Beverage can cooler
AssigneeMechEnvent LLC
InventorWilliam James Fienup
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Abstract
In accordance with the principals of the present invention, a frozen tube is adapted to securely surround the can, the frozen tube utilizing high heat capacity/thermal mass to wick heat from the beverage in the can. Contained within the frozen tube, a plurality of fins are provided thus acting as a heatsink. The presence of the fins act as a heatsink by increasing convective, conductive, and radiative heat dissipation if used in the absence of the frozen tube and conductive heat dissipation if used with the frozen tube.
Claims24
A beverage can cooler comprising:
- a cold tube adapted to securely surround the beverage can;
- and
- contained within the cold tube, a plurality of fins adapted to increase conductive heat dissipation, thus acting as a heatsink.
A mold adapted to be used with a heatsink, the mold comprising:
- a bottom floor defining a seal with an interior of the heatsink;
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- a channel slot indentation and a hinge indentation defined on an interior wall of the mold, the channel slot indentation adopted to cooperate with a channel slot of the heatsink and the hinge indentation adopted to cooperate with a hinge of the heatsink, the channel slot indentation and the hinge indentation further defined fin slots adopted to cooperate with fins of the heatsink.
A beverage can cooler comprising:
- a plurality of fins adapted to increase conductive heat dissipation, thus acting as a heatsink;
- a mold adapted to contain the heatsink, the mold having a bottom floor defining a plurality of fin receptors adapted to receive the plurality of fins.
A beverage can cooler comprising
- a plurality of fins adapted to facilitate expanding around the can and achieving contact pressure and increasing surface area between the plurality of fins and the can,
- the plurality of fins increasing convective, conductive, and radiative heat dissipation, thus acting as a heatsink, the heatsink comprised of a material having good heat transfer capabilities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.