Abstract:
A self cooling container for a beverage includes a receptacle holding a refrigerant under pressure. When an outer cap of the container is opened, the refrigerant is exhausted, cooling the receptacle and the beverage surrounding it. The receptacle includes an inner receptacle member and one or more walls extending around the receptacle member, with spaces between adjacent walls being established at descending pressure values outward from the inner receptacle, which is held at a high pressure.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention is about a new technology for self-cooling food and beverage containers and about methods of manufacturing these containers. The novel invention is a simple and cost effective apparatus and the invention reveals a new way of manufacturing and using this apparatus to store high pressure refrigerants such as CO 2 , CF 4 , nitrogen and Co 2  mixtures and other suitable gases. The technology can be described as a graded pressure index technology. The terms used in this description of the invention can take on several meaning all of which are related to the subject matter. For example the terms “food” and “beverage” are interchangeable. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the use of general terms does not hamper the inventiveness. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     Many self-cooling beverage systems have been described in prior art. In particular, systems that use rigid containers or flexible receptacles have been described. However, all these systems lack the inventiveness of the present invention. All prior art relies on a continuous and even pressure distribution in either a single-walled container, or a series of containers, and they all fail to apply a graded pressure support technology to hold high pressure refrigerants. The real problem in using a low cost flexible member in such applications, stems from the fact that a simple receptacle built from flexible plastic materials cannot hold the pressure of such refrigerants because the hoop and lateral stresses break the walls easily, and one cannot easily rely on making the walls thicker, since the walls themselves are subject to limiting stresses no matter how thick one makes them. Further, one loses the commercial viability by using thick-walled containers that can be very cost prohibitive. 
     U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,704,222 and 5,946,930 to Anthony shows a flexible receptacle that relies on pressure equilibration across the walls of the receptacle. Thus, in these inventions Anthony describes how a low cost flexible plastic receptacle can be used to store a high pressure fluid by transmitting the pressure of a beverage through the receptacle walls and equilibration of the pressure inside the refrigerant receptacle with the pressure outside the receptacle. 
     In all these prior inventions, the receptacle walls are in perfect equilibrium, holding no pressure forces, since the pressure forces acting on each side of the receptacle is the same. Suffice it to say that the inventiveness of these flexible receptacles is based on inventions by Anthony are indeed innovative, but they are limited as follows:
         a) the Anthony receptacles have equal pressures on the inside and outside walls of the receptacle, and so do not experience any forces.   b) the Anthony receptacles rely on the beverage container to ultimately hold the refrigerant pressure.       

     It is one of the objectives of the present invention to disclose a new method of graded pressure indexing to gradually transmit pressure forces through a series of concentric flexible receptacles from a high pressure region in the inner most receptacle to a low pressure region in the outermost receptacle, so that the gradual graded index pressure gradient is insufficient to destroy each of the receptacles. It is then important that for the practice of the present invent, none of the receptacles maintain a pressure differential across its walls that can destroy it. Suffice it to say that the seemingly impossible can be achieved by a gradual pressure gradient, such that each pressure differential is below the pressure holding capacity of each nested receptacle member. So, with great pride, I declare that such a combination of receptacles can ultimately hold a very high pressure within them; the differential across each wall is small enough to be held completely by the receptacle wall in question. It is therefore a precious advantage of the present invention that each pressure receptacle is capable of holding across its walls some pressure differential without being destroyed. 
     It is a further great advantage of this invention that this high pressure flexible receptacle that can be easily inserted to a beverage bottle or beverage metal can because it is flexible. Thus, pressure equilibration is undesirable for this invention, since if all the nested receptacles were to equilibrate the pressure differentials across their walls, the ultimate high pressure within the inner most receptacle will indeed be transmitted to the outer most receptacle and the receptacles will successive be destroyed by this high pressure. The Anthony inventions are therefore inadequate to perform the functions of holding pressures beyond the capacity of the beverage container itself. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention achieves its meritus status by using a graded pressure differential and several concentric nested receptacles in the manner of Russian dolls. It accomplishes its objectives as stated in this disclosure, so that one skilled in the art may determine by a fair reading and interpretation of the entire specification that the invention is novel and practical. For the several embodiments, the graded pressure receptacle cooling apparatus consists of a standard beverage or container in the form of a plastic bottle or an aluminum can that contains a beverage. 
     The first of several embodiments consists of a multilayered plastic receptacle assembly, wherein each receptacle layer is nested within another up to a number of predetermined receptacles, so that the pressure difference between each receptacle wall is less that the holding pressure of each of the said receptacle walls. Advantageously, the flexible multilayer plastic receptacle can then be easily inserted to any beverage container without difficulty. 
     In the first embodiment, the receptacle assembly is made from multiple layers of separated plastic film of pre-determined tensile strength and thicknesses. This multiple layered plastic film could be in the form of a roll, so that it can be unrolled and introduced into thermal sealing equipment. A thermal sealing die is used to thermally fuse all the layers around a thermal seal edge to form the multilayered receptacle assembly. It is important that the thermal die that welds the edges of the receptacle films be shaped to only seal the receptacle side walls and bottom walls and leave an open mouth on all the layers. A multilayer plastic receptacle is thus created in this manner with an open end. The multilayer plastic receptacle is then cut out and separated from the film role for further processing. One could also use sheets and other forms of processing to achieve this. One now has a multilayer plastic receptacle with nested walls, co-joined at only the boundary welded edges. Of course one could make each receptacle separately and then insert them into one another and achieve the same this, so the method I describe here is not a limiting method, but merely an example to show how this can be achieved easily. The space between the receptacle walls can be filled with a hydraulic fluid such as water or just left as an air gap. But be warned that if an air gap is what is desired, the calculations for making the pressure index gradient are tedious and involve partial differential equations that cannot be easily solved. The filling of the hydraulic fluid could be achieved through the separated layers of the multiple receptacle open neck, so that each receptacle wall is fluidly connected to the over it by an incompressible fluid. In certain cases, a pressurized gas may be used to achieve the separation between the receptacle layers. If a flexible receptacle wall that has high elasticity is used, the receptacles can be made independently instead using a multilayered role, such that each receptacle can be sized to expand to a fixed volume that will compress the fluid separating it from the other and generate a pressure gradient of fixed predetermined value. For example, oriented polyethylene-teraphthalate film or Poly-vinyl Chloride (PVC) film (stretch-warp film) can be used, such that the receptacles can expand to a predetermined maximum volume and then stop expanding. 
     After manufacture of the multilayered plastic receptacle, a sealing cap is introduced into the open mouth and thermally fused with the receptacle assembly to form a sealed receptacle subassembly. 
     Sealing cap member is designed with a sealing cap cylindrical sleeve around which is a sealing cap flange as shown in the figures. A sealing cap opening forms a passageway for refrigerant and beverage to enter the completed apparatus. Sealing cap flexible members protrude from the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve to connect to a sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder. Thus, there are large beverage passages formed between the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder and the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve. Sealing cap cylindrical sleeve is designed to snugly fit into the threaded open neck of a beverage bottle, so that a sealing cap flange rests on the top open edge of the threaded open neck of the beverage bottle. The sealing cap cylindrical sleeve can also be designed to fit on the open rim of a metal can, so that the large openings will allow beverage to pass freely into the beverage bottle. In the case of a metal can, the diameter of the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve must be large enough to form a snug fit with the rim of the metal container, and the height of the sealing cap flexible members must be adjusted according to the clearances needed for the beverage filling process. 
     The multiple layer receptacle opening is then sealingly fused by applying heat to the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder, so that a hermetic seal is formed between the receptacle layers and the sealing cap sealing cylinder. Sealing cap member also has a needle molded directly within its body to fluidly transmit fluid through the sealing cap into the multilayer receptacle assembly. A sealing cap through hole allows refrigerant to be introduced through the needle into the receptacle assembly during charging. 
     Sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder has a cylinder inner surface that is smooth to form a sealing surface for a rubber plug member. A sealing cap receptacle opening support member protrudes from the sealing cap cylinder bottom surface, and forms a support member for the multilayer receptacle assembly during thermal sealing. 
     After the multilayer plastic receptacle has been formed and thermally or chemically bonded to the sealing cap member, the assembly can then be inserted into the open threaded neck of the beverage bottle, so that the sealing cap flange rests on the top surface of the open threaded neck of the beverage bottle. The multilayer plastic receptacle assembly is thus hanging inside the beverage bottle or metal can after assembly. 
     In the first of several embodiments, the receptacle can now be charged with a refrigerant so that the refrigerant R will fill the innermost chamber and create a pressure force on its walls. The walls of the innermost receptacle will expand up to the pressure holding limit of the receptacle so that any excess force is transmitted by its slight expansion to the hydraulic fluid or air trapped between the innermost receptacle and the outermost receptacle. The pressure transmitted to the second receptacle member is less than the pressure held inside the innermost receptacle, so that it too will transmit its excess pressure to the third receptacle and so on. This way, a pressure gradient is formed by beams of the grading of the mechanical stresses due to the tensile strength of the plastic film and the thickness of each film that forms each layer of the multiple layer receptacle assembly. 
     The general pressure gradient sequence is as follows: 
     P ref  acts on the inner most receptacle walls; 
     P 2 =P ref −Pressure holding force of inner most wall; 
     P 3 =P 2 −Pressure holding force of second most wall; 
     P n =P n−1 −Pressure holding force of n th  most wall; 
     Here, P ref  is the refrigerant R pressure and P i=1, 2, 3 . . . n  is the pressure acting on the n th  receptacle wall. 
     It is important that the n th  receptacle wall be able to hold the differential pressure across its wall and the next, so that the tensile strength and the cross section of its wall must be capable of holding the pressure P n . Thus, each receptacle wall is essentially capable of holding the pressure differential it experiences, and advantageously the apparatus is stable and undamaged. 
     After charging with refrigerant, a semi-permeable rubber plug is snugly fitted into the sealing cap sealing cylinder, so that the rubber plug cylinder mates sealingly with the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder inner surface. At the same time, the rubber plug will plug off the refrigerant charge needle hole preventing refrigerant from escaping from the apparatus. Beverage can now be filled into the beverage bottle through the threaded open neck of the beverage bottle and through the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve by passing it through the beverage passages and into the beverage bottle. The beverage bottle is sealed with a beverage cap and carbonation pressure build therein so that the rubber plug member experience said pressure. Since the rubber plug forms an air chamber with the sealing cap member and it is slightly permeable to gases, the carbonation gases will enter into the air chamber and fill it with pressurized carbon dioxide or nitrogen. When the beverage container is opened by removing the beverage bottle cap, the carbonation pressure loss outside the rubber plug causes the rubber plug to be pushed away from the needle and the refrigerant escapes through the needle into the atmosphere. The beverage is then cooled by the evaporation of the refrigerant from the multiple layer plastic receptacle. 
     In a second embodiment of several others, a multiple receptacle apparatus is disclosed, with an inner receptacle member of cylindrical form having an inner receptacle cylindrical body unified with an inner receptacle cylinder base dome. The inner receptacle cylindrical body terminates at an inner receptacle opening where an inner receptacle flange is formed. The inner receptacle cylindrical base dome has a small bulge that is used to act as a spacer for the second receptacle member. An inner receptacle alignment ridge on the walls of the inner receptacle cylindrical body is used to space the second receptacle from the said inner receptacle inside walls. 
     A receptacle plug member consists of a receptacle plug cylindrical body terminating on a receptacle plug top wall. A receptacle plug cylinder protrudes from the receptacle plug top wall, to form an air chamber. The air chamber forms a seat from the rubber plug mentioned earlier. A receptacle plug sealing edge is formed on the lower open edge of the receptacle plug outer cylindrical body. A receptacle plug cylinder protrudes centrally from the inside of the receptacle plug top wall. During assembly, the receptacle plug member is sealingly inserted into the inner receptacle opening. The air chamber now faces outward ready to receive the rubber plug. A needle is molded into the body of the receptacle plug member to form a fluid communication means between the inside of the inner receptacle member and the outside of the receptacle plug air chamber. 
     To assemble the unit, a second receptacle member is introduced. The second receptacle is essentially an open ended receptacle similar to a cigar tube with a closed end but made from heat shrinkable materials. It comprises a second receptacle cylindrical wall sealingly connected to a second receptacle base dome. A second receptacle alignment ridge connects the second receptacle base dome to the second receptacle cylindrical body. The second receptacle cylindrical body terminates in a second receptacle open neck. The inner receptacle subassembly is inserted into the second receptacle open neck so that the inner receptacle dome spacing bulge rests on the inside of the second receptacle base dome. The inner receptacle alignment ridge keeps the two receptacles separated by a concentric space, so that a fluid such as water can be filled into this space. Heat is then applied to the open neck of the second receptacle cylindrical wall. The heat causes this wall to shrink and sealingly clamp over the compress over the receptacle plug sealing edges to seal off the inner hydraulic support cavity. Thus, fluid is trapped between the inner receptacle member and the outer receptacle member. A third receptacle member can be placed following a similar process as outlined above to form a second hydraulic support chamber, and then a third or fourth hydraulic chamber. The third receptacle member also has a third receptacle cylindrical wall terminating in a third receptacle open neck. A third receptacle alignment ridge is also provided and functions for the same purposes as mentioned for the first and second receptacle members. Similarly, the subassembly is inserted to the inside cavity of the third receptacle member and then heat sealed with the second and third receptacle assembly to form a second hydraulic pressure support chamber. 
     The unit is then charged with refrigerant through the needle hole and the rubber plug placed snugly into the receptacle plug air chamber inside walls to plug off the needle opening. The assembly can then be inserted into a beverage bottle or can to freely float or be held by the neck opening as per the earlier embodiments. 
     In yet a third embodiment of the present invention, the receptacle members could be formed in the shape of a small tube with multiple concentric layers spaced apart by a hydraulic fluid or air. One tube end is sealed over the multilayer cap member formed to a suitable size and the other end is heat sealed to fuse all the layers together. 
     In yet a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the multiple layered receptacle member of the first embodiment can be thermally fused at various fused pressure support joints so that it can handle more pressure. This is simply achieved by a modification of the thermal sealing die. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Various other objects, advantages, and features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following discussion taken in conjunction with the following drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  shows a multilayered film roll being unrolled; 
         FIG. 2  shows a heat sealing equipment with a base support, a thermal sealing die, and a hydraulic actuator ram. 
         FIG. 3  shows the film roll being heat sealed to form receptacle members with multiple layers. 
         FIG. 4  shows a formed multilayer receptacle with the individual receptacle members all sealed to form a unified multi-layer receptacle. 
         FIG. 5  shows the sealing cap for the multi-layer receptacle. 
         FIG. 6  shows the sealing cap details. 
         FIG. 7  shows the multilayer receptacle being assembled with the sealing cap. 
         FIG. 8  shows the receptacle assembly. 
         FIG. 9  shows the rubber plug member. 
         FIG. 10  shows the receptacle assembly in a fully inflated form without showing the bottle. 
         FIG. 11  shows a conventional beverage bottle. 
         FIG. 12  shows the multilayer receptacle being inserted into the beverage bottle. 
         FIG. 13  shows the assembled receptacle and bottle with the refrigerant being charged into the multilayer receptacle assembly. 
         FIG. 14  shows the assembled receptacle and bottle with the refrigerant being sealed off by the rubber plug member. 
         FIG. 15  shows a cut-away view of the apparatus. 
         FIG. 16  shows the completed apparatus with the beverage inside the bottle and the cap sealing of the beverage. 
         FIG. 17  shows the first of a multiple concentric receptacle members in injection molded form. 
         FIG. 18  shows the receptacle plug member. 
         FIG. 19  shows the receptacle plug member being assembled with the receptacle according to the second embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 20  shows the inner and the second receptacle plug member being assembled with the receptacle according to the second embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 21  shows the first assembly of the inner receptacle with the second receptacle forming a pressure support hydraulic chamber. 
         FIG. 22  shows the inner receptacle and the second receptacle subassembly being concentrically placed into the third receptacle member for thermal joining to form a second pressure support hydraulic chamber. 
         FIG. 23  shows the completed assembly of a third receptacle unto the inner and the second receptacle. 
         FIG. 24  shows an example of a cross section of the receptacle members with the pressure support hydraulic chambers, the plug and other details. 
         FIG. 25  shows another embodiment of the first embodiment wherein the receptacle members can be co-joined by a pattern thermal sealing die to form strengthening joins for supporting pressure. 
         FIG. 26  shows another embodiment of the present invention, wherein a heat shrinkable set of concentric tubes are used to manufacture the apparatus. 
         FIG. 27  shows a schematic diagram of the pressure support hydraulic chambers and the principle of operation of the present invention. 
         FIG. 28  shows a a two part beverage bottle before fusion. 
         FIG. 29  shows the fused two part injection molded bottle 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Referring to figures labeled  1 - 29 , for the preferred of several possible embodiments, the first of several embodiments, apparatus  100  consists of a beverage bottle  40 , a beverage bottle cap  60 , and a multilayered plastic receptacle assembly  10 . Receptacle assembly  10  is made up of a nested number of receptacle members  105  within another up to a number of predetermined receptacles, so that the pressure difference between each receptacle wall is less that the holding pressure of each of the receptacle walls. Advantageously, the flexible multilayer plastic receptacle assembly  10  can be easily then be inserted into any beverage container  40  without difficulty. Beverage container  40  is a plastic bottle with a cylindrical main body  128  with a bottle domed base  129  and an open threaded neck  127 . The opening  130  through the open threaded neck  127  allows beverage product B to be filled in beverage bottle  40 . 
     In this first embodiment, the receptacle assembly  10  is made from multiple layers of separated plastic film  101  of pre-determined tensile strength. This multiple layered plastic film  101  could be in the form of a roll  102 , so that it can be unrolled and introduced into thermal sealing equipment  103 . A thermal sealing die  104  and a thermal die support  107  is used to thermally fuse all the layers around a thermal seal side walls and bottom walls  106  to form the multilayered receptacle assembly  10 . It is important that the thermal sealing die  104  be shaped to only seal the receptacle assembly  10  walls  106  and leave a receptacle assembly opening  108  on all the layers. A multilayer plastic receptacle member  10  is thus created in this manner comprising a number of individual but nest receptacle members  105   1 ,  105   2 ,  105   3  . . . up to the n th  outermost receptacle member  105   n , wherein each said receptacle member having a receptacle member open end necks  108   1 ,  108   2 ,  108   3  . . .  108   n . 
     The multilayer plastic receptacle assembly  10  is then cut off and separated from the film roll  102  for further processing. One now has a multilayer plastic receptacle assembly  10  with nested members  105   1 ,  105   2 ,  105   3  . . . up to the n th  outermost receptacle member  105   n . I shall refer to the receptacle members jointly as receptacle members  105 . The spaces between the receptacle members  105  can be filled with a hydraulic pressure support fluid such as water through the receptacle member open necks  108   1 ,  108   2 ,  108   3  . . .  108   n  jointly herein referenced as receptacle members open neck  108 , so that each of receptacle members  105  except for the inner wall  121  of the inner most receptacle member  105   1  and the outer wall  101  of the outermost receptacle member  105   n  is fluidly connected to the other by an incompressible fluid. In certain cases, just air may be used to achieve the separation between the receptacle members  105 . If each flexible receptacle members  105  wall has high elasticity, then each receptacle members  105  can be made independently instead using a multilayered roll  102 , such that each of receptacle members  105  can be sized to expand to a fixed volume that will compress the fluid separating it from the other and generate a pressure gradient of fixed predetermined value. For example, oriented polyethylene-teraphthalate film can be used (stretch-warp film), such that the receptacle members  105  can each expand to a predetermined maximum volume, and then stop expanding. 
     After manufacture of the multilayered plastic receptacle members  105 , a common sealing cap  20  is introduced into the receptacle members open neck  108   1  and thermally fused with all the receptacle members open necks  108  to form a sealed receptacle assembly  10 . 
     Sealing cap  20  member is designed with a sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109  around with a sealing cap flange  110  as shown in the figures. A sealing cap opening  111  forms a passageway  158  for refrigerant R and beverage to enter the completed assembly  10 . Sealing cap  20  flexible support members  112  protrude from the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109  to connect to a sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder  113 . Thus, there are large beverage passages  158  formed between the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder  113  and the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109 . Sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109  is designed to snugly fit into the threaded open neck  130  of a beverage bottle  40 , so that the sealing cap flange  110  rests on the top open edge of the threaded open neck  130  of the beverage bottle  40  so that the rest of receptacle assembly  10  hangs inside the beverage bottle  40 . The sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109  can also be designed to fit on the open rim of a metal can also, so that the large openings  158  will allow beverage B to pass freely into the beverage bottle  40 . In the case of a metal can, the diameter of the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109  must be large enough to form a snug fit with the rim of the metal container, and the height of the sealing cap flexible members must be adjusted according to the clearances needed for the beverage filling process. 
     The multiple layer receptacle members open neck  108  is then sealingly fused to the sealing cap member  20  by applying heat to the receptacle members open neck  108  and fusing them to the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder  113 , so that a hermetic seal is formed between the receptacle members  105  and the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder  113 . Sealing cap  20  also has a refrigerant charge needle  116  molded directly and concentrically within its body to fluidly transmit refrigerant through the sealing cap  20  into the multilayer receptacle assembly  10 . A sealing cap through-hole  119  allows refrigerant R to be introduced through the refrigerant charge needle  116  into the inner receptacle  105   1  during charging. 
     Sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder  113  has a sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder inner surface  114  that is smooth to form a sealing surface for a rubber plug member  30 . A sealing cap receptacle opening support member  118  protrudes from the sealing cap bottom surface  162  and forms a support member for the multilayer receptacle assembly  10  during thermal sealing. After the multilayer plastic receptacle assembly  10  has been formed and thermally or chemically bonded to the sealing cap  20 , it can then be inserted into the open threaded neck  130  of the beverage bottle  40 , so that sealing cap flange  110  rests on the top surface of the open threaded neck  130  of the beverage bottle  40 . The multilayer plastic receptacle assembly  10  is thus freely hanging inside the beverage bottle  40  or metal can after assembly. 
     The receptacle assembly  10  can now be charged with a refrigerant R inside the beverage bottle  40  so that the refrigerant R pressure P ref  will expand the innermost receptacle member  105   1  and create a pressure force on its walls. The innermost receptacle member  105   1  will expand in the beverage bottle and reach its pressure holding limit, so that any further pressure will cause the innermost receptacle member  105   1  to expand within second receptacle member  105   2  and to compress the fluid chamber outside its wall to a certain excess pressure value P 2  against the inside walls of the second receptacle member  105   2 . This excess pressure P 2  which is the difference between the refrigerant pressure P ref  and the holding stress of the innermost receptacle member  105   1  will be less that that of the refrigerant pressure P ref , and so the pressure P 2  now acting on the walls of the second receptacle member  105   2  is less that the original refrigerant pressure P ref . The pressure P 2  transmitted to the second receptacle member  105   2  is less than the pressure of the refrigerant P ref  held inside the innermost receptacle member  105   1  but greater that the holding pressure of the second receptacle member  105   2  so that the walls of second receptacle member  105   2  also slightly expand and transmit a new excess pressure P 2  to a third receptacle member  105   3 . Since the walls of the second receptacle member  105   2  hold some of the pressure forces exerted by P 2 , it will only transmit a lower pressure P 3  to the third receptacle member  105   3 . Advantageously, several receptacle members say a number n can be used so that this process of pressure gradient transmission is continued until the outermost receptacle  105   n  is affected. If the outermost wall  101  of the outer most receptacle member  105   n  can hold the final pressure difference, then the assembly becomes stable, and no bursting occurs on the receptacle members  105 . This way, a pressure gradient is formed by means of the grading of the mechanical stresses due to the tensile strength of the walls that forms each layer of the multiple layer receptacle assembly  10 . The general pressure gradient sequence is as follows: 
     P ref  acts on the innermost receptacle wall; 
     P 2 =P ref −Pressure holding force of innermost wall; 
     P 3 =P 2 −Pressure holding force of second wall; 
     P n =P n−1 −Pressure holding force of n th  wall; 
     Here, P ref  is the refrigerant R pressure, P i=1, 2, 3 . . . n  is the pressure acting on the n th  receptacle wall. 
     It is important that the n th  receptacle wall be able to hold the differential pressure across its wall and atmosphere, so that the tensile strength and the cross section of its wall must be capable of holding the pressure P n . Thus, each receptacle wall is essentially capable of holding the pressure differential it experiences and advantageously the apparatus  100  is stable and undamaged. 
     Apart from a simple linear pressure gradient, any form of the pressure gradient may be employed, for example, a graded pressure gradient in which the pressure is an inverse function of the diameter of the receptacle member may be used. Thus, for example, carbon dioxide with a common pressure of 1000 psi (pounds per square inch) can be stored in the inner most receptacle member  105   1  and if each receptacle members  105  can be designed to hold a mere 200 psi of pressure and no more, then the pressure gradient will index as follows:
 
1000 psi→800 psi→600 psi→400 psi→200 psi→atmospheric pressure.
 
     After charging with refrigerant R, a semi permeable rubber plug member  30  is snugly fitted into the receptacle sealing cylinder inner surface  114 , so that the rubber plug member  30  mates sealingly with the sealing cap receptacle sealing cylinder inner surface  114  to sit snugly against the bottom surface of receptacle sealing cylinder  115 . At the same time, the rubber plug member  30  plugs the refrigerant R charge needle hole  117  preventing refrigerant R from escaping from the receptacle assembly  10 . Beverage product B can now be filled into the beverage bottle  40  through the threaded open neck  130  of the beverage bottle  40 , and through the sealing cap cylindrical sleeve  109 , by passing it through the beverage passageways  158  and into the beverage bottle  40 . The beverage bottle  40  is sealed with a beverage cap  60  and carbonation pressure build therein so that the rubber plug member  30  experience said pressure. Since the rubber plug member  30  forms an air chamber  172  with the sealing cap  20  and it is slightly permeable to carbonation gases, the carbonation gases will enter into the air chamber  172  and fill it with pressurized carbon dioxide or nitrogen. When the beverage cap  60  is opened, the carbonation pressure loss outside the rubber plug member  30  causes the rubber plug member  30  to be pushed away from the needle  116  and the refrigerant R escapes through the needle  116  into the atmosphere. The beverage product B is then cooled by the evaporation of the refrigerant R from the multiple layer plastic receptacle assembly  10  and the beverage product B is chilled. 
     In a second embodiment of several others, a multiple receptacle assembly  90  is disclosed, with an inner first receptacle member  70   1  of cylindrical form having an inner receptacle cylindrical body  138   1  unified with an inner receptacle cylinder base dome  136   1 . The inner receptacle cylindrical body  138  terminates at an inner receptacle open neck  135  where an inner receptacle flange  132  is formed. The inner receptacle cylindrical base dome  136   1  has a small bulge  137  that is used to act as a spacer for the second receptacle member  70   2 . An inner receptacle alignment ridge  133   1  on the inner receptacle cylindrical body  138  is used to space a second receptacle member  70   2  from the said inner receptacle member inside walls  138 . 
     A receptacle plug member  50  consists of a receptacle plug cylindrical body  139  terminating on a receptacle plug top wall  141 . A receptacle plug cylinder  144  protrudes from the receptacle plug top wall  141 , to form an air chamber  172 . The air chamber  172  forms a seat for the rubber plug member  30  mentioned earlier. A receptacle plug sealing edge flange is formed on the lower open edge of the receptacle plug outer cylindrical body  139 . A receptacle plug cylinder  144  protrudes concentrically from the inside of the receptacle plug top wall  141  terminating on an open sealing edge  138 . During assembly, the receptacle plug member  50  is sealingly inserted into the inner receptacle opening  135  to form a receptacle subassembly  80 . The air chamber  172  now faces outward ready to receive the rubber plug member  30 . A needle  116  is also molded into the body of the receptacle plug member  50 , to form a fluid communication between the inside of the inner receptacle  70   1  and the outside of the receptacle plug member air chamber  50 . 
     To assemble the apparatus, a second receptacle member  70   2  is introduced. The second receptacle member  70   2  comprises a second receptacle cylindrical wall  138   2  sealingly connected to a second receptacle base dome  136   2 . A second receptacle alignment ridge  133   2  connects the second receptacle base dome  136   2  to the second receptacle cylindrical body  138   2 . The second receptacle cylindrical body  138   2  terminates in a second receptacle open neck  146   2 . The inner receptacle subassembly  80  is inserted into the second receptacle open neck  146   2  so that the inner receptacle spacing bulge  137  rests on the inside cavity  174   2  of the second receptacle base dome  136   2 . The inner receptacle alignment ridge  133   1  a keeps the two receptacles separated by a concentric space, so that a fluid such as water can be filled into this space as a hydraulic support chamber  153   1 . Heat is then applied to the second receptacle open neck  146   2  of the second receptacle  70   2 . The heat causes this wall to form a shrink and seal  148   1  over the compress over the receptacle plug sealing flange  140  to seal-off the inner hydraulic support cavity  153   1  and thus form assembly  80 . Thus, fluid is trapped between the inner receptacle member  70   1  and the second receptacle member  70   2  in this inner hydraulic support cavity  153   1 . 
     A third receptacle member  70   3  can then be placed following a similar process as outlined above to form a second hydraulic support chamber  153   2 , and then a third or fourth hydraulic chamber can be constructed until the n th  hydraulic chamber  153   n  is formed as required. In the case a third receptacle member  70   3  is used for example, it will consist of a third receptacle cylindrical body  138   3  terminating in a third receptacle open neck  146   3 . A third receptacle alignment ridge  133   3  is also provided and functions for the same purposes as mentioned for the first and second receptacle members. Similarly, the subassembly  80  inner and second receptacle members is inserted to the inside cavity  174   3  of the third receptacle member and then heat sealed with the second and third receptacle around the third receptacle neck opening  146   3  to form a seal clamp  148   2  over the assembly  80  and thus form assembly  90 . Thus, a second hydraulic pressure support chamber  153   3  is formed. 
     The completed unit can then be charged with refrigerant R through the needle  116  and the rubber plug member  30  placed snugly into the receptacle plug air chamber  172  inside wall  142   b  to plug off the needle  116  opening. The assembled apparatus  90  can then be inserted into a beverage bottle  40  to form apparatus  100  and can either be attached to beverage bottle  40  or a beverage can as per prior embodiments, or can be made to freely float inside the beverage bottle  40 . 
     In yet a third embodiment of the present invention, the receptacle members could be formed in the shape of small concentric tubes members  155  whose multiple concentric layers  156  are spaced apart by a hydraulic fluid or air. Tube members  155  could be made from a heat shrink material such as polyethylene-teraphthalate (PET) of from PVC. In this case, the tube ends  157  are sealed by heat shrinking over the multilayer sealing cap member  20  or alternatively they could thermally bonded with the multilayer sealing cap member  20  which can be made to a suitable size and shape. The open ends of the tube members are then sealed to form sealed tube ends  177 . 
     In yet a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the multiple layered receptacle member of the first embodiment can be thermally fused at various fused pressure support joints  176  so that it can handle more pressure. This is simply achieved by a modification of the thermal sealing die  104 . The assembly can then be inserted into a beverage bottle  40  to form apparatus  100  and can either be attached to beverage bottle  40  or a beverage can as per prior embodiments, or can be made to freely float inside the beverage bottle  40 . 
     In yet a fifth embodiment of the invention, a three part bottle assembly  60  is used to construct the apparatus. The first part is a base of the bottle  40  constructed with a bottom multiple hydraulic chamber  180  by injection molding. Then, a top multiple hydraulic chamber  179  is constructed separately. The apparatus  60  is assembled by bonding the top multiple hydraulic chamber  179  to the bottom multiple hydraulic chamber  180  along the open edges  181 . This can be achieved by either UV cured epoxies or by laser welding using a new process developed by Dymax Corporation USA. Once the two parts are fused together, one now has a completed multiple chamber hydraulically supported canister that functions just as described in the previous embodiments. Then one fuses the top part of the bottle  40  to the lower half to form a completed apparatus.