US 4,544,077 A · Liquid container

Abstract

A liquid container having a container body provided with an open top. A slot extends through the side wall of the container body, and a liner of liquid absorbing material surrounds the outer surface of the container body and covers the slot. A top cover is removably mounted on the container body in covering relationship to the open top thereof, the top cover having a liquid outlet which the liquid in the container can be removed therefrom. The top cover has a leg depending therefrom and movable into and out of closing relationship to the slot so that liquid from the container body can be adjustably allowed to pass through the slot from the container body and into contact with the inner surface of the liner. When the ambient air and the container move relative to each other, evaporative cooling occurs which causes the liquid in the container body to be cooled.

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Dependent claims

A liquid container comprising:

a container body of heat conductive material and having an open top;
a top cover shiftably mounted on and closing the open top of the container body, said top cover having outlet means for allowing a liquid to be directed out of the container body;
a liquid absorbing liner surrounding the container body and in thermal interchange relationship thereto;
and
valve means coupled with said container body for allowing liquid from the container body to contact the liner so that, when ambient air and the liner move relative to each other, an evaporative cooling effect occurs to cool the liquid in the container body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Liquid container

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