PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924244
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["062", "129000"]

Abstract:
Standalone and self-contained cooling systems using compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  containers positioned in an insulated or non-insulated vessel and consisting of a specially designed unit where the containers are vertically positioned in an upright or upside-down position. The liquid and/or gas CO 2  coolant is then released into capillary tube(s) embedded into a heat transfer plate or heat exchanger thus leveraging the CO 2  coolant properties. The temperature is controlled by a metering CO 2  releasing system encompassing an electronic control device which can be operated remotely and/or via a touch screen and which sends alerts when pre-defined thresholds are exceeded. The invention's metering CO 2  releasing system may be triggered by an electronic or a thermostatic valve or may be triggered manually or by an electronic solenoid. The invention's cooling system also encompasses check valves, which avoid liquid and/or gas CO 2  from escaping when removing or replacing CO 2  containers individually.

Claim (Index 1):
An insulated cooler comprising at least:\n a. an insulated box with insulated lateral walls, an insulated resealable lid and an insulated bottom surface; b. a liquid and/or gas cooling CO 2  system, including:\n i. at least one compressed liquid and/or gas container, \n ii. a CO 2  refrigerant retained within an interior chamber surrounded by a circumferential sidewall and top of each of said at least one compressed liquid container, \n iii. a heat transfer plate having at least an upper surface, \n iv. a manifold block affixed to said upper surface of said heat transfer plate, the manifold block having a body adjacent an end of the heat transfer plate and extending perpendicular to the upper surface with at least one opening extending into the body of the manifold block and female mating threads on a surface of the at least one opening, the at least one opening extending to a corresponding opening in a sidewall of the body of the manifold block, \n v. said compressed liquid and/or gas container having a member in fluid communication with said interior chamber of said at least one compressed liquid container, the member having a circumferential sidewall with mating male threads, the compressed liquid container placed in an inverted condition with the male mating threads engaged with and threaded onto the female mating threads so that the at least one compressed liquid container is retained in an inverted condition in the at least one opening of the manifold block, \n vi. a check valve between the manifold block and the retained at least one compressed liquid container, the check valve connected to a fluid dispensing valve releasing compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  to a capillary embedded in the heat transfer plate, and \n vii. a release or control valve, as part of the metering CO 2  control releasing system, which is controlled or actuated electronically to release the liquid and/or gas CO 2  from the CO 2  containers into the invention's cooling systems, the control valve configured to match at least one liquid and/or gas CO 2  container, \n c. an electronic control device located on the external side of lateral wall of the container which is embedded in and connected internally to the invention's unit throughout isolated electrical wires, the electronic control device transmitting encrypted commands to an electronic control member, and when the desiring cooling temperature is determined, the electronic control member opens the control valve, and liquid and/or gas CO 2  are dispensed through the at least one dispensing valve through the capillary to the heat transfer plate with the heat transfer plate providing the cooling temperature to a selected location, the electronic control device selected from the group consisting of:\n i. a display where the following temperatures are visualized: a) external to the cooler; b) internal into the cooler; and c) at the upper surface of the heat exchanger, \n ii. an electronic board with the purpose to check the current temperatures and send the desired temperatures to the electronic valve, \n iii. a wired electronic connection to the invention's cooling system, \n iv. a USB port, \n v. a power supply component, \n vi. a Bluetooth component, \n vii. a WiFi component, \n viii. a radio frequency component, and \n ix. a case-box containing the electronic components with input and to output connectors and having the display in one of its surface; and \n d. an ice making system selected from the group consisting of:\n i. a special designed cold disbursement plate; \n ii. a capillary to convey the liquid and/or gas CO 2  from the cartridge to the cold disbursement plate, \n iii. a containment tray, and \n iv. a liquid divider. \n e. one or more capillary tube(s) with various widths and lengths are embedded in the heat transfer plate or wrapped around a cooling chamber designed to refrigerate, cool or freeze beverages including cans, bottles or other small items in need of refrigeration, cooling or freezing; f. the various widths and lengths of the capillary tube(s) allow an operator to manually regulate, change or control the flow of compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  thus acting on the temperature setting and on the quantity of compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  to be released for a more efficient utilization of the heat transfer plate; and g. the capillary tube(s) convey the compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  along the heat transfer plate, tubes having filters to avoid any freezing, clogging or blocking of the compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  flow, the capillary tubes(s) convey the compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  to be safely released from the compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  container(s) in the heat transfer plate, thereby avoiding the compressed liquid and/or gas CO 2  to be directly spilled on the items in need of refrigeration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72917
- Patent Class: 62.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15382716', '11437023', '10304197', '11692291', '15747182']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7778131249982299
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5830896062950597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7583407731279128
- Mean Citation Score: 240.387736
- Max Citation Score: 493.58194
- Similarity Product: 400.4117446736384

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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