Wine Decanter

Abstract

A decanting vessel has an internal pump for recirculating a beverage such as wine and aerating it within the decanter.

1 . A decanter for a beverage, wherein:
 the decanter has a floor above which is located a pump;   the pump is adapted to recirculate the beverage within the decanter;   the pump cooperates with a tube that extends upward from the pump and that terminates within the decanter;   the tube having a spout that directs a flow of beverage from the pump against an interior sidewall of the decanter.   
     
     
         2 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the spout comprises a circumferential gap.   
     
     
         3 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein the spout comprises radial parts. 
     
     
         4 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein the spout comprises a vertical discharge located below a plate. 
     
     
         5 . The decanter of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the plate is curved.   
     
     
         6 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the spout discharges to create a curtain of beverage around the interior sidewall.   
     
     
         7 . The decanter of  claim 6 , wherein:
 the spout comprises a circumferential gap.   
     
     
         8 . The decanter of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the gap is located between an upper stopper part having a circumferential seal that infringes on an interior sidewall of the decanter and a lower part that attaches to the tube.   
     
     
         9 . The decanter of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the lower part is biased toward the upper part and the upper part rotates so as to selectively align cooperating openings that admit air into the decanter.   
     
     
         10 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the decanter is transparent or translucent.   
     
     
         11 . A decanter for a beverage, comprising:
 a vessel having a floor;   a pump located above the floor,   the pump being driveable by a motor external to the vessel;   the pump having a body within which is a rotating impeller;   the body supporting a tube through which the beverage is propelled.   
     
     
         12 . The decanter of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the body has an upper part that carries the tube;   the upper part being detachable from a lower part that is carried by the vessel.   
     
     
         13 . The decanter of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the lower portion is a plug portion carried in an opening formed in the floor;   the lower portion having a pocket axel around which rotates the impeller, the impeller being magnetic.   
     
     
         14 . The decanter of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the body comprises a shroud and a spacer ring having a floor;   an underside of the floor and a channel in the shroud defining a pump input;   the spacer being manually removably from the shroud and connectable to the tube.   
     
     
         15 . The decanter of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the pump has a coupling for rotating it mechanically.   
     
     
         16 . The decanter of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the plate is curved and the decanter is transparent or translucent.   
     
     
         17 . The decanter of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the spout discharges to create a curtain of beverage around the interior sidewall and the decanter is transparent or translucent.   
     
     
         18 . The decanter of  claim 6 , wherein:
 the spout comprises a circumferential gap and the decanter is transparent or translucent.   
     
     
         19 . The decanter of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the gap is located between an upper stopper part having a circumferential seal that infringes on an interior sidewall of the decanter and a lower part that attaches to the tube and the decanter is transparent or translucent.   
     
     
         20 . The decanter of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the lower part is biased toward the upper part and the upper part rotates so as to selectively align cooperating openings that admit air into the decanter and the decanter is transparent or translucent.