Device and method for controlling the temperature of an item to be temperature controlled
AssigneeBarkey GmbH & Co. KG
InventorHarry Rempel
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Abstract
A device and method for controlling the temperature of an item to be temperature controlled in a simple manner without a fixing system for fixing a temperature control body to the item to be temperature controlled being additionally necessary. The temperature control body is an inflatable body having a volume which is changeable such that the inflatable body, in the working position, rests against the circumferential wall of the item to be temperature controlled when the inflatable body is in an inflated state with an increased volumetric expansion.
Claims17
A device for controlling the temperature of an item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled, comprising a temperature control body (2, 2′) which in a working position is adapted to rest with a contacting portion (11) facing the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled at least in regions form-fittingly against a circumferential wall (13, 13′) of the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled and comprising temperature control means such that the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled is temperature controllable to a predetermined temperature in the working position of the temperature control body (2, 2′), wherein the temperature control body is an inflatable body (2, 2′) having a volume which is changeable such that the inflatable body (2, 2′), in the working position, rests against the circumferential wall (13, 13′) of the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled when the inflatable body (2, 2′) is in an inflated state with an increased volumetric expansion.
A method for controlling the temperature of an item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled, wherein a temperature control body (2, 2′) in a working position rests with a contacting portion (11) for thermal contact against a circumferential wall (13, 13′) of the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled, comprising filling the temperature control body (2, 2′) with a pressurized fluid (8) having a predetermined temperature in a first state such that the temperature control body (2, 2′) rests with the contacting portion (11) against the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled and bringing the temperature control body (2, 2′), by non-pressurization of the fluid (8), into a non-working state in which the contacting portion (11) of the inflatable body (2, 2′) is spaced apart from the circumferential wall (13, 13′) of the item (1, 1′) to be temperature controlled.
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