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US 2006/0185372 A1Published application
Method and device for rapid cooling of packaged drinks
OwnerJose Conde Hinojosainventor
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Based on the use of a coolant aqueous liquid, usually brine, maintained at low temperature in a reservoir receptacle, as low as −20° C. if the brine is of Sodium chloride or as low as −50° C. if it is of Calcium chloride, applied on the upper surface of the container, positioned horizontally, rotating about its axis, by means of soft jets, during a time which is calculated from the initial and desired temperatures, the temperatures of the cold solution and of the rinsing water and from the temporal coefficient of the packaged beverage, so that the brine glides over its surface drawn by the force of gravity, surrounding it completely through surface tension adherence to the surface of the container located underneath, where it is detached, determining at all times that the brine coats the greater part of the container during the spraying. By substituting the coolant liquid with hot water the rapid heating of packaged beverages is produced.
Procedure of rapid cooling of packaged beverages which comprises the spraying of a coolant liquid, preferably brine, which will cover the greater part of the surface of the container in rotation during a time calculated from the initial and desired temperatures, the temperatures of the cold solution and of the rinsing water, the duration of the rinsing and the temporal coefficient of the packaged beverage.
Rapid cooling of packaged beverages which incorporates a coolant liquid reservoir from which liquid is fed after the activation of a solenoid valve or electric pump through a distribution pipe from which the coolant liquid is sprayed on the one or more containers to be cooled so that when sprayed said cooling liquid is recovered through a return pipe to the coolant liquid reservoir, this coolant liquid reservoir having coupled thereto a cold producing equipment, characterized in that the coolant liquid, which is part of the apparatus, is preferably a brine and the cited apparatus comprises a microprocessor which has a program for acquisition, storage and treatment of the variables which intervene in the calculation of the cooling time and controls the activation and operation of the means of driving liquids and the motor for rotation of the containers,
50 Rapid cooling apparatus of packaged beverages according to claim 24 characterized in that for freezing liquids in the production of domestic ice creams or even crushed-ice beverages the incorporation is foreseen of a recipient inside which is an element for stirring the product to be frozen which receives outwardly over all its surface the coolant brine shower, the stirrer being power driven through an auxiliary output of the movement produced by the motor which drives the rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.