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  Deposit for fermenting, aging or storing wineRelated Patent Categories: Receptacles, Stationary TankDeposit for fermenting, aging or storing wine description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070000929, Deposit for fermenting, aging or storing wine. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention pertains to the field of wine storage. More particularly, the invention pertains to deposits for fermenting, aging or storing wine. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] A deposit is a container that temporarily stores wine so that it acquires and develops its qualities. Deposits intended for wine aging in the prior art are casks made of oak, in which the different controls required during the aging process can not be performed with complete efficacy. In addition, a thorough cleaning of the casks can not be performed. Therefore, their useful life is reduced to a short period of time. Manufacturing oak casks is a complex and virtually handcrafted process and the storage properties they offer are limited, since they are elements with a circular section, and they longitudinally have a greater diameter in the central area than at the ends, making it necessary to use wedges or structures to achieve proper storage under minimum conditions. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The deposit of the present invention functions similarly to a wooden cask. The deposit includes a metal structure, preferably of stainless steel and a generally polyhedral configuration, forming the edges and vertices of the deposit. The side walls are made up of tongue and groove wooden boards, laterally supported by a metal frame that is screwed onto the metal structure forming the deposit. The bottom of the deposit is also made of metal and is tilted towards the front where it has taps for emptying and decanting the wine. The upper cover, also made of metal, is fixed or removable and includes a wide opening provided with a sealed closure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a deposit in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0007] FIG. 2 shows a front view of the deposit in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0008] FIG. 3 shows one of the corners of the deposit and coupling of the wooden side walls with the metal structure in an embodiment of the present invention. [0009] FIG. 4 shows one of the corners of the deposit and coupling of the wooden side walls with the metal structure in another embodiment of the present invention. [0010] FIG. 5 shows the upper corners of the deposit with a tubular structure, as well as a solution for a welded or screwed cover. [0011] FIG. 6 shows the upper corners of the deposit with an angular structure, as well as a solution for a welded or screwed cover. [0012] FIG. 7 shows a corner section of a polyhedral deposit for an area in which there are studs for tightening and immobilizing the wooden sides forming the deposit. [0013] FIG. 8 shows a parallelepiped deposit at an area with a side tension device laterally putting pressure on a set of tongue and groove boards. [0014] FIG. 9 shows a vertical section view of a deposit with a frame defining eight sides. [0015] FIG. 10 shows a vertical section of an alternative embodiment of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 11 shows the union carried out in the deposit of FIG. 10 between the wooden sides in the corner areas. [0017] FIG. 12 shows a front elevational view of stacking in an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0018] The present invention is a deposit, which temporarily stores wine so that it acquires and develops its qualities, so that it can later be a crianza or reserva wine according to the time it remains in the deposit. [0019] The deposit of the present invention functions similarly to a wooden cask. The deposit includes a metal structure, preferably of stainless steel and a generally polyhedral configuration, forming the edges and vertices of the deposit. The side walls are made up of tongue and groove wooden boards, laterally supported by a metal frame that is screwed onto the metal structure forming the deposit. The bottom of the deposit is also made of metal and is tilted towards the front where it has taps for emptying and decanting the wine. The upper cover, also made of metal, is fixed or removable and includes a wide opening provided with a sealed closure. [0020] The metal frame holding the lateral sides, formed by wooden boards, is removable. The metal structure in the deposit has an unlimited life. In contrast, traditional casks have a maximum life of providing bouquet of 9 years. The lateral sides in the deposit of the present invention may be changed after nine years, which translates to a total cost of only about 1/5 of the total deposit. A series of tension devices for tightening the tongue and groove joints of the wooden parts, formed by screws arranged on the edge of the metal frame laterally holding them, act directly or with an intermediate flexible element against the outer board in order to tighten it axially and frontally by compression. This eliminates leaks normally present in the prior art traditional system. Continue reading about Deposit for fermenting, aging or storing wine... Full patent description for Deposit for fermenting, aging or storing wine Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Deposit for fermenting, aging or storing wine patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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