Patent ID: 8453472
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: F25D,G01B

Abstract:
1. Rapid chilling apparatus for beverages comprising a receptacle adapted to accommodate beverage containers of differing length, and cooling means adapted to cool down said receptacle, wherein said receptacle has an inner surface, a portion of said inner surface extending along a direction that is parallel to the axial direction of the receptacle and being adapted to support a beverage container resting thereupon with a beverage container longitudinal axis that is parallel to said axial direction of the receptacle, and wherein said receptacle comprises a plurality of electrodes arranged in succession one after the other along said portion of the inner surface along said direction that is parallel to the axial direction of the receptacle, said electrodes being mounted sequentially in a manner so that a length of each electrode is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beverage container, whereby said electrodes are distributed along the whole length of the beverage container, wherein said portion of the inner surface is concave and each of said electrodes is bent so as to form an annular member associated to the portion of the inner surface being concave, said electrodes being connected to circuit means adapted to detect and measure the capacitance value on each electrode as brought about by the presence of control means being provided to operate said cooling means in response to the capacitance values detected by said circuit means for a period of time, the duration of which is made dependent on the so determined length of the beverage container.