Riddling machine system
A riddling machine for making champagne is proposed, with a base, main motor, main shaft driven by the motor, pivotal parallel frames each fixed to a first half-axle and a second hollow half-axle revolvably mounted, and an inner shaft enclosed into the second half-axle, bevel gears including a driving wheel coupled to the inner shaft, and a driven wheel rotatably mounted on the frame furnished with bottle holders and controllably rotatable within an ALPHA angle range and capable of revolving the holders, a first gear capable of conveying rotation from the main shaft to the inner shafts, an intermediate shaft controllably engaged/disengaged with the main shaft, and connected through a braking muff to an intermediate axle, and a second gear capable of providing a controllable tilt angle BETA of the frames driven via the intermediate axle, and conveying rotation to the first half-axles of frames.
1. A device for providing a riddling stage in the process of making sparkling wine comprising:
a base means;
a support means mounted upon the base means;
a main motor;
a main shaft substantially mounted to said support means and substantially driven by said main motor;
a number of pivotal frames disposed in parallel planes;
each said frame is fixed to a first half-axle and a second hollow half-axle both revolvably mounted to said support means;
each said frame is furnished with an inner shaft rotatably enclosed into said second half-axle;
each said frame is furnished with a bevel gear including a bevel driving wheel fixedly coupled on said inner shaft, and a bevel driven wheel rotatably mounted on the corresponding said frame and driven by said bevel driving wheel;
each said frame is furnished with a number of bottle holders rotatably mounted on the frame and capable to controllably revolve within a predetermined ALPHA angle range;
each said frame is furnished with means for revolving the holders substantially driven by said bevel driven wheel;
first gear means for conveying rotation from said main shaft to said inner shafts, said first gear means are predeterminedly mounted to said support means;
an intermediate shaft with its first end controllably engaged/disengaged to said main shaft, and with its second end connected through a braking muff to an intermediate axle rotatably mounted to said support means, said muff is capable to controllably brake rotation of said intermediate axle; and
second gear means for providing a predeterminedly ranged controllable tilt angle BETA of said frames about their longitudinal axes, said second gear means are predeterminedly mounted to said support means and controllably driven by said main motor substantially via said intermediate axle, said second gear means convey rotation to said first half-axles of the corresponding frames.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
said main shaft is driven by a worm type gear driven by said main motor.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
said ALPHA angle range is from 0 to 360 degrees, and said BETA angle range is from 20 to 70 degrees.
4. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a plurality of vibro-pads supporting said base means; and
a means for vibrating said base means.
5. A sparkling wine riddling machine including at least one device according to claim 4 and means for control thereof.