WOODEN STAVE AND BARREL FOR DRINKS
20220001571 · 2022-01-06
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
C12G3/07
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C12H1/22
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
International classification
Abstract
A wooden stave and barrel for the maturing or storage of alcoholic or spirit drinks, in which the internal side of the stave is machined to have at least two first channels and at least two second channels crossing with the first channels, determining a pattern of geometric elements. The elements remain submerged in the liquid contained in the barrel, providing a greater contact surface, thereby producing a greater transfer of the substances of the wood itself to the liquid. In addition, the pattern formed by the crossing channels permits a continuous and obstruction-free path for the liquid when it is extracted through one of the staves with an opening for the entry and exit of the liquid inside the barrel, thereby preventing unnecessary losses and unwanted internal residue for future reuse of the barrel.
Claims
1. A wooden stave (20) for a barrel, with a side at each of the two ends thereof joined together by an internal side, an external side and by two longitudinal sides which determine the length of the stave, characterised in that the internal side comprises: at least two first machined channels, at least two second machined channels crossing said first channels, a pattern determined by said crossing channels and formed by geometric elements located between the channels, the stave (20) having a first surface on the internal side thereof (29) corresponding to the bottom of the channel and a second surface on the internal side thereof (28) corresponding to the top of the geometric element, the difference between both heights determining the depth of the channels, and in that the difference between the first surface of the internal side thereof (29) and the external side determines the base (19) of the stave (20).
2. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises a through opening located approximately in the centre thereof which interrupts at least one first channel of the stave.
3. The stave according to claim 1, in that it comprises a third surface on the internal side thereof (4) corresponding to the ends of the stave, result of a machining for hollowing or removing material.
4. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least three first channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a first direction (D3-1), at least three second channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a second direction (D3-2), at least two other channels perpendicular to each other in third and fourth directions (D3-3 and D3-4) and crossing with respect to the previous channels in said first and second directions (D3-1 and D3-2), forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being right-angled triangles.
5. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least three first channels parallel and equidistant in a first direction (D3-2), at least one second channel with a trajectory coinciding with the first longitudinal side (30) of the stave which joins the ends thereof, at least one third channel with a trajectory coinciding with the second longitudinal side (31) of the stave which joins the ends thereof, at least one fourth channel coinciding with a trajectory interpolated between the trajectory of the first longitudinal side (30) of the stave and the trajectory of the second longitudinal side (31) of the stave, at least two other channels crossing each other, with variations in direction to third and fourth directions (D3-3 and D3-4) and crossing with respect to the previous channels, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being right triangles with different sizes and shapes.
6. The stave according to claim 4 characterised in that the triangular prisms have the right angles of the bases thereof curved.
7. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least three first channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a first direction (D2-1), at least three second channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a second direction (D2-2) and at least three third channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a third direction (D2-3), all of them crossing each other, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being equilateral triangles.
8. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least three first channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a first direction (D2-1), at least three second channels with variations in direction to a second direction (D2-2) and at least three third channels with variations in direction in a third direction (D2-3), all of them crossing each other, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being triangles with different sizes and shapes.
9. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least one first channel with a trajectory coinciding with the first longitudinal side (30) of the stave which joins the ends thereof, at least one second channel with a trajectory coinciding with the second longitudinal side (31) of the stave which joins the ends thereof, at least one third channel coinciding with a trajectory interpolated between the trajectory of the first longitudinal side (30) of the stave and the trajectory of the second longitudinal side (31) of the stave, at least three second channels with variations in direction to a second direction (D2-2) and at least three third channels with variations in direction in a third direction (D2-3), all of them crossing each other, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being triangles with different sizes and shapes.
10. The stave according to claim 9, characterised in that the trajectory interpolated between the first longitudinal side (30) of the stave and the second longitudinal side (31) of the stave can be curved or straight.
11. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least two first channels parallel and equidistant in a first direction (D4-1) and two second channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a second direction (D4-2), which cross with respect to the first channels, forming a pattern of rhomboidal prisms.
12. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least two first channels with variations in direction to a first direction (D4-1) and at least two second channels with variations in direction to a second direction (D4-2), which cross with respect to the first channels, forming a pattern of rhomboidal prisms.
13. The stave according to claim 11, characterised in that the second channels parallel to each other cross orthogonally with the first channels.
14. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that the width or thickness of the channels, determined between the geometric elements, are equal in each channel.
15. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that the width or thickness of the channels, determined between the geometric elements, are not all equal in each channel.
16. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that the channels have the same depth.
17. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that the channels have different depths.
18. The stave according to claim 1, characterised in that the depth of the channel is variable along it.
19. A wooden barrel formed by staves and two lids arranged at each of the two ends of the staves, characterised in that it comprises at least one stave according to claim 1.
20. The barrel according to claim 19, wherein the at least one stave comprises a through opening located approximately in a centre thereof which interrupts at least one first channel of the at least one stave.
21. The barrel according to claim 19, wherein the at least one stave comprises a third surface on an internal side thereof corresponding to the ends of the stave, a result of a machining for hollowing or removing material.
22. The barrel according to claim 19, wherein the at least one stave comprises at least three first channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a first direction (D3-1), at least three second channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a second direction (D3-2), at least two other channels perpendicular to each other in third and fourth directions (D3-3 and D3-4) and crossing with respect to the previous channels in said first and second directions (D3-1 and D3-2), forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being right-angled triangles.
Description
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0057] Different alternatives for the embodiment of the invention are described below with reference to the aforementioned figures.
[0058] The invention refers, as mentioned above, to a stave 20 which has on the internal side thereof a first machining for hollowing or removing material at the ends of the internal side thereof where the lid of the barrel will be located and where there will be an area outside the barrel, preferably performed by numerical control and a second machining in the remaining surface of the internal side thereof corresponding to the area which will remain inside the barrel, preferably performed by numerical control, comprising at least two first channels and at least two second channels crossing with the first channels, determining a pattern of geometric elements. These patterns can vary depending on the number of channels and the trajectories or directions thereof. The machining of the internal side of the stave 20 is determined by a first internal surface 29 corresponding to the bottom of the channel, a second internal surface 28 corresponding to the top of the geometric element 7 and a third internal surface 4 corresponding to the ends thereof and coinciding in height with the first internal surface 29, the difference between both heights determining the depth of the channels. In addition, the difference between the first internal surface 29 of the stave 20 and the third internal surface 4 of the stave 20, with the external side of the stave 20, determines the base 19 of the stave 20.
[0059] A first example of a stave 20 resulting from the machining process is shown in
[0060] Once the staves 20 have been machined and completed, the barrel 22, shown in
[0061] The result is an internal wall 23 of geometric elements or prisms 7 forming a geometric framework or mesh, (
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[0064] In addition, the solution proposed for the staves 20 may also be applied for the lids 25 in the internal side thereof of the barrel 22.
[0065] As mentioned above, the objective of the channels 3 machined in the internal side of the staves 20, regardless of the arrangement thereof and the geometric elements or prisms they determine, is twofold, on the one hand, to increase the contact surface between the wood and the liquid stored in the barrel 22 formed by said staves, and on the other hand, to enable the barrel to be completely emptied through the liquid entry and exit opening 1 arranged in at least one stave between the staves 20 forming the barrel 22.
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[0067] Said pattern in the application thereof to the stave is preferably adapted and arranged parametrically to the perimeter or contour of the internal side of the stave, such that the axes arranged in a parallel and equidistant manner in each of the four directions D1-1, D1-2, D1-3 and D1-4 can have variations in direction between those corresponding to each of the first, second, third and fourth directions D1-1, D1-2, D1-3 and D1-4, said axes therefore losing the parallel condition thereof, for which reason the resulting triangular mesh will be formed by triangles with different sizes and shapes. The machining is performed along the axes of the framework, with the variations in direction of the previous first, second, third and fourth directions, D1-1, D1-2, D1-3 and D1-4, creating the channels 3 and giving as a result the geometric elements 7 with an extruded effect on the base thereof, with different sizes and shapes, due to the adaptation thereof to the perimeter or contour of the internal side of the stave, where said geometric elements will have, as an alternative, the largest size thereof in the central and wider area of the stave, and they will progressively decrease in size towards the area of the narrower ends, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, with bases in the shape of right triangles, where the right angles thereof receive a subsequent curvature treatment. One option could comprise a certain number of channels parallel and equidistant in a first direction (D1-2), a second channel coinciding with the trajectory of the first longitudinal side 30 of the stave which joins the ends thereof, a third channel coinciding with the trajectory of the second longitudinal side 31 of the stave which joins the ends thereof, a certain number of channels interpolated between the channels coinciding with the trajectories of the first and second longitudinal sides, crossing the previous channels, and another series of channels crossing each other with variations in a third and fourth directions (D1-3 and D1-4) and crossing with respect to the previous channels, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being right-angled triangles with different sizes and shapes, where the right angles thereof receive a subsequent curvature treatment.
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[0069] Said pattern in the application thereof to the stave preferably is adapted and arranged parametrically to the shape of the internal side of said stave, such that the axes arranged in a parallel and equidistant manner in each of the three directions D2-1, D2-2 and D2-3 can have variations in direction between those corresponding to each of the first, second and third directions D2-1, D2-2 and D2-3, therefore losing the parallel condition thereof, for which reason the resulting triangular mesh will be formed by triangles with different sizes and shapes. The machining is performed along the axes of the framework, with the variations in direction of the previous first, second and third directions, D2-1, D2-2 and D2-3, creating the channels 3 and giving as a result the geometric elements 7 with an extruded effect on the base thereof, with different sizes and shapes, due to the adaptation thereof to the perimeter or contour of the internal side of the stave, where said geometric elements will have, as an alternative, the largest size thereof in the central and wider area of the stave, and they will progressively decrease in size towards the area of the narrower ends, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, with bases in the shape of triangles. One option could comprise a certain number of channels parallel and equidistant to each other in a first direction (D2-1), a certain number of channels with variations in direction to a second direction (D2-2) and a certain number of channels with variations in direction in a third direction (D2-3), all of them crossing each other, forming a pattern of triangular prisms, the bases thereof being triangles with different sizes and shapes.
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[0072] Said pattern in the application thereof to the stave is preferably adapted and arranged parametrically to the shape of the internal side of said stave, such that the axes arranged in a parallel and equidistant manner in each of the two directions D4-1 and D4-2 can have variations in direction between those corresponding to each of the first and second directions D4-1 and D4-2, therefore losing the parallel condition thereof, for which reason the resulting irregular polygon mesh will be formed by rhombuses with different sizes and shapes. The machining is performed along the axes of the framework, with the variations in direction of the previous first and second directions, D4-1 and D4-2, creating the channels 3 and giving as a result the geometric elements 7 with an extruded effect on the base thereof, with different sizes and shapes, due to the adaptation thereof to the perimeter or contour of the internal side of the stave, where said geometric elements will have, as an alternative, the largest size thereof in the central and wider area of the stave, and they will progressively decrease in size towards the area of the narrower ends, forming a pattern of prisms with bases in the shape of rhombuses.
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