Patent ID: 6763676
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
A device for cooling a flow of a liquid, comprising:a water bath tank for holding a volume of water in an interior thereof, a refrigeration system including an evaporator positioned within the water bath tank so that cooling of the evaporator by operation of the refrigeration system results in ice formation on the evaporator, an ice sensor and control for regulating the formation of ice on the evaporator, a fluid cooling coil positioned in the tank beneath the evaporator and extending along a portion of a bottom end surface of the water bath tank for carrying the flow of fluid there through for providing heat exchange cooling thereof, a baffle plate positioned on a top surface of the cooling coil, the baffle plate having one or more angled perimeter edge flanges, an agitator for providing movement of the water in the water bath tank in an initial downward direction towards the baffle plate so that the water contacts a top surface of the baffle plate and is then directed in a upward direction by the one or more angled perimeter flanges towards the evaporator for providing enhanced heat exchange cooling of the water in the water bath tank by the ice formed on the evaporator.