Patent ID: 7621146

Claim:
A system for cooling a sealed portion of a flexible container, the system comprising: a transferring arrangement for transferring one or more containers; a platform constructed and arranged to revolve about a shaft and to receive one or more containers thereon; and a plurality of cooling arrangements comprising one or more gripping mechanisms for gripping the containers; wherein the cooling arrangements are constructed and arranged to cool the sealed portions of the containers while the containers are being transferred, wherein the cooling arrangements include: a pair of cooling components constructed and arranged to secure the sealed portion therebetween, the pair of cooling components including, a fixed cooling component and a displaceable cooling component, wherein the displaceable cooling component is selectively displaceable between an open position for receiving a container and a closed position for securing the container between the fixed cooling component and the displaceable cooling component, a supply mechanism for providing a cooling fluid to at least one cooling component, a removal mechanism for removing the cooling fluid from at least one cooling component, wherein the system further comprises an actuator constructed and arranged to move the displaceable cooling component away from the fixed cooling component, wherein the cooling arrangement further comprises an arm connected to the fixed cooling component; and the actuator comprises a plurality of cooling rods, each cooling rod connected to at least one other cooling rod, wherein at least two cooling rods are pivotally connected to the arm and at least one cooling rod is connected to the displaceable cooling component, wherein the removal mechanism removes the cooling fluid from the cooling component after the cooling fluid has thermally interacted with the cooling components.