System for regulating temperature of water within a food, ice, beverage cooler, or the like
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-017/02
F25D-011/04
F25D-025/00
F25D-015/00
F25D-031/00
출원번호
US-0259932
(2014-04-23)
등록번호
US-9989296
(2018-06-05)
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/ 주소
Pavlik, Seann
출원인 / 주소
Pavlik, Seann
대리인 / 주소
The Concept Law Group
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A cooling system for containers holding chilled foods and beverages within chilled water, is defined by a thermally insulated cooler or other chilling vessel including a quantity of ice, water, food, and/or beverages, and a safely comestible liquid having a lower freezing point than water mixed in t
A cooling system for containers holding chilled foods and beverages within chilled water, is defined by a thermally insulated cooler or other chilling vessel including a quantity of ice, water, food, and/or beverages, and a safely comestible liquid having a lower freezing point than water mixed in the water, the chilling vessel having an input conduit and an output conduit originating in the vicinity of the chilling vessel. In thermal communication with input and output conduits of the chilling vessel is an endothermic element for removal of heat from a defined ambient geometry about the endothermic element, the ambient geometry forming a part of a liquid loop including liquids within the chilling vessel and the endothermic element. Also included is a thermostat in thermoelectric communication between the chilling vessel output conduit and a compressor within the refrigeration circuit, the thermostat for regulating a power input to the compressor to control a temperature of re-circulated liquids to the chilling vessel to a temperature suitable for comestibles stored within liquids in the chilling vessel.
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1. A system for chilling beverages disposed within a container having a liquid disposed therein, said liquid in direct contact with said beverages, said system comprising: (a) a refrigeration circuit including an evaporator defining an internal volume, one or more coils of the refrigeration circuit
1. A system for chilling beverages disposed within a container having a liquid disposed therein, said liquid in direct contact with said beverages, said system comprising: (a) a refrigeration circuit including an evaporator defining an internal volume, one or more coils of the refrigeration circuit disposed within said internal volume of said evaporator,said volume pressurized, said evaporator having a fluid-tight inlet and a fluid-tight outlet in communication with said internal volume of said evaporator, external to said one or more coils;(b) a first liquid conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first liquid conduit in communication with said pressured internal volume of the evaporator, the second end of the first liquid conduit adapted for positioning with respect to said container positioned physically remotely from said evaporator, liquid entering the first liquid conduit from the evaporator flowing out of the second end of the first liquid conduit and into a liquid storage region of said container, said second end delivering reduced temperature liquid from the evaporator external of said one or more coils to the container such that the reduced temperature liquid is in fluid communication with and continuously available for chilling a plurality of beverages that are disposed in the liquid storage region of the container, said liquid entering said first conduit defining a volume substantially equal to said internal volume of the evaporator external to said one or more coils; and(c) a liquid return line for returning liquid disposed within the liquid storage region to the evaporator, said liquid return line including a second liquid conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second liquid conduit positioned within the liquid storage region of the container closer to a bottom of the liquid storage area than to a top of the liquid storage region;wherein said second end of said first liquid conduit positioned with respect to the storage region of a container to permit the reduced temperature liquid traveling through the first liquid conduit to the liquid storage area of the container above a current liquid surface level of the liquid already disposed within the liquid storage region. 2. The system as recited in claim 1, in which said liquid further comprises: a lower-than-water freezing point comestible liquid including a glycol. 3. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a liquid pump within a liquid loop defined by the first liquid conduit and said return line to enhance re-circulation of said liquid within said liquid loop. 4. The system as recited in claim 1, in which said liquid return line comprises a selectable segment. 5. The system for chilling beverages of claim 1, wherein the first end of the second liquid conduit is positioned within the liquid storage region of the container and submerged under a surface of the liquid disposed within the liquid storage region. 6. The system for chilling foods or beverages of claim 5, wherein said evaporator is mechanically independent of the container, the evaporator neither contacting the container and the evaporator nor secured to the container. 7. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a float disposed within the container, said float for monitoring and maintaining an amount of liquid disposed within the container through control of liquid flowing through the first liquid conduit. 8. The system for chilling beverages of claim 1 wherein said liquid return line further comprises: a pump;the second end of the second liquid conduit in fluid communication with the pump; anda third conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end of the third liquid conduit in communication with the pump and the second end of the third conduit secured to the liquid inlet of the evaporator, the third conduit in liquid communication with the internal volume of the evaporator, delivering the liquid returning from the liquid storage region of the container back to the internal volume of the evaporator, external of said ones or more coils.
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