Patent ID: 11859902
Assignee: CHILLYBEV, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 15:
16. A method of cooling beverages, comprising the steps of:
filling, at least in part, a basin with cooling fluid below 32° F.;
placing a first beverage container within the basin such that a surface of the first beverage container is in contact with the cooling fluid,
wherein the first beverage container is placed in a separator device sized to restrain a plurality of beverage containers such that during agitation, the first beverage container does not impact any other beverage containers or a side surface of the basin and allows for cooling fluid to contact an exterior surface of the first beverage container,
wherein the separator device defines a plurality of spaces where each space of the plurality of spaces is configured to receive a beverage container and the separator device includes, for each space that a portion of the separator device defines, a plurality of downward and inward facing fingers that are configured to grip a beverage container at a diameter that is less than a diameter of the portion of the separator device that defines the space to allow cooling fluid to flow between the portion of the separator device and that beverage container gripped therein, and
wherein the first beverage container, when placed in the separator device, is gripped by a first plurality of downward and inward facing fingers in a first space of the plurality of spaces; and
agitating the basin with an agitation section;
wherein the agitation section comprises an electric motor in rotatable communication with an exterior interface of the basin, said rotatable communication imparting an alternating force into the exterior interface to cause the basin to alternately rotate with counterclockwise and clockwise motion, wherein the basin is configured such that the alternative rotation of the basin is transferred to both the cooling fluid and the first beverage container to prevent crystallization of fluid in the first beverage container during supercooling of that fluid with the cooling fluid.