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Patent US4747274 - Device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles, having a receiver unit with an inclined upper surface, and at least one cooling element that is removable from the receiver unit. A receiving chamber is located beneath the upper support surface with the cooling element being disposed beneath...http://www.google.com/patents/US4747274?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4747274 - Device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottlesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4747274 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/071,931Publication dateMay 31, 1988Filing dateJul 10, 1987Priority dateJul 10, 1986Fee statusLapsedAlso published asDE8618514U1, EP0254148A1, EP0254148B1Publication number07071931, 071931, US 4747274 A, US 4747274A, US-A-4747274, US4747274 A, US4747274AInventorsJoerg Duemmig-ZitzmannOriginal AssigneeAlfi Zitzmann Gmbh & CoExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (9), Referenced by (10), Classifications (23), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDevice for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles
US 4747274 AAbstract
A device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles, having a receiver unit with an inclined upper surface, and at least one cooling element that is removable from the receiver unit. A receiving chamber is located beneath the upper support surface with the cooling element being disposed beneath the upper support surface and, preferably, forming an upper boundary wall of the receiving chamber. Thus, intensive cooling can be provided to containers in the receiving chamber, while bottles deposited upon the upper support surface will only be slightly cooled or not cooled at all. The cooling element is preferably an essentially block- or plate-shaped hollow body that is filled with a cooling medium, the cooling element being cooled down in a refrigerator, freezer, or the like, prior to insertion into the receiving unit.
1. Device for cooling of beverage containers, particularly bottles, comprising a receiver unit having top and bottom sides between which extend front and rear ends, and an internal receiving chamber; wherein said top side of the receiver unit is provided with an inclined upper, exterior container support surface, wherein access to said internal receiving chamber is provided by an opening in said front end of the receiver unit, and wherein at least one cooling element is removably held by the receiver unit in a manner enabling said cooling element to serve as a means for cooling beverage containers disposed on said upper support surface and within said receiving chamber to different temperatures.
The invention relates to a device for cooling beverage containers, particularly bottles, having a receiver unit with an inclined upper surface, and at least one cooling element that is removable from the receiver unit.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the cooling device;
The cooling device depicted has a receiver unit 10 and a cooling element 11. Receiver unit 10 consists of a rear part 12 and a front part 13 that is fixedly connected therewith. Rear part 12 and front part 13 have cup-like shapes, whereby the front part projects into the rear part, as can be seen from FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. The front part 13 is provided with an aperture and forms the front surface 14 of the receiver unit 10. Furthermore, front part 13 has a recess 15 into which cooling element 11 is inserted. Cooling element 11 is essentially block- or plate-shaped and is filled with a cooling medium, such as a nontoxic freezable liquid or gelatin refrigerant of a type conventionally used in freezer packs for maintaining foods cold after having been cooled down in a refrigerator, freezer, or the like. For example, a mixture containing water and glycerine may be used as the cooling medium. Cooling element 11 has shoulders 16, 17 at both sides which are received in complementarily shaped portions 18, 19 of recess 15 and extend laterally to the outer surface of receiver unit 10. Indentations 20 are provided at both sides of the cooling element 11, in the end surface of each of the shoulders 16, 17 (FIG. 2), which facilitate a withdrawal of cooling element 11 from receiver unit 10.
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