Patent ID: 9316432
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: F25D

Claim Text:
1. An equipment to chill in a matter of minutes or seconds one or more containerized beverages from room temperature to a desired temperature suitable for consumption, consisting of: A refrigeration system including the following sub-components: a) a heat pump or a refrigeration compressor, b) a heat exchanger to absorb heat namely a cooling heat exchanger, c) a heat exchanger to reject heat from the refrigeration system into the environment namely a rejecting heat exchanger, d) a refrigerant carrying heat from the cooling heat exchanger to the rejecting heat exchanger, e) means of controlling the temperature of the cooling heat exchanger; the refrigeration system is capable of bringing the cooling heat exchanger to a temperature between 5 and 45 degrees Celsius below zero degree Celsius and preferably between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius below zero degree Celsius; an immersion bath holding a refrigerating fluid to chill one or more containerized beverages by direct contact of said refrigerating fluid with the beverages' containers; the bath is large enough to house one or more containerized beverages to be chilled, enough refrigerating fluid to immerse said containerized beverage or beverages, any tray or mechanism to hold immerse retrieve or move around the bath of said containerized beverage or beverages, and the refrigeration system's cooling heat exchanger as well as means to promote refrigerating fluid circulation in the bath the refrigerating fluid in the bath in turn be chilled by circulating the refrigerating fluid through the refrigeration system's cooling heat exchanger or by using the cooling heat exchanger to cool the immersion bath; the refrigerating fluid consisting of a Sodium Chloride and/or Calcium Chloride solution in water ranging from 5 to 35% dissolved solids preferably between 15 and 25% dissolved solids; the containerized beverage transporting and immersing mechanism or means of immersing one or more containerized beverages in the bath, maintain said containerized beverage or beverages immersed in the refrigerating fluid for the necessary time to reach the desired temperature and then pull them out; a refrigerating fluid agitator, a pump or other means of stirring the refrigerating fluid located at the immediate surroundings of the containerized beverage or the beverages in the bath; a containerized beverage agitating mechanism to frequently or continuously move around, vibrate, agitate, turn, rotate or shake a containerized beverage or beverages while immersed in the bath; a refrigerating fluid circulation pump for circulating the refrigerating fluid of the bath in and out or through the cooling heat exchanger of the refrigeration system.