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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Graeme P. Malcolm, Glasgow, GB;
Gareth T. Maker, Glasgow, GB;
Gordon Robertson, Glasgow, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
M SQUARED LASERS LIMITED, Glasgow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01); C12H 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 21/3504 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/59 (2013.01); C12H 1/22 (2013.01); G01N 21/3504 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3513 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0227 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus and a method that reduces fluid loss from a cask during a maturation process by sealably enclosing the cask in a vessel that provides an expansion volume to receive fluid vapor from the cask, a monitoring system and a method that monitors fluid loss from a cask during a maturation process using a light source and a detector to determine the presence of fluid vapor in the vicinity of the cask, a corresponding system for controlling a maturation process in which environmental conditions are controlled, and a cask leak testing system and method making use of the above.