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US 6,745,577 B2Granted
Chilling apparatus
AssigneeChilled Concepts Ltd.
InventorBrian Newman
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Abstract
A chilling apparatus (1) for chilling drinking vessels (44) comprising a liquid gas reservoir (3) in fluid communication with a chilling nozzle (4) under the control of a valve (41) controlled by a control unit (6), so that the drinking vessel may be chilled by a metered quantity of liquid gas vapourising from the chilling nozzle. The reservoir is provided with a vent (36) to prevent a buildup of vapourised liquid gas in the pipework and/or reservoir.
Claims19
A chilling apparatus for chilling a drinking vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a reservoir for liquefied gas;
- (b) a chilling nozzle for vapourising said liquefied gas in said drinking vessel;
- (c) pipework for conveying said liquefied gas from said reservoir to said chilling nozzle;
- (d) metering means for controlling the quantity of liquefied gas dispensed from said chilling nozzle;
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- (e) venting means in communication with said reservoir for preventing build-up of vapour from said liquefied gas.
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