Patent ID: 9021825
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for maintaining a temperature of a fluid inside a container, comprising: a body having a cavity and a seal mounted to the body, including a plug, the seal comprises a handle for the apparatus when the body is inside the container, together the body, seal and handle form a unitary structure that has a tapered profile along a substantially entire axial length thereof, the body is adapted to temporarily contact the fluid inside the container, and the seal is adapted to directly make contact with the container itself, and temporarily engage an upper interior surface of the container at a top of the container; a second fluid located and permanently sealed inside the cavity by the plug, the second fluid having a freezing point of 0° C. or less; the body and the seal have no apertures through which the fluid or the second fluid flows; and the seal comprises a different material than the body, and the body is asymmetric, wherein the body has an axial length substantially similar to that of the container, and the body has a proximal diameter (d