I invented a part that fits on top of a corny keg, that allows you to use it as a fermenter. I have heard about a lot of injuries from people breaking glass carboys, and I have seen a lot of ways to use a corny keg as a fermenter, that almost work, or cost a lot, or are hard to clean. I figured there had to be a better way, and if I came up with the idea, I could make brewing a little safer, and a little easier.
My idea was a rubber tube that would be big enough on one end fit tightly over the nipple of a corny keg, and small enough to hold an airlock on the other end. The only rub is you need to remove the poppet valve from the nipple. But I assume most people who use corny kegs do that all the time to clean them.
I have spent a lot of time and money on making prototypes to test to come up with a working model, and doing all of the things needed to get a patent. I am currently making them by hand out of food grade silicone rubber, which is very expensive, and time consuming because the food grade silicone rubber takes 24 hours to set, and the raw material to make the silicone rubber is very expensive, and the cost involved with making molds gets high too.
I think I have found an inexpensive and easy way to use a corny keg as a fermenter with out the normal problems of being hard to clean, taking a lot of parts/money, having an air leak, or taking up more floor space.
What do you think, does my product sound marketable? Or am I just wasting my time and money?
My idea was a rubber tube that would be big enough on one end fit tightly over the nipple of a corny keg, and small enough to hold an airlock on the other end. The only rub is you need to remove the poppet valve from the nipple. But I assume most people who use corny kegs do that all the time to clean them.
I have spent a lot of time and money on making prototypes to test to come up with a working model, and doing all of the things needed to get a patent. I am currently making them by hand out of food grade silicone rubber, which is very expensive, and time consuming because the food grade silicone rubber takes 24 hours to set, and the raw material to make the silicone rubber is very expensive, and the cost involved with making molds gets high too.
I think I have found an inexpensive and easy way to use a corny keg as a fermenter with out the normal problems of being hard to clean, taking a lot of parts/money, having an air leak, or taking up more floor space.
What do you think, does my product sound marketable? Or am I just wasting my time and money?