CN1107209C - Apparatus for chilling fluids - Google Patents

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CN1107209C
CN1107209C CN 97181287 CN97181287A CN1107209C CN 1107209 C CN1107209 C CN 1107209C CN 97181287 CN97181287 CN 97181287 CN 97181287 A CN97181287 A CN 97181287A CN 1107209 C CN1107209 C CN 1107209C
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The present invention relates to a cooler (10) for cooling a certain amount of fluid, which comprises an absorption body (12), wherein the absorption body is used for accommodating and absorbing a certain amount of gas under pressure. The desorption of the gas in the cooler causes the temperature of the absorption body (12) and an absorbed object for cooling fluid to drop. The cooler (10) comprises a container with a thin wall (14, 14a) which is placed to be directly contacted with cooled fluid, wherein the container (14a) comprises two thin sheets (95) of which the sizes and the shapes are basically similar. The two thin sheets are connected together around the periphery edges (96) of the thin sheets, and thereby, a chamber is formed between the two thin sheets and is used for accommodating the absorption body (12). The cooler (10) is suitable for cooling a canned beverage or a bottled beverage, and a bottle (26) or a bottle can be provided with a visual display device for displaying beverage temperature.

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Be used for the cooler of in fluid-storing container cooling fluid
The present invention relates to be used for the equipment of cooling fluid, particularly but not exclusively, relate to the cooler that is used for cooling off canned or bottled drink.
Canned or bottled drink does not cool off operational local consumption in advance such as beer through being everlasting.Believe that this effect to product is unfavorable, therefore, known several cooling means.These methods comprise discharges into the atmosphere the compressed butane of the liquid of some, or uses the cold crystallization technology.Yet these methods are harmful to environment, material cost is high, and are not widely used.Main manufacturer is still in a kind of method of the shortcoming of seeking to avoid relevant with these methods.
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of cooler that is used for cooling off canned or bottled drink, it reduces the problem relevant with method above-mentioned of maybe may eliminating.
Therefore, the invention provides be used for cooling some in the fluid-storing container fluid cooler, described cooler comprises a kind of adsorbent, is used for holding and adsorbing under pressure the gas of some; Sealing device is used for being sealed in the gas that is adsorbed in the described adsorbent; Releasing device is used for discharging adsorbed gas by described adsorbent to atmospheric environment with controllable mode, makes the effect of desorption cause adsorbent and be used for the temperature of absorbate of cooling fluid to descend.Wherein releasing device comprises a vulnerable area, can fracture when opening container.
Best, adsorbent comprises activated carbon, and preferably selects in following one group: the zeolite of zeolite, cation exchange, silica gel, activated carbon and carbon molecular sieve.
Best, this cooler also comprises the carbon dioxide that is adsorbed by described adsorbent.
Best, cooler also comprises an elongated pipe, is communicated with on fluid with adsorbent at the one end, and is communicated with sealing device at its other end, thereby form a path, passes through this path when the gas that is adsorbed is discharged by adsorbent.
Can make the shape of this cooler or install, thereby heat-shift with it perhaps is contained in this container round fluid-storing container; In addition, this cooler can form fluid-storing container at least in part.
Among the embodiment in cooler is contained in fluid-storing container, elongated pipe can comprise a helix tube, be used as around the accessory of the outer surface of fluid-storing container, thereby the heat exchange between pipe and the container is become easily, and therefore cool off any fluid wherein.
Releasing device can be the device of an outlet of any obstruction fluid-storing container, and when opening described container with it, it also is used for sealing device is thrown off, and the gas that is adsorbed is discharged into the atmosphere.In addition, this releasing device comprises the device that is used for blocking described outlet of container, and when opening described outlet with it, it only is used for discharging the gas that is adsorbed.Yet this releasing device preferably includes a vulnerable area, and this part can rupture when opening described container.Traditionally, this vulnerable area comprises the end of injecting pipe and is fastened to a stopper on the blocking device, makes the operation of opening described container remove unstopper with the described pipe of cause, thereby discharges adsorbed gas.The surface best, that the position of pipe makes the gas of emitting cross any fluid in the container before being gone out by outlet.
This cooler preferably includes control device, is used for controlling the desorption rate of adsorbate, thus the control cooldown rate.
Traditionally, container can be a container for drink, such as a bottle or jar.For cooling cooling device canned or bottled drink a requirement is arranged: it is more that it must not be compared to the change of minimum of existing container for drink.Most of manufacturers also require cooling device that existing production line is not required big change.
In order to satisfy these requirements, this cooler preferably includes at least one thin-walled pressure vessel, be used for being provided with in the mode that contacts with the fluid direct heat that is cooled, and, wherein each container comprises two thin slices that size and dimension is substantially similar, periphery round them couples together them, thereby forms a chamber between them, is used for holding adsorbent.
Easily such setting introduced in the container for drink and do not needed to change greatly the design of these containers or the design of its production line.Such cooler also is simple, cheap and easy the manufacturing.In addition, such cooler vessel has big surface area with respect to their volume, this cooling effectiveness that makes them with respect to their volume for best.
As a result, can become minimum to the volume of such cooler vessel, thereby the volume of replaced beverage is bigger unlike the volume of being strict with in order to obtain required cooling effect.
Best, may be that the thin slice on plane can flexibly be out of shape, in order that can inject the neck of bottle to cooler vessel or inject the dispersion perforate of a beverage can.
Thin slice is suitable for being made by aluminum or aluminum alloy, can easily these thin slices be welded together along their circumferential edge.
Also can connect together, for example on one or more points rather than around their circumferential edge, carry out spot welding by the cooler vessel that an electrode holder thin slice forms.Such setting not only provides stronger cooler vessel structure, and has increased surface area.Also have, these tie points that add are aimed at, thereby formed crease line, cooler vessel can be folding about these lines, makes becoming easy in the equipment reeve container for drink.
Best, cooler comprises the pipe that one or more is elongated, and an end of every pipe is communicated with container chamber and adsorbent wherein, thereby produces a passage for the gas that is adsorbed, and passes through this passage when the gas that is adsorbed is discharged by adsorbent.Every elongated pipe makes the heat from beverage or other fluid can pass to the gas that flows along its length, and the suitable length of pipe is long in the full-size of container significantly; These characteristics make that elongated pipe can be around the container of elastically deformable, thereby the configuration with a kind of tight extruding is fixed container, in order that inject in the container for drink easily, and/or be located in this container, make the far-end (promptly by separating the Kongzui that scatters point far away) by container flow to the dispersion perforate, therefore pass and cool off the wherein major part of fluid.
In order to make cooling effect reach maximum, heat conduction fin can be set, stretch by one or two thin slice that forms cooler vessel.
When being provided with cooler as described above, the present invention also comprises a kind of fluid-storing container.In some cases, fluid is cooled off effectively and change some times possibly; For example, under the situation of cooling tank dixie cup, finish its cooling and change 30 seconds or longer possibly, this time is thirsty people's acceptable.Such people may be ready to know that what moment beverage is cooled to it for drinking optimum degree.
Therefore, comprise that the container for drink of cooler as described above also can be provided with the device that temperature is had response, be suitable for providing a visible demonstration of beverage temperature.
Best, there is the device of response to comprise a kind of thermo-color material to temperature, such as the coating of thermo-color, or pigment, or the liquid crystal of thermo-color, these materials can be according to their temperature change color, and these materials are known technically in essence.Best, the thermo-color material can be in direct thermo-contact with container for drink, thereby make temperature when beverage because the work of cooler descends during the temperature decline that makes container and thermo-color material, this substance change color, thereby give visible demonstration of consumer: beverage is cooled, suitable drinking.
The thermo-color material preferably is applied directly on the outer surface of container for drink, so not only can be sooner and demonstrate the wherein temperature change of beverage more accurately, and in container manufacturing process, can more easily realize.For example, beverage can is normally painted, and adds another station and applies neither difficulty of thermal change colored paint or analog, and is also not expensive.
Can apply the thermo-color material with pattern and color, provide an obvious outward appearance attractive in appearance for the consumer; For example, when beverage or other fluid are sufficiently cooled off, produce design or propaganda speech that eyes can be seen.
For fear of having a question, the present invention has been described about fluid ratio such as canned or bottled beverage, still, the invention is not restricted to this.Principle of the present invention can be used for nonliquid material, such as solid or semi-solid food products, medicine, chemicals or analog; Therefore, " fluid " this speech that uses in claims should correspondingly be understood.In addition, believe, can be used to provide the purpose of heat according to many characteristics of the specific embodiment of device of the present invention, just as they provide cooling material.
To only with reference to accompanying drawing the present invention be described more specifically now in the mode of example, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the profile of beverage can that combine with the present invention or that form a part of the present invention;
Fig. 2 and 4 is the parts decomposing section of cap shown in Figure 1, and shows " being closed " respectively and position " opening ";
Fig. 3 and 5 is respectively the profile of getting along on the A-A of Fig. 2 and 4 and the B-B arrow intercepting direction;
Fig. 6 is profile of the present invention when using with a screw top container combination;
Fig. 7 is the profile of a kind of reduced form of the present invention;
Fig. 8 to 11 is the profile of another form of the present invention;
Figure 12 and 12a are respectively front schematic view and the side view of an embodiment of the cooler vessel that forms a part of the present invention; And
Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of cooler vessel.
Referring to Fig. 1 to 5, the adsorbent 12 that comprises the some in the housing 14 that is encapsulated in a sealing according to the cooler 10 of one aspect of the present invention, this housing has a sealing device, for example form is stopper 16 (Fig. 2), when using, this sealing device is used for blocking an outlet 18, thereby the gas that prevents to be adsorbed in the into described adsorbent leaks.Best, this cooler comprises an elongated pipe 20, and the one end is connected on fluid with absorbate, is connected with sealing device at its other end 206, and its mode will describe in detail below.In the embodiment in figure 1, the form of adsorbent 12 is a dish, in use its seat is placed on the pedestal 22 of container 24, this dish is located in this container, pipe makes progress spirally, towards outlet 26, by the inside of container 24, thereby the effective content of cooled containers easily, its mode will be described in detail below.
Adsorbent 12 can be in many adsorbents any, such as zeolite, silica gel, activated carbon and the carbon molecular sieve of zeolite, cation exchange, still, the activated carbon of the sort of type of selling with trade mark " AMBERSORB " preferably.These adsorbents can adsorb the gas of quite big quantity under pressure, be used for later release.Therefore Xi Fu gas will be lowered the temperature when being discharged into atmospheric pressure significantly in this manner, and can be used for cooling off any cooler 10 and be positioned at wherein fluid.Particularly, activated carbon can adsorb very a large amount of carbon dioxide, and a gram carbon can adsorb many to 0.4 gram carbon dioxide under 10 bar pressures.Typically, when being pressurized to for 10 whens crust, the refrigeration output of carbon dioxide that is approximately 15 kcal/mol is available, and a beer can cooling 20 that comprises 300 milliliters of liquid is spent may need 6 kilocalories.The carbon dioxide that occupy 44 grams of about 100 ml volumes are enough to be cooled to desired temperature to independent one jar.
In use, make adsorbent be exposed to for example 6 to 10 crust, preferably the carbon dioxide of 6 to 8 crust makes carbon dioxide be adsorbed, and if necessary, by with stopper 16 sealing outlets 18, carbon dioxide is sealed in wherein subsequently.Can before using a cap or cap 25 these containers of sealing, cooler be injected in the container 24.Can inject the cooler 10 that shape is suitable by its outlet.When wanting cooler 10 is used to the bottle of major diameter threaded cap or similarity piece is arranged, such method is feasible ideally, as illustrated in Figure 6.The embodiment of Fig. 1 to 5 shows the present invention relevant with beverage can 26, and this jar has a draw ring opening, can be clear that in Fig. 2 to 5.Jar like this is made into two parts usually, promptly comprises a base portion 28 and a top 30, and it has a draw ring 32 and the perforate 36 that is located at wherein.The setting of draw ring and perforate does not constitute the present invention's self a part, does not therefore here describe in detail.Yet, will recognize that have the remodeling of a large amount of draw rings available, therefore, should be it is considered herein that the draw ring that is limited to describing and illustrating uses here.But such draw ring includes the sort of type of the part 36 of a finger engagement, when using, this part can be pivoted about a fixing point, this part just is attached at this point and covers, thereby forces the part 38 of a weakness downward, enters in the jar, therefore, open this jar, and allow content is poured out, be used for drinking afterwards.Vulnerable area 38 comprises an edge 38a, and its keeps being installed on the other parts of lid, thereby prevents the inside that part 38 is fallen jar.In case open, vulnerable area 38 bending (as illustrated in Figure 5) that keeps down, and draw ring 32 self can return it and is in position (as illustrated in Figure 3) with the flush of lid.
In one embodiment of the invention, the opening of jar is used for making stopper 16 to be removed by the end of pipe 20, and makes that therefore the gas that is adsorbed can loose in atmosphere.This is provided with and can be clear that with reference to figs. 2 to 5, it will be appreciated that by these figure stopper 16 comprises a part that can be pivoted 40, this part is spliced to the position that is adhered to the part 40 that can be pivoted on the body part 44 that covers and abuts against below the outlet 26 in position 42, it be shaped as complementary shape.The port of export 20b of pipe 20 stops in body part 42, makes that in the position of closing, stopper 16 is used for blocking this outlet, therefore, prevents that any gas from being come out by adsorbent.Best, the part that is pivoted 40 and the body part 44 of stopper 16 are all made by deformable plastics, thereby stopper can be engaged in the mode of " snap fit ".As shown in the figure, stopper 16 preferably includes at a lock pin that can be pivoted on the end surfaces 40a of part 40, can push away its (being respectively Fig. 5 and 3) between its position of opening and closing.In use, push away the part 40 that can be pivoted, thereby stopper 16 " snap fit " lived the air seal that is adsorbed in outlet 18 by direction along arrow C among Fig. 5, as be shown in figures 2 and 3 go out like that.In case be closed, can when lid being installed on the cooler 10, cooler be injected in the jar, and be connected on the jar by the matched edges 48,50 (Fig. 1) of pushing base and cover respectively.Such attended operation is carried out after jar is full of with beverage 8, therefore is last step in many production stages.
In a conventional manner by on the direction of arrow U upwards draw ring 36 this jar is opened, therefore, its other end 36a is engaged with vulnerable area 38, and it is shifted onto in the jar downwards.Therefore when vulnerable area 38 was bent downwardly, it engaged with the upper surface 40b of the part 40 that can be pivoted, and it was pushed away downwards stopper 16 and outlet 26 are thrown off.In case outlet is opened, the gas that is adsorbed will be from adsorbent 12 desorptions, and upwards flow through pipe 20, the content of cooling tank when it flows through.The direction that can make the gas of emitting is the upper surface that crosses any beverage in jar, thereby even can further cool off it by exporting 18 before emitting by jar.In case the content of jar is sufficiently cooled off, and can drink these contents in common mode.Can by be arranged on pipe in 20 optional choke valve 52 or control the speed of desorption by the diameter that changes pipe, make its be fit to desired special speed.
In some is arranged, can pressurize to jar with an inert gas, this inert gas is used for strengthening the intensity of jar effectively, therefore, prevents to take place the sidewall wrinkle when being subjected to the load of big vertical direction.The gas of pressurization for example is nitrogen, and it also is used for being full of the headroom in the jar, and therefore prevents oxidation.If the pressure at the top of jar is sufficiently high, for example 5-10 clings to, the carbon dioxide (CO that is adsorbed 2) will not need to be sealed in the adsorbent, therefore, refining stopper and being provided with of pipe of Fig. 2 to 5 can be removed.In this device that substitutes (Fig. 7), just towards outlet 18, draw ring 32 self plays stopper 16 in the position of the port of export 20b of pipe 20, thereby in a single day jar is opened and reduced pressure atmospheric pressure, makes the desorbing gas that is adsorbed, and flows to atmosphere.
In some cases, the lateral surface of cooled containers may be easily, therefore can use the effect that obtains at the device shown in Fig. 8.This device and device described above are very similar, and difference only is the shape of adsorbent 12 and helix tube 20 and position made and they is in jar 24 outer surface 24a quite closely contact.Obviously, can adopt a very simple stopper device 16, can draw it along the direction of arrow P, its port of export 20b with pipe 20 is thrown off, thereby discharge the gas that is adsorbed and cause cooling effect, on the direction of arrow R, flow through jar, thereby the content of cooling tank as described above.Can be used as a kind of disposable cooler such device is provided, perhaps can be the kind that can recharge, in this case, firmer to a certain extent structure may be rational.In any in two kinds of devices, can surround coolers 10 with the overcoat 56 of a thermal insulation, this overcoat is used for protecting effectively the user not to be subjected to cold influence, and content rather than its ambient air guaranteed jar are cooled.The outer surface 56a of overcoat 56 is for suitable surface is provided do advertisement.
Two additional embodiments have been shown in Fig. 9 and 10.In the embodiment of Fig. 9, the port of export of pipe 20 stops with " O ring " stopper 60, and it has the stopper 16 that is positioned at wherein." O ring " 60 suitably is sealed on tank skin 24 and the pipe 20, prevents any leakage.Yet other additional embodiments will be left for the people that are skillful at are gone to consider.The operation of this embodiment and above-described embodiment are similar, and difference just can remove unstopper 16 and must not open jar, thus before drinking the content of cooling tank.Such device may be applicable to well and adopt the well-known " arid " beer can of system.
Figure 10 shows another embodiment, and in this embodiment, jar 26 is provided with a recess 70 that stretches in the vertical, forms these parts by pedestal 22 is out of shape in manufacturing process.This recess 70 is used for holding in many ways a self-contained cooler 10a, and these modes are similar to above-described mode but some change is arranged, so that be applicable to special application.Particularly, cooler 10a comprises for example shell body 14a, and it is adorning adsorbent 12a, and has an outlet 74 to be used for allowing that the gas that is adsorbed can enter a head space 76 that forms by desorption above cooler self in upper end 72.Form the exit surface 78 of housing 14a in the mode of returning, thereby be created in a plurality of spirality channels 80 that stretch between head space end and the pedestal end.The diameter of exit surface 78 is chosen to: in case insert, cooler 10 just upwards closely cooperates, against the wall portion 90 that forms recess 70, thereby make enter by wall portion 90 round the passage 80 of pent passage.Pass a central passage 86 and be provided with a plunger 80, bar 82 and stopper 84 devices in the mode that couples together, passage 86 passes adsorbent 12a and forms.At its untapped state, the base 10c that plunger 80 is crossed cooler stretches out, and is used for making stopper 84 that outlet 74 is sealed up.The further characteristics of this device comprise that form is a locking device of the groove 91 on jar and cooler 10a and lock pin 92 respectively.In case be inserted into, this locking device is used for a cooler 10a and is fixed in the recess 70, and prevents that this cooler is removed unintentionally in cooling procedure.
The use of the embodiment of Figure 10 comprises to be injected cooler 10a in the recess 70, and plunger 80 is pressed onto position 80a, makes stopper 82 leave outlet 74, and the desorbing gas that is adsorbed enters head space 76.Spirality channel 80 upwards is used for forming a zone that heat conduction is good facing to the closely cooperating of wall 90 of recess, thereby makes the gas of emitting can pass through the content of wall portion 90 cooling tanks.The beverage that is cooled leaves wall portion 90 with motion, and by the relatively beverage replacement of heat, the cooling that is used for continuing.Very clear, this device is beneficial, provides a kind of cooler 10a to the user, just think can not be with more traditional device cooled beverage the time or when cooling that the user wishes to add, just the needs use it.
Figure 11 shows another embodiment, and in this embodiment, cooler 10b has formed a part of jars 26, and with jar be one.
Comprise thin-walled pressure vessel 14a at the cooler 10 shown in Figure 12 and 13, they are to be used for being contained in the container (not shown) of store fluid, and with directly thermo-contact of the fluid that is cooled, and, they are made by two block length square sheets 95 of aluminum or aluminum alloy, along their circumferential edge 96 they are welded together.In addition, carry out spot welding 97, two thin slices 95 are connected together, produce the configuration of " mat " type.Such structure has not only strengthened the intensity of container 94, and has increased surface area in the zone of contiguous each solder joint 97.
Advantageously big surface area is provided the needed minimum volume of the enough adsorbents of desired cooling effect and combines with comprising in the configuration of the container 14a shown in Figure 12 and 13, and allow that refrigerating gas freely adsorbs and desorption.Making the volume of container 14a is important for minimum, and making can be by substituting too many fluid in the reservoir vessel of placing fluid.Making the surface area of container 14a is important for maximum, makes that cooling effectiveness is best, and reduces fluid is cooled off the used time of desired degree.Also have, increasing surface area makes container 14a stretch big as far as possible vertical distance in fluid-storing container, thereby when opening this fluid-storing container (opening is normally in the position with uppermost dispersion perforate), by downward the flowing of fluid, thereby obtain higher cooling effectiveness for maximum by the conduction cooling on the top of container.
The layout of spot welding 97 makes them produce crease line C, can be about these crease line Foldable containers 14a, for example in Z-shaped folding mode or in telescopic mode, in order that easily container 14a is for example injected in the fluid-storing container (not shown) by the dispersion perforate of container.Thin slice 954 has enough elasticity, makes can " open " the container 14a that is folded after insertion, and this has improved the fluid that is cooled about the flowing of container, and can sufficiently be fixed on cooler vessel 14a or wedge influent stream body reservoir vessel in the position.
Being connected to a plurality of on the elongated tubular 20, to go out 98 are edges 96 along cooler vessel 14a.The gas that is discharged by the adsorbent in container 14a leaves container 14a by exporting 98, and by elongated pipe 20, when doing like this, with regard to cooling fluid.Elongated pipe 20 the dispersion perforate (not shown) place of fluid-storing container or near termination, and when opening fluid-storing container so that pouring out, lead to atmosphere.
Elongated pipe 20 is sufficiently long, stretches by the quite most of of the fluid in reservoir vessel, thereby makes the cooling effect of the desorption gas that therefrom passes through be maximum.Best, elongated pipe 20 is sufficiently long, make cooler vessel 14a can put in the reservoir vessel, make outlet 98 leave the dispersion perforate (not shown) of container as far as possible far, thereby the position that makes container for its dispersion perforate topmost, cooler 10 makes outlet 98 bottoms at it at the foot of container.
Advantageously, elongated pipe 20 is also sufficiently long, holding cooler container 14a, temporary transient wrinkle or the folding container 14a of keeping in the time of in inserting reservoir vessel, after this, the elasticity of thin slice 95 works, so that launch or expansion vessel 14a, thus, in dispersion process, it is held in place and/or prevents that it is unnecessarily by disperseing perforate and/or stopping this dispersion perforate at reservoir vessel.
Can use with canned or bottled beverage equally at the container 14a shown in Figure 12 and 13.Preferably make the container 14a of Figure 12 folding about the crease line C that is parallel to it than short side, or scroll up about parallel its a axis with spirality, in order that being located at top that edge with its outlet 98 injects in the fluid-storing container by disperseing perforate, in a single day make to be loaded into that it is far away that this edge separates the Kongzui that scatters.Preferably make the container 14a of Figure 13 folding, or scroll up about axis of long side that is parallel to container 14a, in order that in the reeve fluid-storing container with spirality about the crease line C that is parallel to container 14a than long side.
Above-described cooler provides a plurality of advantages: it is simple, and makes easily.It injects in the existing fluid-storing container easily, also can insert even pass quite little perforate, and, do not require that the container of standard just has any change in order to inject to design.Therefore, can inject such cooler, and need not tangible change be arranged, for example, abut against with before the fluid filling container to existing production line, or abut against container is full of after, realize this reeve.It was fast and effectively when the shape of cooler and configuration were also guaranteed to use.
After having described, will know that to the people who is skillful at the present invention comprises its multiple remodeling according to specific embodiment of the present invention.For example, thin slice 95 needs not be rectangular, and they can be any Any shape that is suitable for forming any container shapes that is fit to specific application.Therefore, thin slice can be circular, columniform, or any other shape.The invention is not restricted to comprise the cooler of plane lamina 95 as shown in the figure, " thin slice " this speech should correspondingly be understood.Outlet 98 number and being provided with does not need as shown in the figure, because may for example wish the outlet that only provides single in some applications, and provides cooling slowly, with a plurality of outlets allow cool off faster opposite.Though it is easily that thin slice 95 is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy,, thin slice can be made by other material, and as previously described, the present invention is specially adapted to cool off canned or bottled beverage, but is not limited thereto.Therefore, cooler of the present invention not only can cool off the fluid that is not beverage, and can cool off nonliquid material (for example, solid or semi-solid food products), through minimum improvement, it also is applicable to the effect (as will being easy to recognize to the people who is skillful at) that heating is provided.
Comprise that any container for drink or other container according to cooler of the present invention also can be provided with thermo-color display unit (not shown), provide a visible demonstration when cooling off to finish; Under the situation of the coating of thermo-color or pigment, in manufacture process, can apply these coating or pigment with a simple additional process, its pattern and color make the outward appearance attractive in appearance that provides container for consumer or potential consumer.

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1. one kind is used in fluid-storing container (24) cooler (10) of cooling some fluids, and described cooler (10) is characterised in that a kind of adsorbent (12) is used for holding and adsorbing the gas of some under pressure; Sealing device, be used for sealing the gas that is attracted in the adsorbent (12), and releasing device, be used for discharging the gas that is adsorbed to atmospheric environment by described adsorbent (12) with controllable mode, make the effect of desorption make adsorbent (12) and be used for the temperature of absorbate of cooling fluid and descend, wherein said releasing device comprises a vulnerable area (38), can fracture when opening described container (24).
2. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that described adsorbent (12) can be by selecting in one group of material, this group material comprises: the zeolite of zeolite, cation exchange, silica gel, activated carbon and carbon molecular sieve.
3. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that cooler (10) also comprises the carbon dioxide when being adsorbed by described adsorbent (12).
4. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that, an elongated pipe (20) at one end is communicated with on fluid with adsorbent (12), and be communicated with sealing device (16) at the other end, thereby form a passage, when the gas that is adsorbed is thrown off by adsorbent (12), flow through this passage.
5. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that the shape of described cooler (12b) is made into and is fit to round a fluid-storing container, and with this container heat-shift.
6. according to the described cooler of claim 4 (10b), it is characterized in that, elongated pipe (20) comprises that a helix tube is used for installing round the outer surface (24a) of a fluid-storing container, thereby the heat exchange between this pipe and the container is become easily, and therefore cool off any fluid wherein.
7. according to the described cooler of claim 4 (10a), it is characterized in that, the shape of described cooler is made fitted in the fluid-storing container (24), and, described elongated pipe (20) stretches in this container, thereby contacts with any fluid in the container.
8. according to the described cooler of claim 7, it is characterized in that, it comprises the cooler vessel (14a) of at least one thin-walled, being used for being arranged to carry out direct heat with the fluid that is cooled contacts, it is characterized in that each cooler vessel (14a) includes two thin slices (95) of substantially similar size and dimension, they are linked together round their periphery edge (96), thereby between them, form a chamber, be used for holding adsorbent (12).
9. according to the described cooler of claim 8, it is characterized in that thin slice (95) is the plane.
10. according to claim 8 or 9 described coolers, it is characterized in that thin slice (95) can flexibly be out of shape.
11., it is characterized in that thin slice (95) is made by aluminum or aluminum alloy according to claim 8 or 9 described coolers.
12. according to the described cooler of claim 8, it is characterized in that, thin slice (95) welded together along its circumferential edge (96).
13. according to the described cooler of claim 12, it is characterized in that, additionally thin slice (95) linked together at the one or more points (97) that are not circumferential edge (96) round it.
14., it is characterized in that according to the described cooler of claim 13, described point (97) is aimed at, thereby formed crease line (c), can be folding about these lines container (14a).
15. according to the described cooler of claim 8, it is characterized in that, it comprises one or more elongated pipe (20), one end of every pipe (20) is communicated with cooler vessel chamber and adsorbent wherein (12), thereby produce a passage, in order that when the gas that is adsorbed is thrown off by adsorbent, pass through this passage.
16., it is characterized in that every elongated pipe (20) is longer than the full-size of cooler vessel (14a) according to the described cooler of claim 15 (10).
17. according to the described cooler of claim 8, it comprises the fin of one or more heat conduction, by one of at least outwards stretching in the thin slice (95).
18. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that releasing device comprises the device (16) of the outlet (26) that is used for blocking fluid-storing container, when opening described container (26) with it, it also is used for making sealing device (16) to throw off, and the gas that is adsorbed is discharged into atmosphere.
19., it is characterized in that releasing device comprises the device (16) that is used for blocking from described outlet of container (26) according to claim 1 or 18 described coolers, when opening described outlet (16) with it, it only is used for discharging adsorbed gas.
20., it is characterized in that described vulnerable area comprises a stopper according to the described cooler of claim 1, it injects the end of pipe, and be fastened on the blocking device, make the action open described container be used for a stopper and remove, thereby discharge the gas that is adsorbed by described pipe.
21., it is characterized in that the position of pipe (20) is for becoming the gas channeling of emitting at described gas by going out the surface of crossing any fluid in container (24) before (18) outflow according to the described cooler of claim 7.
22. according to the described cooler of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described cooler comprises a cooler (10a), it can inject the recess that wall is arranged (70) that forms in container (24), its outer surface (78) comprises a plurality of helical ducts (80), and these passages are used for forming a current path in use between wall of recess (70) (90) and cooler (10a) self.
23. according to the described cooler of claim 22, it is characterized in that, cooler also is included in a stopper (84) of upper end, in order to operate it, it be connected to one can manual plunger (80) on, make stopper (84) move away an outlet (74), thereby make the gas that is adsorbed by described adsorbent (12) desorption, and lead to described passage (80), the wall of cooling recess (70), and the therefore content of cooled containers (24).
24. according to claim 22 or 23 described coolers, it is characterized in that, cooler releasably be fastened in the recess (70) by a bolt device (91,92).
25., it is characterized in that, control the desorption rate of the gas that is adsorbed by control device (52), thereby control the speed of cooling according to the described cooler of claim 1.
26. fluid-storing container that has according to any one described cooler in the claim 1 to 25.
27., it is characterized in that it comprises the device that temperature is had response according to the described fluid-storing container of claim 26, be applicable to a visible demonstration that provides fluid temperature (F.T.).
28., it is characterized in that this responding device comprises the coating or the pigment of thermo-color according to the described fluid-storing container of claim 27, or this responding device comprises the liquid-crystal apparatus or the coating of thermo-color.
29. according to claim 27 or 28 described fluid-storing containers, it is characterized in that, this responding device be applied on the outer surface of fluid-storing container.
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