Patent ID: 11857112
Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A heat exchanging liquid container system for consistently dispensing a liquid from the system at a temperature within a desired temperature range, said system comprising:
a main body;
a phase change material (PCM) module disposable within the main body;
a PCM disposed within the PCM module, the PCM having a selected melting temperature;
a liquid reservoir formed one of within the PCM module and surrounding the PCM module, the liquid reservoir structured and operable to have liquid disposed therein having a first temperature; and
a temperature conditioning channel formed at least one of along a wall of the PCM module and through the PCM module such that the temperature conditioning channel is in thermal contact with the PCM within the PCM module, wherein the temperature conditioning channel is structured and operable to provide a flow path through which the liquid can flow to dispense the liquid from the liquid reservoir such that the liquid will be in thermal contact with the PCM while being dispensed, the PCM structured and operable to, via the thermal contact with the liquid as the liquid is dispensed though the temperature conditioning channel, exchange thermal energy with the liquid and thereby condition the liquid to be dispensed at a second temperature that is within a desired temperature range determined by the selected PCM melting temperature.