Potable liquid cooling device
OwnerChad Richard Ritter, Samuel Richard Ritterinventors
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Abstract
An improved beverage cooling device featuring a refrigeration source, a cold plate heat exchanger block, a track in contact with the cold plate heat exchanger block which directs liquid from the input to the output, and a removable top housing which seals the track during use of the device but may be removed to clean the sections of the device which contact the beverage to be cooled. In other embodiments, the invention additionally comprises a housing to contain and support the device, an exit valve allowing for a controlled release of the cooled beverage, or a top cap providing insulation and preventing contamination of the device.
Claims5
An improved beverage cooling apparatus comprising:
- a refrigeration source;
- a cold plate heat exchanger block thermally connected to said refrigeration source, wherein said refrigeration source cools said cold plate heat exchanger block;
- a track composed of thermally conductive material, having an input and an output, in contact with said cold plate heat exchanger block which traverses a serpentine path across said cold plate heat exchanger block, such that at all points along the length of said track, said track has a downward slope, wherein said cold plate heat exchanger block cools said track, and wherein all liquid deposited at said input passes along said track from said input to said output;
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- a top housing which can be attached to said track to form a seal to contain liquid within said track during use, or removed to facilitate cleaning of said track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.