Device for treating and purifying a liquid product

[0001] The invention is intended to perform the method of individual treatment and purification of each portion of vodka poured from a bottle prior to consumption thereof by the consumer himself and can be implemented in the distillery industry for treatment and purification of bottled vodka.

[0002] There exists a device for treating and purifying a liquid product (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,193,886 dated 27 Feb. 2001), which contains a cartridge consisting of a body connectable with the neck of an elastic bottle and a filter located therein, a feeder with a release valve.

[0003] The imperfection of the existing device is in its low efficiency in purification of the product, caused by the irregularity of purification, since different amounts of liquid pass through different volumes of the filtering material, as well as by an irrational use of the cross section of the neck of the bottle.

[0004] The technical result intended to be achieved by the invention is in elimination of the said imperfection.

[0005] The abovementioned result is achieved by the following: the device for treatment and purification of a liquid product, containing a cartridge which, in turn, consists of the body connectable with the neck of an elastic bottle with the central air feeder, the filter located therein and an encapsulating element with a release valve, the filter is fixed on the internal surface of the body, and the release valve is fixed on the air feeder in the area of its outgoing orifice. The filter may be formed by the sequentially placed filtering materials of rough filtering, sorbing agent or a mixture thereof and the fine filtering material. The outgoing orifice of the body may contain a spreader. The connection of the body with the neck of the bottle may be performed with a lock which prevents the cartridge from disengaging of the neck of the bottle. The device can be equipped with a decorative cap to be screwed onto the body.

[0006] The essence of the invention is illustrated by the drawings.

[0007] The drawing 1 shows the device containing the cartridge connected with the neck of a bottle. The Cartridge consists of the body 1, which has a fitting place for screwing onto the neck of the bottle 2 with the lock 3, which prevents disengaging of the cartridge, the spreader 4, located on the outgoing orifice, screw thread on the outside 5 to screw the decorative cap on and the filter, consisting of the sequentially placed rough filtering material 7, sorbing agent 8 and fine filtering material 9.

[0008] The mechanism for ensuring the required pressure of vodka in the inner space of the bottle consists of the body of the bottle, made of an elastic material and the release valve 10 integrated into the encapsulating element 11 in the area of the outgoing orifice of the air feeder 12 on the body of the cartridge.

[0009] The operation of the individual treatment and purification device for treatment and purification of the already bottled vodka by a consumer prior to consumption, which represents this invention, is as follows:

[0010] The acquired sealed bottle of vodka is taken into one's hands, opened by unscrewing the decorative sealing cap 6 and is turned with its neck down over the drinking vessel. The vodka contained in the bottle flows through the orifices in the encapsulating element 11 to the rough filtering material 7, part thereof, by effect of gravitational forces, passes through it and enters the space of the cartridge filled with activated charcoal and (or) other sorbing agents 8, which provide the required level of treatment of the vodka in the bottle. Having percolated through the sorbing agent 8, the vodka of the required quantity and with comfortable speed is unable to pass through the fine filtering material due to the decrease of pressure as the consequence of the tenuous air in the internal space of the bottle 2 and greater aggregate resistance of the filtering materials and the sorbing agent. To push the vodka through the filter, the user squeezes the bottle, as the result of which the internal volume of the vodka container decreases, the pressure in it increases and the portion of vodka pours out of the bottle through the release nozzle of the spreader of the restraint into the drinking vessel. If this is insufficient, the hand shall release squeezing the bottle, which, under the effect of the elastic forces, begins to unfold itself to the original form, the pressure in it decreases, the release valve 10 is opened and the external air is sucked into the interior space through the air feeder 12. The pressure in the internal volume of the bottle is equalized. The consumer repeatedly squeezes the bottle 2, the pressure therein increases, the release valve 10 shuts, and vodka, being filtered, treated and filtered again through the fine purification filter, is poured into the drinking vessel. The process is repeated until the latter is filled. After which the bottle is turned with its neck up, the pressure in it is leveled and it is encapsulated by screwing the cap onto it. If required, the operation is repeated.

[0011] The drawing 2 shows the version of the device pressed onto the neck of the bottle.

[0012] Although the above shows only one preferable version of implementation of the invention, it is obvious that in accordance with the definition attached, there can also be other versions of implementation, corresponding to the volume of the present invention.