DEVICE FOR COOLING SUBSTANCES

• US 20170115038A1
• Filed: 10/23/2016
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick Alan Tatom
• Original Assignee: Patrick Alan Tatom
• Inventors: Tatom, Patrick Alan
• Granted Patent: US 10,443,904 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 19/005 the refrigerant being a liquefied gas
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 19/04 using liquid jet, e.g. of water
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/12 Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 25/005 using containers
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/107 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 7/00 Devices using evaporation effects without recovery of the vapour butter or cheese dishes with cooling devices A47G19/26

Abstract

A device for cooling a substance stored within the device is provided. The device has a body with an internal compartment. The compartment can be sealed closed and can be accessed for adding a substance to be cooled to the compartment or removing the substance from the compartment. The body of the device has an internal cavity that surrounds the exterior of the compartment holding the substance to be cooled. Fluidized coolant is injected into the cavity through an injection port to cool the substance for use.

Claims

1. A device for cooling substances, said device comprising a body, said body comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein the upper housing and the lower housing are configured such that the upper housing and the lower housing can be attached to and detached from each other, wherein the lower housing has a compartment disposed therein, said compartment being accessible when the upper housing is detached from the lower housing, and said compartment being sealed closed when the upper housing is attached to the lower housing, said lower housing having a cavity disposed therein, wherein the cavity at least partially surrounds the compartment, and wherein the body has an injection port configured such that a fluid can be injected into the cavity from outside the body via the injection port.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the body is at least partially made of an elastic material.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the compartment is defined by walls, and wherein a portion of the walls is made of an elastic material.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein a portion of the walls is made of a metallic material.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the metallic material is adjacent to the cavity.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the upper housing has a cavity disposed therein, and wherein the cavity in the upper housing is in fluid communication with the cavity in the lower housing when the upper housing is attached to the lower housing.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the injection port is configured such that a fluid can be injected directly into the cavity disposed within the upper housing.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the lower housing comprises two opposing buttons disposed on opposite sides of the compartment, wherein the buttons are configured such that the buttons compress the compartment when the buttons are pressed toward each other.

9. A device for cooling a substance, said device comprising a body having a compartment disposed therein, wherein the body is configured such that the compartment can be sealed closed during periods of use, and the compartment can be accessed for adding a substance to or removing a substance from the compartment during periods of non-use, wherein the body further has a cavity disposed therein, wherein the cavity at least partially surrounds the compartment, and wherein the body has an injection port configured such that a fluid can be injected into the cavity from outside the body via the injection port.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the body is at least partially made of an elastic material.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the compartment is defined by walls, and wherein a portion of the walls is made of an elastic material.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein a portion of the walls is made of a metallic material.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of the metallic material is adjacent to the cavity.

14. A method for cooling substances, said method comprising the following steps:

providing a device comprising a body having a compartment disposed therein, wherein the body is configured such that the compartment can be sealed closed during periods of use, and the compartment can be accessed for adding a substance to or removing a substance from the compartment during periods of non-use, wherein the body further has a cavity disposed therein, wherein the cavity at least partially surrounds the compartment, and wherein the body has an injection port configured such that a fluid can be injected into the cavity from outside the body via the injection port,

adding an amount of a substance to the compartment,

sealing the compartment closed, and

injecting a coolant into the cavity.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the body is at least partially made of an elastic material.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the compartment is defined by walls, and wherein a portion of the walls is made of an elastic material.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein a portion of the walls is made of a metallic material.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein at least a portion of the metallic material is adjacent to the cavity.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the body comprises two opposing buttons disposed on opposite sides of the compartment, wherein the buttons are configured such that the buttons compress the compartment when the buttons are pressed toward each other, said method further comprising the step of pressing the button toward each other such that the compressed compartment causes the substance contained therein to break apart.