JP2004069148A - Cooler for wine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tabletop cooler capable of sufficiently cooling a bottle for wine etc. of various shapes and sizes. <P>SOLUTION: The tabletop cooler for wine etc. comprises a storage 20 for a bottle for wine etc., a flexible coolant tube 40 arranged to surround the storage 20, a pressure material 10 for pressing the coolant tube 40 against the sidewall of the bottle, and a cooling means 42 for circulating a cooling medium in the coolant tube 40. The storage 20 is formed of the pressure material 10, and the compressibility factor of the pressure material 10 is smaller than that of the material composing the coolant tube 40. The pressure material 10 is made of cushion materials such as styrofoam, urethane foam, sponge and air bag whereas the coolant tube 40 is made of either one of synthetic rubber and synthetic resin. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a table cooler for alcohol such as wine, beer, and sake, or juice, water, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a tabletop cooler for cooling wine or the like in a home or the like, a small one having excellent cooling performance is hardly known.
Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 6-41631 discloses an inner tub that has an upper surface that is open and through which the contained ice-melted water can pass from the inside to the outside. Although a wine cooler including an outer tub into which the inner tub is inserted and fixed is disclosed, the wine cooler needs a space between the bottle and the inner tub for ice to enter, and as a result, the outer tub becomes larger. Not suitable for tabletop coolers.
According to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-154956, a wine cooler provided with an annular ice tray having a through-hole into which a bottle can be inserted is also known. In addition, the cooling capacity is not sufficient because there is no direct contact between the ice as a refrigerant and the bottle.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tabletop cooler that can sufficiently cool bottles of various shapes and sizes such as wine without using ice as a refrigerant.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A cooler for wine or the like according to the present invention comprises a chamber for storing a bottle of wine or the like, a flexible cooling pipe disposed to surround the chamber, and a pressing means for bringing the cooling pipe into close contact with the side wall of the bottle. And a material.
It is preferable that the cooler for wine or the like includes a cooling unit that circulates a refrigerant in the cooling pipe.
It is preferable that the accommodation chamber is formed by the pressing member.
It is preferable that a compression coefficient of the pressing member is smaller than a compression coefficient of a material forming the cooling pipe.
It is preferable that the pressing material is made of a cushion material such as foamed styrene, urethane foam, sponge, air bag and the like.
It is preferable that the pressing material is a bag material such as foamed styrene, urethane foam, sponge, or the like, which is made of a cushion material such as lumps or granules.
Preferably, the pressing member is an air bag connected to an air pump.
It is preferable that the cooling pipe is made of either synthetic rubber or synthetic resin.
[0005]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the best mode of a household desk cooler according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view omitting a case constituting an outer shape of a tabletop cooler, in which a pressing member 10 configured to be a double door is placed horizontally. That is, the pressing member 10 is constituted by a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lower pressing member 11 and left and right upper pressing members 12a and 12b, and an accommodation room 20 for a bottle of wine or the like is formed in the center of these pressing members 10. In FIG. 1, the front side of the storage chamber 20 is closed and the back side is open, and the bottom of a bottle of wine or the like is installed on the front side, and the spout is installed on the back side. It is becoming.
[0006]
On the other hand, FIG. 2 (c) is a perspective view of a vertical tabletop cooler according to the present invention, and shows a cooler in which wine bottles 30 are installed vertically. In FIG. 2C, reference numeral 18 denotes a case provided outside the pressing member 10, and a handle 13 is provided on the case 18 in order to facilitate transportation, handling, and pouring of wine and the like on the tabletop cooler. ing. In the present invention, the installation method of the tabletop cooler may be an oblique arrangement as an intermediate arrangement between them, in addition to the vertical or horizontal arrangement described above.
[0007]
There is no particular limitation on the method of dividing the pressing member 10 forming the storage chamber 20, and it is preferable to divide the wine bottle 30 so that storage and removal of the wine bottle 30 are simple and easy. From such a viewpoint, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the pressing member 10 is divided into three doors. However, in the case of the illustrated horizontal installation, the pressing member 10 is divided into two parts in the vertical or horizontal direction so that it can be opened and closed. It may be.
Although it depends on the form and the material of the pressing member 10 described later, for example, if the pressing member 10 is formed of an air bag and is inflated by an air pump, a large expansion / contraction volume can be obtained. Need not be divided (FIG. 2A).
[0008]
The pressing member 10 plays a role in forming the storage chamber 20 and at the same time bringing a cooling pipe 40, which will be described below, into close contact with the side wall of the wine bottle 30. Therefore, it is preferable that the compression coefficient of the pressing member 10 is selected so as to be smaller than the compression coefficient of the material forming the cooling pipe 40 so that the cooling pipe 40 can easily adhere to the side wall of the wine bottle 30. From such a viewpoint, it is preferable that the material of the pressing member 10 is a cushion material such as foamed styrene, urethane foam, sponge, air bag and the like.
It is preferable that these cushioning materials are formed into a shape having the bottle accommodating chamber 20 as they are, or the cushioning materials are packed into a lump or a granular form and bagged.
[0009]
FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the tabletop cooler according to the present invention, and shows an example (FIG. 2 (a)) in which the cooler is placed vertically and a pressing material 10 using an air bag is used. That is, as shown in FIG. 2B, the pressing member 10 is formed by a mat-shaped air bag, and the air bag is inflated by the air pump 15.
[0010]
In the tabletop cooler of the present invention, in order to cool wine and the like, a flexible cooling pipe 40 is arranged so as to surround the accommodation room 20 of the wine bottle 30. The material of the cooling pipe 40 is preferably a synthetic rubber or a synthetic resin that withstands use of a refrigerant and has excellent thermal conductivity. As the synthetic rubber, isoprene rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene Propylene rubber, nitrile rubber, silicone rubber, fluoro rubber, as synthetic resin, polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, vinylidene fluoride, ethylene tetrafluoride, ethylene tetrafluoride hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy , Respectively.
Since the cooling pipe 40 has flexibility, the cooling pipe 40 can be deformed into a shape along the side wall surface of the wine bottle 30 by the pressing force received from the pressing material. On the other hand, it can adhere to the side wall surface. In order to increase the contact area with the side wall surface, the cross section of the pipe of the cooling pipe 40 is not limited to a circle but may be an oval.
[0011]
It is necessary that the inside of the cooling pipe 40 be filled with a cold source. In particular, it is preferable to fill a commonly used refrigerant such as ammonia, CFC substitute or the like, and make this refrigerant circulate in the pipe by the cooling means 42. In the tabletop cooler of the present invention, the cooling means 42 and the refrigerant are not particularly limited, and a conventionally known small cooling means is used.
[0012]
【The invention's effect】
According to the tabletop cooler for wine or the like according to the present invention,
(1) The wine bottles of various shapes and sizes can be cooled sufficiently.
{Circle around (2)} A room temperature bottle can be rapidly cooled on a table. That is, no refrigerator or ice is required,
(3) Since it is a small cooler that does not use ice, it is possible to pour wine etc. directly from the cooler, and no water drops adhere to the bottle.
(4) Because it is composed of a small device, the cooled bottle can be kept cool on the table as it is.
It is possible to enjoy such an excellent effect.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a case forming an outer shape of a tabletop cooler according to the present invention is omitted.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a table-top cooler of a vertical type according to the present invention (FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (c)), and FIG. 2 (b) shows a pressing member 10 formed of a mat-shaped air bag. It is a perspective view of.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pressing material 13 Handle 15 Air pump 18 Case 20 Storage room 30 Wine bottle 40 Cooling pipe 42 Cooling means

Claims (8)

A cooler for wine or the like, comprising a storage room for a bottle of wine or the like, a flexible cooling pipe surrounding the storage chamber, and a pressing member for bringing the cooling tube into close contact with the side wall of the bottle. . The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, further comprising cooling means for flowing a refrigerant through the cooling pipe. The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, wherein the storage chamber is formed by the pressing material. The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, wherein a compression coefficient of the pressing member is smaller than a compression coefficient of a material forming the cooling pipe. The cooler for wine and the like according to claim 1, wherein the pressing material is made of a cushion material such as foamed styrene, urethane foam, sponge, air bag, and the like. The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, wherein the pressing material is a bag material such as foamed styrene, urethane foam, sponge, or the like, which is made of a cushion material such as lumps or granules. The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member is an air bag connected to an air pump. The cooler for wine or the like according to claim 1, wherein the cooling pipe is made of either synthetic rubber or synthetic resin.

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