Patent ID: 7707848

Claim:
Apparatus for rapidly cooling a liquid in a container in a freezer having a freezer food compartment, comprising: a housing having a bottom and side walls defining an interior volume adapted to receive a container of liquid; a rotating mechanism disposed in said housing adapted to rotate a container about the container's longitudinal axis; a source of a liquid cooling medium to cool the container; and chilling means for chilling the liquid cooling medium, said chilling means comprising at least one ice tray having: an inlet receiving the cooling medium: a plurality of substantially planar chilling surfaces disposed directly one atop another in thermal communication with the freezer compartment and receiving the liquid cooling medium from said inlet, said liquid cooling medium flowing over said chilling surfaces one directly after another and is cooled by said chilling surfaces and at least partially freezes on said chilling surfaces; and an outlet allowing the cooling medium to exit said ice tray, wherein when the container is placed within said interior volume, the liquid cooling medium thermally communicates with the container while said rotating mechanism rotates the container.