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US 4,494,600 AGranted
Portable quick chilling and heating appliance
OwnerBruce E. DeLauinventor
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Abstract
A portable appliance for quick chilling and heating of fluids, such as beverages, without dilution. The appliance comprises a pour-through, gravity operated heat exchanger, an intake reservoir connected to its upper end, and a discharge tap connected to its lower end. It operates without application of electric or mechanical power, and may be used both indoors or in the field.
Claims2
A portable quick chilling and heating appliance for beverages and the like comprising, in combination,
- (a) a generally cylindrical container having a fluid tight lower section and a non-fluid tight upper section;
- (b) a coil of metallic tubing having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, said coil being housed within the lower section of said container in spaced relation with the inner peripheral wall thereof;
- (c) said upper end portion terminating in an intake;
- (d) said lower end portion terminating in an outlet;
- (e) a cover having a concave upper face and defining a closure for the upper section of said container;
- (f) means defining a fluid reservoir in said concave upper face of said cover having an inner diameter at least as great as the inner diameter of said container and also having a lowest point;
- (g) means defining a fluid-tight connection between the lowest point of said reservoir and said upper end portion of said coil;
- (h) an upwardly extending wall in the upper section of said container situated above said coil;
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- (i) means defining at least one aperture in said upwardly extending wall above said coil for loading ice or a heating medium into said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.