Patent ID: 8516849

Claim:
A beverage container cooler, comprising an outer holder and at least one inner holder, received in the outer holder, provided with: at least a series of receiving positions inside the inner holder, for beverage containers; a cooling device for forming an ice layer between the at least one inner holder and the outer holder; pumping means for drawing coolant from the at least one inner holder and lifting coolant between the inner holder and the outer holder; and at least one overflow for reintroducing lifted coolant into the inner holder, wherein the cooler is at least partly filled with beverage containers, wherein a receiving position encloses a beverage container relatively closely over at least a part of the height of the beverage container, wherein a receiving position comprises a wall, wherein the wall encloses a beverage container over a part of the height of the beverage container in a manner such that between the wall and the beverage container a space is enclosed with an average width of less than approximately five millimeters.