US 12,351,786 B1
Barrel apparatus
Raymond L Graf, Henryville, IN (US)
Filed by Raymond L Graf, Henryville, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,208.
Application 17/526,208 is a division of application No. 16/130,266, filed on Sep. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,174,455.
Application 16/130,266 is a division of application No. 15/210,026, filed on Jul. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,407,652, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 8/00 (2006.01); B65D 25/04 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/04 (2006.01); C12G 3/07 (2006.01); C12H 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC C12H 1/22 (2013.01) [B65D 9/04 (2013.01); B65D 25/04 (2013.01); B65D 39/0005 (2013.01); B65D 77/0486 (2013.01); B65D 77/0493 (2013.01); C12G 3/07 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wooden barrel apparatus for aging whiskey comprising:
an inner wooden barrel having a bung hole and a first volume adapted for a first liquid defined by a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves, wherein said first end cap is interconnected to said second end cap by said plurality of staves circumferentially positioned in abutting relationship to each other, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said inner wooden barrel is charred;
each said stave of said plurality of staves of said inner wooden barrel includes opposing ends;
wherein said first end cap and said second end cap of said inner wooden barrel includes one or more openings on an interior face thereof, wherein said one or more openings of said interior face of each said first end cap and said second end cap receives said opposing ends of said stave of said plurality of staves, respectively;
an outer wooden barrel surrounding said inner wooden barrel, said outer wooden barrel having a bung hole, a first end cap, an opposing second end cap, and a plurality of staves interconnecting said first end cap and said opposing second end cap of said outer wooden barrel, and a second volume adapted for a second liquid between said outer wooden barrel and said inner wooden barrel, and wherein one or more interior surfaces of said outer wooden barrel is charred; and
wherein said first volume is separately aged from said second volume.