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US3052546A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Concentrated de-alcoholized wine product

Assignee: Vie-Del Grape Products Co
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Filing: 1961-06-16
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Granted: 1962-09-04
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Expires: 1981-06-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James L Riddell
  • 👤 Massud S Nury

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 19:13
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12H; C12H3/00; C12H3/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 220 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WINE CONCENTRATE CONTAINING NO ALCOHOL AND LESSER QUANTITIES OF WATER THAN NATURAL WINE COMPRISING: PREPARING A FERMENTED WINE PRODUCT BY FERMENTING JUICE IN A CLOSED FERMENTATION ZONE WHILE REMOVING THE CARBON DIOXIDE SO FORMED; PASSING WHILE REMOVING THE CARBON DIOXIDE SO FORMED; PASSING ZONE CONTACTING THE SAID WINE BEING ENTIRELY CONSTRUCTED OF A MATERIAL INERT TO SAID WINE AT 150*F. MAINTAINING THE SAID WINE WITHIN THE SAID ZONE AT A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 100*F. AND 150*F. AND UNDER A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 48-192 MM. HG ABOSLUTE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE VOLATILIZATION OF ALCOHOL THEREFROM WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL VOLATILIZATION OF WATER; REMOVING THE CONCENTRATED VOLATILIZED ALCOHOL THEREFROM; REMOVING A SUBSTANTIALLY ALCOHOL-FREE COMPONENT FROM THE SAID ZONE AND PASSING THE DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT INTO A VACUUM EVAPORATION ZONE HAVING INTERNAL SURFACES WHICH ARE INERT WITH RESPECT TO THE SAID DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT AT TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 150*F. AND BELOW; HEATING THE SAID DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT THEREIN TO A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN 100* F. AND 150*F. UNDER A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 48-192 MM. HG ABSOLUTE TO CAUSE THE VOLATILIZATION OF WATER THEREFROM; AND RETAINING SAID COMPONENT THEREIN UNTIL SUFFICIENT WATER IS REMOVED THEREFROM TO YIELD A DEALCOHOLIZED AND PARTIALLY DEHYDRATED PRODUCT REPRESENTING BETWEEN ABOUT 10 AND 20 PERCENT OF THE VOLUME OF THE ORIGINAL NATURAL WINE PRODUCT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 220 words
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WINE CONCENTRATE CONTAINING NO ALCOHOL AND LESSER QUANTITIES OF WATER THAN NATURAL WINE COMPRISING: PREPARING A FERMENTED WINE PRODUCT BY FERMENTING JUICE IN A CLOSED FERMENTATION ZONE WHILE REMOVING THE CARBON DIOXIDE SO FORMED; PASSING WHILE REMOVING THE CARBON DIOXIDE SO FORMED; PASSING ZONE CONTACTING THE SAID WINE BEING ENTIRELY CONSTRUCTED OF A MATERIAL INERT TO SAID WINE AT 150*F. MAINTAINING THE SAID WINE WITHIN THE SAID ZONE AT A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 100*F. AND 150*F. AND UNDER A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 48-192 MM. HG ABOSLUTE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE VOLATILIZATION OF ALCOHOL THEREFROM WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL VOLATILIZATION OF WATER; REMOVING THE CONCENTRATED VOLATILIZED ALCOHOL THEREFROM; REMOVING A SUBSTANTIALLY ALCOHOL-FREE COMPONENT FROM THE SAID ZONE AND PASSING THE DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT INTO A VACUUM EVAPORATION ZONE HAVING INTERNAL SURFACES WHICH ARE INERT WITH RESPECT TO THE SAID DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT AT TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 150*F. AND BELOW; HEATING THE SAID DE-ALCOHOLIZED COMPONENT THEREIN TO A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN 100* F. AND 150*F. UNDER A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 48-192 MM. HG ABSOLUTE TO CAUSE THE VOLATILIZATION OF WATER THEREFROM; AND RETAINING SAID COMPONENT THEREIN UNTIL SUFFICIENT WATER IS REMOVED THEREFROM TO YIELD A DEALCOHOLIZED AND PARTIALLY DEHYDRATED PRODUCT REPRESENTING BETWEEN ABOUT 10 AND 20 PERCENT OF THE VOLUME OF THE ORIGINAL NATURAL WINE PRODUCT.

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