Refrigeration – Portable – commodity-containing – Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant
Patent
1990-08-30
1991-09-17
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Portable, commodity-containing
Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant
624574, 220408, F25D 308
Patent
active
050483056
ABSTRACT:
A cooler assembly of a molded plastics composition for the storage of ice-cooled, canned beverages and the like. An ice-cooled storage vessel, suspended within a self-supporting cylindrical housing of the assembly is formed with an array of vertically disposed, hollow, panel-like spacers in the lower sump zone of the vessel. Water formed during the melting of the ice collects in the sump and the spacers support the vessel-housed cans so that the spacers prevent contact of the cans with the sump water. A drain at the base of the storage vessel facilitates periodic emptying of the sump, as required. A top closure or cover of the assembly includes a positively-anchored fixed sector and an integrally formed, hingedly connected second pivotal section, thereby to permit convenient access into the storage vessel while obviating separation of the closure from the assembly.
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Berkman Michael G.
Tapolcai William E.
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