US 2019/0135523 A1Published application

Thermal-transfer container sleeve system and method

OwnerGameel Gabrielinventor

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Abstract

A thermal-transfer container sleeve system and method for warming, cooling, or maintaining the temperature of a fluid inside a thermally-conductive container. The thermal-transfer container sleeve is portable, is non-electric and non-fuel-burning, and is not itself a fluid container, which might not be allowed in some places or circumstances. The thermal-transfer container sleeve is easily pre-heated or pre-cooled with standard kitchen equipment. The thermal-transfer container sleeve provides high-thermal-capacitance units attached to the inside of an insulation sleeve in a way that maximizes thermal contact with the thermally-conductive container, but provides additional surface area when not mounted upon a thermally-conductive container to increase the efficiency of pre-heating or pre-cooling.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A thermal-transfer container sleeve system for affecting the temperature of a fluid inside a thermally-conductive container, comprising:

(i) a plurality of high-thermal-capacitance units adapted to transfer thermal energy with an outside heat source or sink, store such thermal energy, and transfer such thermal energy with the fluid inside a thermally-conductive container, and having an inner face adapted for thermal contact with the thermally-conductive container;
and
(ii) an insulating sleeve of thermally-insulating sheet material, having an inner face toward the thermally-conductive container and an opposite outer face, adapted for attachment of said high-thermal-capacitance units on the inner face, and adapted for holding said high-thermal-capacitance units against the surface of the thermally-conductive container;
where the shape of said high-thermal-capacitance units and configuration of attachment to said insulating sleeve are such that when placed upon the thermally-conductive container, the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are located close together, and when removed from the thermally-conductive container the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are located further apart;
where no energy source other than the stored thermal energy of said high-thermal-capacitance units is used by said thermal-transfer container sleeve when in use upon the thermally-conductive container;
and
where, in use, said thermal-transfer container sleeve is first pre-heated or pre-cooled by an outside heat source or sink, and then is placed upon the thermally-conductive container of fluid such that the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are held in thermal contact with the thermally-conductive container by said insulating sleeve.

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A thermal-transfer container sleeve method for affecting the temperature of a fluid inside a thermally-conductive container, comprising:

(i) providing a thermal-transfer container sleeve, further comprising:
(a) a plurality of high-thermal-capacitance units adapted to transfer thermal energy with an outside heat source or sink, store such thermal energy, and transfer such thermal energy with the fluid inside a thermally-conductive container, and having an inner face adapted for thermal contact with the thermally-conductive container;
and
(b) an insulating sleeve of thermally-insulating sheet material, having an inner face toward the thermally-conductive container and an opposite outer face, adapted for attachment of said high-thermal-capacitance units on the inner face, and adapted for holding said high-thermal-capacitance units against the surface of the thermally-conductive container;
where the shape of said high-thermal-capacitance units and configuration of attachment to said insulating sleeve are such that when placed upon the thermally-conductive container, the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are located close together, and when removed from the thermally-conductive container the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are located further apart;
and
where no energy source other than the stored thermal energy of said high-thermal-capacitance units is used by said thermal-transfer container sleeve when in use upon the thermally-conductive container;
and
(ii) using said thermal-transfer container sleeve by first pre-heating or pre-cooling by an outside heat source or sink, and then placing upon the thermally-conductive container of fluid such that the inner faces of said high-thermal-capacitance units are held in thermal contact with the thermally-conductive container by said insulating sleeve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/802,753Filed 3 Nov 2017
Published: 9 May 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B65D 81/3886
Insulating sleeves or jackets for cans, bottles, barrels, etc.: formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls
A47G 19/2288
Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service: with means for keeping liquid cool or hot
B65D 81/3879
Insulating sleeves or jackets for cans, bottles, barrels, etc.: formed of foam material
F25D 3/08
Movable containers: portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally