Refrigeration – Cooled enclosure – Portable receptacle
Patent
1993-07-09
1994-11-08
Sollecito, John M.
Refrigeration
Cooled enclosure
Portable receptacle
62371, 62530, F25D 308
Patent
active
053616049
ABSTRACT:
An improved portable and hand-held beverage chilling device, having water utilized as a coolant that can be frozen between non-permanently sealed walls of the device, is intended for chilling and subsequent maintenance of a canned or bottled beverage at its coldest liquid state, while providing direct consumption from its container. The beverage cooler features two cylindrical receptacles that are enclosed on one end. These receptacles, called shells, are of different diameter and height such that the inner is placed within the outer and a coolant is contained in the spacial void created. A beer or soft drink container is inserted within a cavity defined by the inner shell, thereby facilitating cooling. A threaded circular cap, with a circular hole of comparable diameter to that of the inner shell, is assembled by hand to the top of the inner shell in a snap-on interlocking fashion. The cap is secured by hand to the outer shell by means of mutually mating threads. Interlocking cap and inner shell, along with a threaded seal, provide complete hand assembly and permit the shells to be separated to allow the coolant water to be consumed, emptied, or refilled. An area of the inner shell under the beverage container deforms as the ice expands. This allows for volumes of ice to be used in the cooling process that are comparable to, or greater than, the volume of the beverage container itself. A removable insulation encompasses the entire exterior of the outer shell.
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