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

Claim 10:
11. 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 lid assembly removably engageable with the main body, the lid comprising a center cover integrally formed with a circumferential rim;
a phase change material (PCM) module connectable to an underside of the center cover of the lid such that the PCM module is suspended into the main body when the lid is engaged with the main body;
a PCM disposed within the PCM module, the PCM having a selected melting temperature;
a liquid reservoir defined around and below the PCM module, between the PCM module and the main body, when the lid is engaged with the main body and the PCM module is suspended into the main body, the liquid reservoir structured and operable to have liquid disposed therein having a first temperature;
a tubular liquid conduit extending through the PCM module and the lid center cover,
wherein the liquid conduit defines a temperature conditioning channel formed 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;
a liquid flow controller structured and operable to control the flow of liquid through the temperature conditioning channel; and
a liquid reservoir direct flow outlet structured and operable provide a flow path for dispensing liquid disposed within liquid reservoir without the liquid flowing through the temperature conditioning channel such that the liquid can be dispensed at the first temperature.