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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Widhopf, Freising-Pulling, DE;
Assignee:
Anton Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Freising/Attaching, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99276 ; 426 29 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a wort kettle for boiling wort for brewing, the wort kettle comprising a vapor escape pipe and a vapor compressor, wherein vapor can escape to the outside via the vapor escape pipe during heating of the wort kettle and can be diverted by means of a shut-off device via the vapor compressor during boiling. In accordance with the invention, the shut-off device is formed by a water tank which is arranged in the direction of flow of the vapor in the vapor escape pipe behind the branch towards the vapor compressor.