Patent ID: 9448006
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: F25D

Claim Text:
1. An appliance system comprising: an appliance having a rear wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a top, a bottom and at least one door that, when the door is closed, either partially or completely encloses the interior of the appliance, wherein when all doors of the appliance are closed the appliance contains at least one insulated section that is the same size or smaller than the interior volume of the appliance and suitable for refrigeration of fresh foods, and wherein the rear wall, first side wall, second side wall, top, bottom, and the door each have an interior surface; and a turbo-chilling chamber operably engaged to an interior surface of the appliance, and having a main body portion wherein the turbo-chilling chamber comprises: a rigid outer wall; a flexible inner wall defining a coolant chamber; and at least one coolant disposed between the rigid outer wall and flexible inner wall in the coolant chamber during operation of the turbo-chilling chamber; and wherein the flexible inner wall defines a foodstuff receiving space and wherein the flexible inner wall accommodates various sized foodstuffs and moves between a first position and a second position and wherein the flexible inner wall is configured to maintain direct contact with substantially all of the surface of a foodstuff when the coolant within the coolant chamber is at a higher than atmospheric pressure when the flexible inner wall is in the second position and is configured to not maintain direct contact with substantially all of the surface of the foodstuff when the coolant is at a lesser pressure when the flexible inner wall is in the first position; and wherein the foodstuff is a beverage within a beverage container and the foodstuff receiving space is a beverage container receiving space where the flexible inner wall accommodates various sized beverage containers and wherein the turbo-chilling chamber further comprises at least one coolant inlet and one coolant outlet and the coolant flows through the coolant chamber and through a coolant system positioned within the appliance and wherein the coolant system comprises: a coolant tank; a coolant pump; an evaporator; and at least two coolant utility conveying lines that operably connect the coolant tank with the coolant outlet and the coolant inlet and enable flow of the coolant through the coolant system when the coolant pump is engaged and when the coolant utility conveying lines are connected with the turbo-chilling chamber.