1173 results about "Barrel" patented technology

The present invention provides a wine barrel, belonging to the technical field of wine and beverage drinking equipment. It solves the problem of gas waste caused by premature release of gas from gas cylinders in existing wine barrels during transportation and storage of empty barrels. The wine barrel includes a barrel body, a gas cylinder is provided in the barrel body, and a gas cylinder valve is provided on the gas cylinder. The top of the gas cylinder has a bottle mouth and a piston hole is provided in the bottle mouth. A piston is slidably provided in the piston hole. A closed pressure chamber is formed between the upper side of the piston and the inner wall of the piston hole. A trigger disk is also provided in the bottle mouth and is located on the lower side of the piston. The trigger disk includes a main body slidably connected to the bottle mouth, a limit portion is provided on the bottle mouth that can limit the upward movement of the trigger disk, and a vent is provided on the main body that connects the space between the trigger disk and the piston to the inner cavity of the barrel body. The present invention can prevent gas waste caused by premature release of gas from gas cylinders in the wine barrel during transportation and storage of empty barrels.

A system for measuring changes in a fluid stored within a container is disclosed. The system may include a radio-frequency sensing element disposed externally on the container and configured to generate a signal indicative of at least one dielectric property of the fluid, wherein the fluid undergoes composition-based or environment-driven changes due to interactions with the container. In some aspects, a processing component generates an output representative of at least one time-varying fluid characteristic. In some aspects, the container is a wooden barrel with an interior surface adapted to impart flavor or chemical changes to the fluid. In some aspects, the fluid is a beverage including at least one of wine, beer, and distilled spirits, with the time-varying characteristic including a fermentation parameter that changes over time. In some aspects, the at least one time-varying fluid characteristic of the fluid includes at least one of fluid level or fluid volume.

A system for determining a fill level of at least one of a content within a container wherein the fill level of the at least one content is determined based on the reception of a time of return of a transmitted signals wherein the transmitted signals are frequency varying within a transmission window. The frequency variation may be continuous or patterned. The device herein disclosed is applicable to a wide spectrum of configurations to determine a content, whether liquid, mash or solid within the container wherein the container may be associated with a barrel or container associated with alcohol production, or containers involved in the retention of other types of materials or content, such as but not limited to, septic tanks, waste management systems, water towers, etc.

The present invention discloses a quality inspection device for plastic barrel production, which belongs to the technical field of plastic barrel production equipment. The device comprises a bottom plate, on which an extrusion component, an auxiliary component and two conveying components are arranged. By arranging the extrusion component, the position of the plastic barrel on the supporting circular plate can be quickly adjusted and fixed, thereby greatly improving the clamping speed of the plastic barrel. Moreover, since the moving range of the extrusion rod is large, the inspection requirements of plastic barrels of various sizes can be met. By arranging the extrusion component and the auxiliary component, the air tightness of the plastic barrel can be inspected by an air pump, and the strength of the plastic barrel can be inspected by pressing the circular plate and the extrusion rod. By the mutual cooperation of the extrusion component, the auxiliary component and the conveying component, the quality of the plastic barrel can be quickly inspected, and the plastic barrels after the inspection can be classified and conveyed.

This disclosure relates to an AI-driven, non-invasive system configured to analyze whiskey color and maturation outcomes based on sensor-tracked environmental and chemical variables through integrated machine-learning, high-accuracy volume sensing, dielectric-based proof monitoring, and environmental data analysis to forecast how whiskey will age inside a barrel over time, and by leveraging real-time barrel data such as time, proof, volume, temperature, humidity, and evaporation rates, the AI model can accurately analyze the final color, proof, and optimal aging duration for whiskey and other barrel-aged spirits, which can allow distilleries to reduce inconsistencies, improve yield management, and enhance quality control without relying on manual sampling or invasive testing.

An oak stick for a wine barrel comprises a connecting end, an oak end socket and a plurality of oak stick bodies, the oak stick bodies are sequentially and movably connected between the connecting end and the oak end socket, the oak end socket and the oak stick bodies, any two adjacent oak stick bodies and the oak stick bodies and the connecting end are all detachably connected with oak auxiliary blocks, and the oak auxiliary blocks are detachably connected between the oak stick bodies and the connecting end socket. A vent hole is formed in the connecting end in a penetrating mode, a communicating hole is formed in each oak rod body in a penetrating mode, an auxiliary hole is formed in the oak auxiliary block, and the vent hole is communicated with each communicating hole through the auxiliary hole. When wine with different tastes needs to be brewed, the oak stick and the oak block can be detached and replaced at any time, the brewing process is simplified, and the brewing cost is saved.

The invention provides a horizontal-shaft multi-barrel type wind power generation device and a using method thereof.The horizontal-shaft multi-barrel type wind power generation device comprises at least one rotating shaft and a plurality of hollow barrels which are sequentially arranged in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a plurality of inclined ventilation holes are formed in the surface of each barrel; positive and negative pressure difference generated by the ventilation holes drives the barrel bodies to rotate around the rotating shaft, the multiple barrel bodies are arranged at intervals to achieve cascade driving of wind energy, the rotating shaft is connected with a power generator, and the power output of the power generator is adjusted through a microprocessor control system. Through the hollow barrels sequentially arranged along the rotating shaft and the vent holes obliquely formed in the barrels, the barrels are driven to rotate through the wind pressure difference, and wind energy is effectively captured. Adjacent barrel bodies are arranged at proper intervals, airflow interference is avoided, and the wind energy conversion efficiency is improved. The rotating shaft is directly connected with the permanent magnet synchronous generator, efficient mechanical energy-to-electric energy conversion is achieved, and the system stability is high.

A system for determining a fill level of at least one of a content within a container wherein the fill level of the at least one content is determined based on the reception of a time of return of a transmitted signals wherein the transmitted signals are frequency varying within a transmission window. The frequency variation may be continuous or patterned. The device herein disclosed is applicable to a wide spectrum of configurations to determine a content, whether liquid, mash or solid within the container wherein the container may be associated with a barrel or container associated with alcohol production, or containers involved in the retention of other types of materials or content, such as but not limited to, septic tanks, waste management systems, water towers, etc.

Herein disclosed is estimating alcohol content within a barrel based on a determination of a loss of fluid within the barrel. The loss of fluid may be determined by a measurement from outside the barrel. An implementation may comprise receiving information regarding an initial state of a liquid in a container, the initial state comprising at least one of an alcohol measure and a level of the liquid within the container, monitoring a level of the liquid within the container, wherein the monitoring is performed external to the container, determining an amount of loss of the liquid within the container based on the initial level and the monitored level, and estimating the alcohol measure of liquid remaining within the container based on the determined amount of loss of the liquid. An implementation may advantageously estimate alcohol content without affecting the internal ecosystem or contents of the barrel, improving product quality.

The invention relates to the technical field of barreled water stacking, and discloses barreled water uniform stacking equipment capable of adjusting the angle of a stacking frame, the barreled water uniform stacking equipment comprises a placing part, the placing part comprises a stand column frame, the outer surface of the stand column frame is slidably connected with a layer plate, and an empty groove is formed in the layer plate; the multiple empty grooves are distributed in the shelf board in a rectangular array mode, and the surfaces of the inner walls of the empty grooves are rotationally connected with rotating plates through rotating shafts in a damping mode, wherein the rotating plates can be used for containing external barreled water. The barreled water uniform stacking equipment capable of adjusting the angle of the stacking frame can effectively solve the problems that in the prior art, multiple layers of barreled water are separated through multiple scattered thin plates, during climbing or downhill, due to inclination of the stacking frame, the barreled water is subjected to the downward component force effect along the slope, the stacking frame is prone to losing balance, the whole stacking frame topples over, and the stacking frame is prone to falling off. The barreled water is damaged, and even safety accidents are caused.

The utility model discloses a liquor quantitative filling device, which relates to the technical field of liquor production and processing, and comprises a liquor barrel and a filling bottle, the peripheral side surface of the liquor barrel is communicated with a liquor outlet pipe, one end of the liquor outlet pipe far away from the liquor barrel is provided with a quantitative component, and the bottom of the quantitative component is provided with a conveying component. The quantitative assembly comprises a filling head communicated with one end of the wine outlet pipe, an operation box is fixed to the top of the filling head, a first motor is fixed to one outer side face of the operation box, an output shaft of the first motor is fixedly connected with a driving part, and a driven part is arranged on the peripheral side face of the driving part. The driving part periodically drives the driven part to rotate, so that the filling head and the wine outlet pipe are periodically communicated, the filling head is controlled to continuously and quantitatively fill the filling bottle, the transmission process is stable and reliable, the debugging work is easy when the device is applied, and the working efficiency is high.

The invention relates to equipment for preparing clobetasol propionate liniment and a preparation method of the clobetasol propionate liniment. The equipment comprises a material mixing mechanism, a barrel, a stirring shaft rotationally arranged on the barrel, stirring blades for stirring substances, a partition plate for separating the interior of the barrel, a crystallization rod for cooling materials and a drying mechanism for drying the substances. Wherein the stirring blades are fixedly arranged around the stirring shaft, and the stirring blades at the bottom are arranged around the stirring shaft in a swinging manner; the partition plate is movably arranged in the barrel around the stirring shaft; the crystallization rod is movably arranged at the bottom of the barrel; the drying mechanism communicates with the bottom of the barrel; the drying mechanism is communicated with the mixing mechanism; the partition plate is arranged between the fixed first ring frame and the rotary second ring frame; the partition plate is connected with the first ring frame and the second ring frame. The second ring frame rotates to drive the partition plate to open or separate the cylinder. The preparation method solves the problem that the preparation efficiency of clobetasol propionate is affected due to more preparation equipment caused by complex process steps in the clobetasol propionate liniment preparation process in the existing scheme.

The invention discloses a white spirit distillation device in the technical field of wine brewing equipment. The white spirit distillation device comprises a retort barrel and a first condenser, the retort barrel and the first condenser are connected through a first steam guide pipe, a backflow pipeline is arranged in the middle of the first steam guide pipe, and the area between the backflow pipeline and the retort barrel in the first steam guide pipe serves as a first steam pipe section. The area between the backflow pipeline and the first condenser in the first steam guide pipe serves as a second steam pipe section, the two ends of the backflow pipeline are connected with the first steam pipe section and the second steam pipe section respectively, and the included angle of the backflow pipeline relative to the horizontal plane is adjustable. The first steam guide pipe fixedly arranged in a traditional distillation device is arranged in a segmented mode, so that the included angle between the middle backflow pipe section and the horizontal plane can be adjusted to adjust the backflow ratio, the backflow ratio can be adjusted according to the needed wine flavor substance in the distillation process, and the effect of improving the wine quality is achieved.

Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of extracting liquid from empty barrels. In one aspect, a method includes heating a barrel with less than about 10 ml of free liquid disposed therein to expand pores in the barrel. The method further includes applying, after the heating, a negative pressure to an interior of a vessel in which the barrel is disposed, such that an amount of liquid is extracted from the barrel. The method includes collecting, after the applying, the amount of liquid within a collection container. In some embodiments, collecting the amount of liquid includes pumping the liquid through a tube that is disposed between an outer surface of the barrel and the collection container. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via a heated blanket wrapped around the barrel. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via placing the barrel in an oven.

Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of extracting liquid from empty barrels. In one aspect, a method includes heating a barrel with less than about 10 ml of free liquid disposed therein to expand pores in the barrel. The method further includes applying, after the heating, a negative pressure to an interior of a vessel in which the barrel is disposed, such that an amount of liquid is extracted from the barrel. The method includes collecting, after the applying, the amount of liquid within a collection container. In some embodiments, collecting the amount of liquid includes pumping the liquid through a tube that is disposed between an outer surface of the barrel and the collection container. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via a heated blanket wrapped around the barrel. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via placing the barrel in an oven.

The semi-screwing cup cover inner plug comprises a plug core, the plug core comprises a plug core body and a barrel-shaped connecting section, a threaded connecting structure is arranged on the outer side wall of the barrel-shaped connecting section, the plug core is in threaded connection with the inner side wall of an opening of a cup body through the threaded connecting structure, and a sealing ring is arranged at the position, located on the periphery of the barrel-shaped connecting section, of the bottom of the plug core body. Sealing of the plug core and the mouth of the cup body is achieved through the sealing ring, and a water outlet hole is formed in the cylindrical connecting section and located above the threaded connecting structure and below the sealing ring. Compared with the prior art, the cup cover has the advantages that the water outlet hole is formed in the barrel-shaped connecting section of the cup cover inner plug, so that water can be poured out without completely screwing off the cup cover inner plug from the cup body, and the convenience of water pouring operation is improved; in addition, the limiting protrusion is arranged on the cylindrical connecting section and used for being detachably installed on the inverted filter screen, and the tea leaves are effectively prevented from being poured out or blocking the water outlet holes.

A system, method, and device to promote a compact and direct solution for craft breweries to distribute their products via kegs instead of using stainless steel and CO2 barrels, where a polymeric barrel containing an internal plastic balloon is used. This balloon is filled with beer, and, as it is filled the internal volume of the barrel is occupied, however, the internal volume is not fully filled by the balloon with beer. When full, pressurized atmospheric air is applied, without the need for filtration, since, due to having an internal plastic balloon, atmospheric air does not meet the beer. As the beer-filled barrel is filled with air, the plastic balloon is evenly crushed from all directions. While the inner plastic bag is emptied, the internal pressure must be restored with pressurized air. In the end, there is a remnant of +−2% of the total volume of the beer.

The utility model discloses a plastic particle homogenizing barrel connecting device which comprises at least two homogenizing barrels, and the discharging end of each homogenizing barrel is connected with a discharging pipe. The packaging machine comprises a material collecting mechanism and a material sucking mechanism, and one end of the material sucking mechanism is connected with the material collecting mechanism; and one end of the connecting pipe is connected with the other end of the material suction mechanism, the other end of the connecting pipe is detachably connected with one discharging pipe, and the material suction mechanism sucks the materials to the material collecting mechanism through the connecting pipe. The connecting pipe can be rapidly switched and connected with different homogenizing barrels and the packaging machine, then plastic particles of the different homogenizing barrels are conveyed to the packaging machine, operation is easy and convenient, different material conveying requirements can be met only by replacing the connecting pipe to be in butt joint with discharging pipes of the different homogenizing barrels, time and labor are saved, and the working efficiency is improved.

The utility model provides a beverage container, and belongs to the technical field of containers. The technical problem that an existing beverage container is large in liquid outlet pressure is solved. The beverage container comprises a barrel body, a connector pipe and a wine spear installed at a barrel opening of the barrel body, the wine spear comprises a liquid outlet valve element, one end of the connector pipe is inserted into the wine spear downwards and abuts against the liquid outlet valve element, a gas cylinder is fixedly arranged in the barrel body and comprises an exhaust valve, the periphery of the connector pipe is provided with a protruding column arranged downwards, and the protruding column is fixedly connected with the liquid outlet valve element. The gas cylinder is connected with an exhaust valve used for controlling the gas cylinder to be opened and closed, and the protruding column moves downwards to trigger the exhaust valve to be opened. According to the beverage container, the gas cylinder is deflated only when beverage is discharged, and it is guaranteed that the pressure in the barrel is not too large.

The present invention discloses a barrel cover picking and placing device, which includes a barrel body conveying mechanism, a hanging basket placing station, a barrel cover positioning platform and a barrel cover transferring mechanism. The barrel body conveying mechanism is provided with a capping station at a position corresponding to the hanging basket placing station, and a barrel body fixing mechanism is arranged at the capping station. The barrel cover transferring mechanism is used to transfer the barrel covers on the hanging basket placing station to the barrel cover positioning platform and transfer the barrel covers on the barrel cover positioning platform to the barrel body at the capping station. A suction cup for picking and placing barrel covers is arranged on the barrel cover transferring mechanism. A centering mechanism and a centering position are arranged on the barrel cover positioning platform. The centering mechanism is used to move the barrel covers on the barrel cover positioning platform to the centering position, and the barrel cover transferring mechanism sucks the barrel covers at the centering position and transfers them to the barrel body at the capping station. Also disclosed is a barrel cover picking and placing system and a barrel cover picking and placing method. The barrel cover picking and placing device, the barrel cover picking and placing system and the barrel cover picking and placing method have the advantages of improving the cover picking accuracy, preventing the barrel cover from deviating from the center of the barrel body after capping and avoiding capping failure, etc.

The utility model provides a beverage container, and belongs to the technical field of fluid containers. The problem that in the prior art, wine liquid is prone to being sprayed from an exhaust valve is solved. The beverage container comprises a barrel body provided with a wine spear, the wine spear is provided with a gas channel and a liquid channel, the wine spear is further provided with a gas guide pipe which is communicated with the gas channel and extends to the inner bottom of the barrel body, and the barrel body is provided with a long-strip-shaped liquid outlet faucet which is connected with the wine spear. A gas inlet channel and a liquid outlet channel which are adjacently arranged are arranged in the liquid outlet faucet, the gas inlet channel and the liquid outlet channel extend in the length direction of the liquid outlet faucet and communicate with the gas channel and the liquid channel correspondingly, and an inlet of the gas inlet channel and an outlet of the liquid outlet channel are adjacently arranged. The liquid outlet faucet is further provided with a switch valve capable of controlling opening and closing of the air inlet channel and the liquid outlet channel respectively or simultaneously. The wine bottle has the advantages that drinking sanitation can be guaranteed, and waste of wine is avoided.

The invention discloses ice wine barrel moistening equipment and a method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of wine barrel moistening. The ice wine barrel moistening equipment comprises a placing frame, a plurality of moving assemblies are fixedly mounted at the top of the placing frame, a plurality of rotating assemblies are fixedly mounted at the top of the placing frame, and a power assembly is fixedly mounted at the top of the placing frame. According to the oak wine barrel, the aroma of other ice wine is attached to the inner wall of the oak wine barrel, after barrel moistening is completed, other ice wine is poured out, and then whisky needing to be stored is poured into the oak wine barrel, so that the stored wine contains the aroma of other ice wine, the wine liquid is endowed with a unique flavor level, and in the barrel moistening process of the oak wine barrel body, the taste of the wine liquid is improved. According to the technical scheme, a user can detect the to-be-detected oak wine barrel body in the process that starting of the motor is not stopped and other oak wine barrel bodies are still in the barrel moistening state, and then repeated starting and stopping of the motor can be prevented so that the motor can be protected.

The utility model discloses a single-barrel small firework convenient to twist, which comprises a barrel body and a top cover arranged at the top of the barrel body, a knob is movably mounted at the bottom of the barrel body, a support is arranged at the top of the knob, a sleeve is further arranged in the barrel body, a baffle is arranged in the sleeve, a pull rod is arranged at the top of the support, a spring is sleeved on the pull rod, the pull rod penetrates through a circular groove, and a plurality of lock catches are arranged at the top of the pull rod. The spring and the lock catch are arranged and matched with the baffle to fix the sleeve, during use, only the knob needs to be rotated to drive the lock catch to rotate from the groove to the notches, at the moment, the lock catch does not limit the baffle any more, the sleeve is pushed to ascend at a high speed through the action of the spring, and the sleeve is fixed through the baffle. And a high-pressure gas tank does not need to be used, so that the problem that after a traditional firework barrel is stored for a long time, gas in the high-pressure gas tank in the traditional firework barrel overflows, and fireworks cannot be sprayed out successfully is effectively solved.

The invention relates to the technical field of stacking devices, and discloses barreled water stacking equipment based on a stacking alignment auxiliary structure. The barreled water stacking equipment comprises a clamping part, the clamping part is located on the lower surface of a transfer plate, the clamping part comprises a clamp for fixing and limiting a barrel opening, and a circular-truncated-cone-shaped frame for limiting the upper surface of a barrel body is arranged at the bottom end of the clamp; and a protection frame for positioning the outer wall of the barrel body is arranged at the bottom end of the circular-truncated-cone-shaped frame. A clamp is arranged to clamp and fix a barrel opening, the angle of a circular truncated cone frame is changed while the barrel opening is fixed until the circular truncated cone frame is attached to the inclined face of the barrel opening, the upper surface of a barrel body is pressed and limited, radial change of the barrel body is avoided, and after the upper surface of the barrel body is pressed and limited, limiting of a protection frame and the circular truncated cone frame is relieved; the protection frame gradually moves downwards to the side edge of the barrel body to protect the side edge of the barrel body, the buffering and blocking effects are achieved when the barrel body is subjected to side face collision or external force, and the stability of the barrel body in the transferring process is enhanced.

The invention provides a method for intelligently removing a barrel return label and a barrel cover of barreled water. The method comprises the steps that whether a residual label exists in a return barrel or not is detected; and if yes, controlling a label removing device to remove the barrel returning label, and if not, maintaining the silent state of the label removing device. The method comprises the steps of detecting whether a barrel cover exists in a return barrel; if yes, cover pulling equipment is controlled to pull a cover; and if not, the silent state of the cover pulling equipment is maintained. According to the invention, the visual identification system identifies the residual labels on the barrel neck, determines the heating temperature and controls the temperature deviation range according to the identification result so as to adaptively match at least one of the three label removing heads distributed in the array, and automatically adjusts the positions and angles of the label removing heads to remove the residual labels. Therefore, the removal efficiency is improved, the aging loss of the empty barrel neck is reduced, and the energy consumption is reduced; staggered cover pulling is carried out by controlling the clamping force of two adjustable clamping arms of the cover pulling equipment fixed to the upper position and the lower position of the two sides of a barrel cover, so that damage to a barrel opening is reduced, and noise is lowered.

The present invention provides a wine barrel, which belongs to the technical field of wine and beverage drinking equipment. It solves the problem of insufficient wine dispensing stability in existing wine barrels. The wine barrel includes a barrel body, a piston assembly and a gas cylinder arranged in the barrel body. The gas cylinder includes a bottle body with a mounting hole on the top and an inner liner arranged in the bottle body. A gas cylinder valve is provided on the inner liner, and a guide sleeve is inserted in the mounting hole. The piston assembly is slidably arranged in the guide sleeve and the piston assembly can move up and down to open or close the gas cylinder valve. An exhaust gap connected to the inner cavity of the barrel body is formed between the outer wall of the guide sleeve and the hole wall of the mounting hole, and the inner liner is connected to the exhaust gap when the gas cylinder valve is opened. The lower end of the guide sleeve has a radially outward-turned positioning flange, and the positioning flange is clamped between the inner side wall of the bottle body and the upper end of the inner liner. The present invention can form a good guide for the piston assembly by adding a guide sleeve in the mounting hole, thereby making the wine barrel have better wine dispensing stability.

The poplar hardwood cutting seedling raising equipment comprises a rack, a cutting device and a seedling raising device, a front wheel and a rear wheel; the transplanting device comprises a rotating disc, a hinge arm fixed to the frame and a connecting rod hinged to the hinge arm, the outer end of the connecting rod is hinged to a duckbilled device, the transplanting device further comprises a connecting arm and a positioning pin, and the rotating disc rotates to drive the connecting arm to swing so that the connecting rod can swing, and then the duckbilled device can be driven to move up and down; when the duckbilled device moves downwards, the conical barrel is closed, and when the duckbilled device moves upwards, the conical barrel is opened. Compared with the prior art, the rapid cutting equipment for the nursery stock breeding cuttings has the advantages that rapid switching between a cutting state and a non-cutting state is achieved, the flexibility of cutting operation is remarkably improved, automatic lifting of the duckbilled device and automatic opening and closing of the conical barrel are achieved, manual operation is reduced, and the labor intensity of workers is lowered. And the automation level of cutting operation is greatly improved, so that the operation efficiency is remarkably improved.

The utility model relates to the field of impurity removal devices, and discloses an etching liquid filtering and impurity removal device which comprises a barrel body, a liquid inlet is formed in the top end of the barrel body, a ventilation opening is formed in the left end of the barrel body, a liquid outlet is formed in the bottom end of the barrel body, and a filtering assembly is arranged on the inner wall of the barrel body and comprises a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft penetrates through and slides at the top end of the barrel body, an adjusting assembly is arranged at the top end of the barrel body and comprises a positioning ring, the bottom end of the positioning ring is fixedly connected to the top end of the barrel body, the filtering assembly further comprises a baffle, the baffle is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the barrel body, and a filtering plate is slidably connected to the outer wall of the rotating shaft. According to the utility model, by arranging the filter assembly which can be recycled, when one group of filter plates is blocked, the other group of filter plates can be used for filtering by adjusting the rotating shaft, and meanwhile, the blocked filter plates can be cleaned, so that the device does not need to be opened for cleaning.

The present invention provides a system and method for feeding and discharging solid-state fermentation materials from a liquor production cylinder, which belongs to the field of liquor brewing technology and mainly solves the problem of low efficiency of manual operation. It includes a cylinder feeding device and a cylinder discharging device, and is characterized in that: the cylinder discharging device includes a target cylinder capture mechanism, a material picking mechanism, and a material transport mechanism, the target cylinder capture mechanism includes an X-direction walking mechanism running on a track on a beam, and a Y-direction walking mechanism running on a track on a bracket; the material picking mechanism includes a material picking barrel lifting cylinder fixed to the X-direction walking mechanism, a barrel rack, a barrel rack rotating mechanism, a material picking barrel fixed to the piston of the material picking barrel lifting cylinder, and a material picking barrel shovel head; the barrel rack is rotationally and slidingly connected to the X-direction walking mechanism, and the barrel rack can rotate around the cylinder of the material picking barrel lifting cylinder; the material picking barrel shovel head has a total of several pieces, which are divided into several groups and are hinged to the material picking barrel through a universal shaft, and each group is connected to the shovel head retracting mechanism through a pulling rod.

A system and method for warehousing barrels for maturing a spirit, comprising the application of a film layer to cover a first (e.g. upper) portion of the barrel, while leaving a second (e.g. lower) portion exposed. Such a configuration allows drainage / evaporation of liquid leaks from the barrel while inhibiting leakage and evaporation from the headspace, thereby reducing ullage. In one form a pallet having a solid / gapless deck is contacted with an end of an upright barrel. Weight from the pallet and / or a barrel stacked thereon creates a seal and further inhibition of vapour loss from the headspace while the spirit is matured over an extended time period.