the tube with a bend radius of greater than 1.5 times the diameter of the tube. Tubes ben |
| 6660156 |
Pipe electropolishing apparatus using an electrolyte heater and cooler |
December 9, 2003 |
| A temperature handling subsystem (12) for a pipe electrochemical polishing system (10) has a chiller (46) and associated heat exchanger (44) for cooling the acid electrolyte (24) circulating through a pipe (28) while a cathode (14) is drawn therethrough for the purpose of electropolishin |
| 6547950 |
Cathode rinsing station and method |
April 15, 2003 |
| A cathode station (10) for a pipe electrochemical polishing system (12) has a valve (20) for preventing a cleaning fluid (56) from entering into a pipe (28). A cathode (14) is pulled into the cathode station (10) by a cathode puller cable (16) after a polishing operation (62) is complete |
| 6513540 |
System and method for using bent pipes in high-purity fluid handling systems |
February 4, 2003 |
| A novel method for bending tubes suitable for use in high-purity fluid handling systems includes selecting a tube made from a material having a grain-size number of at least 5, and forming a bend in the tube with a bend radius of greater than 1.5 times the diameter of the tube. Tubes ben |
| 6461486 |
Tube inner surface electropolishing device with electrolyte dam |
October 8, 2002 |
| The tube inner surface electropolishing device includes an electrolyte delivery system to cause electrolyte to flow through the tube whose inner surface must be electropolished. An electrical cable having an electrode engaged to its distal end is slowly moved through the tube while an |
| 6428681 |
System and method for reversing electrolyte flow during an electropolishing operation |
August 6, 2002 |
| A pipe electrochemical polishing system (10, 10a) for in place polishing of a pipe (28(has provision for detecting the instant position of a cathode (14) within the pipe (28) such as cable marks (52) and cable mark sensor (50), an infrared camera (60), heat sensing crayon marks (64), the |
| 6407355 |
Non-planar orbital welder |
June 18, 2002 |
| An orbital welder includes a weld tip, a rotational controller, and a translational controller. The rotational controller causes the weld tip to rotate about an axis passing through the tube to be welded. As the weld tip rotates about the axis, the translational controller causes the wel |
| 6402908 |
Pipe electropolishing apparatus using an electrolyte heater and cooler |
June 11, 2002 |
| A temperature handling subsystem (12) for a pipe electrochemical polishing system (10) has a chiller (46) and associated heat exchanger (44) for cooling the acid electrolyte (24) circulating through a pipe (28) while a cathode (14) is drawn therethrough for the purpose of electropolishin |
| 6277264 |
System and method for using multiple lead connections in an electropolishing process |
August 21, 2001 |
| An electropolishing system for uniformly polishing the inner surface of a pipe includes an electrode for placement within the pipe, a plurality of electrical leads for coupling the pipe to a common voltage source, and a power supply. The power supply includes a first voltage supply termi |
| 6217726 |
Tube inner surface electropolishing device with electrolyte dam |
April 17, 2001 |
| The tube inner surface electropolishing device includes an electrolyte delivery system to cause electrolyte to flow through the tube whose inner surface must be electropolished. An electrical cable having an electrode engaged to its distal end is slowly moved through the tube while an |
| 6156991 |
Non-planar orbital welder |
December 5, 2000 |
| An orbital welder includes a weld tip, a rotational controller, and a translational controller. The rotational controller causes the weld tip to rotate about an axis passing through the tube to be welded. As the weld tip rotates about the axis, the translational controller causes the wel |
| 5958195 |
Tube inner surface electropolishing device |
September 28, 1999 |
| The tube inner surface electropolishing device includes an electrolyte delivery system to cause electrolyte to flow through the tube whose inner surface must be electropolished. An electrical cable having an electrode engaged to its distal end is slowly moved through the tube while an |
