JP3126338U - Cold storage cooler for beverage containers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a cooler that can cool and cool a beverage container on the spot.
An ice making container (1) having an opening on the upper surface and capable of containing water, and a lid (10) detachably attached to the opening of the ice making container (1). A recess 12 that is recessed in an arc shape is formed along the longitudinal direction of the lid. When water is put into the ice making container 1 and the lid 10 is dropped and ice making is performed with a refrigerator or the like, the water inside is iced to form an ice block IB. Since the arc-shaped concave surface a is formed on the upper surface of the ice block IB, the beverage container can be cooled by placing a body portion of a beverage container such as canned beer or bottled beer on the concave surface a. Moreover, since the trunk | drum of a drink container is cylindrical and the concave surface a of the ice block IB is also circular arc shape, a drink container can be rotated on the concave surface a, and the surface which has not cooled yet is ice block IB one after another. The beverage container can be quickly cooled or kept cold.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a cold cooler for beverage containers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cooler for easily and rapidly cooling or keeping a beverage container in a container such as a can such as beer or soft drink, a bottle, or a plastic bottle.

Canned beverages and bottled beverages typified by beer are more delicious as they are colder, so they are usually cooled in a refrigerator before drinking.
However, in everyday life, it is not always cooled to the cold temperature when drinking, for example, if you forget to cool it, or if you leave the refrigerator for a while, it was warm if left on the table for a while Often occurs.

  In such a case, if you can cool it quickly on the spot instead of putting it in the refrigerator again, or keep it cool while drinking it, it will be a fruitful report for those who like beer. .

By the way, as a technique for rapidly cooling a beer can or the like, there are the following conventional examples.
1) Conventional example 1
The purpose is to cool a relatively large volume of draft beer containers using ice to the temperature at which they can be drunk as quickly as possible. A frame is arranged, the inside of the protective frame is an ice chamber outside the cold water chamber, ice is poured into the ice chamber, and a predetermined amount of water is poured into the container body. If you place a liquid container such as canned beer from above in the cold water chamber inside the protective frame and rotate or rotate the liquid container that supports from above, the ice will get in the way when the main body container is installed or replaced. In addition, it can be cooled in a short time (see Patent Document 1).

2) Conventional example 2
In a beverage cooling apparatus for cooling a large beverage container such as a draft beer container using a Peltier element, a cooling container is provided in the exterior body for the purpose of improving the cooling efficiency, and the Peltier element is provided in the cooling container. In the beverage cooling apparatus attached, the cooling container is formed into a relatively thick-walled cylindrical shape whose upper and lower surfaces are opened by extrusion molding, and its lower surface is closed by a plastic bottom plate (Patent Document) 2).

  As described above, both of the conventional examples 1 and 2 are large-scale devices and are not portable. Therefore, it is suitable for pre-cooling large containers such as draft beer in restaurants, etc., but small beer while moving freely to a favorite place at home, outdoors, on the restaurant counter, etc. It cannot be used to easily cool cans and beer bottles.

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  In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a compact cooler that can quickly cool or keep a small beverage container on the spot and can be easily carried.

The cold storage cooler for a beverage container of the first device comprises an ice making container having an opening on the upper surface and capable of containing water, and a lid attached to the opening of the ice making container. A concave portion whose directional cross section is recessed in an arc shape is formed along the longitudinal direction of the lid.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooler / cooler for a beverage container according to the first aspect, wherein the ice making container is provided with a shape preventing means for controlling freezing in the ice making container so that the bottom part is delayed from the other part. It is characterized by being.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooler / cooler for a beverage container, wherein, in the first device, an attachment for attaching the lid to the opening of the ice making container is provided. It has a rising allowance means for allowing the lid to rise due to expansion during freezing of water in the container.

According to the first device, when water is put into an ice making container and a lid is attached and ice is made in a refrigerator or the like, the internal water is iced to form an ice block. The upper surface of the ice block has a circular shape according to the shape of the lid. An arc-shaped concave surface is made. For this reason, when the trunk | drum of beverage containers, such as canned beer and bottled beer, is put on the concave surface, a drink container can be cooled. In addition, since the body of the beverage container is cylindrical and the concave surface of the ice block is also arc-shaped, the beverage container can be rotated on the concave surface, and the surface that has not yet cooled down by the rotation can be iced one after another. Since it can be brought into contact with the block, the beverage container can be quickly cooled or kept cool. In addition, the present invention is a compact device consisting only of an ice making container and a lid, and does not require a power source. Therefore, it is portable and can be easily taken and used.
According to the second device, the shape near the bottom of the internal ice keeps the water state until the end, and freezes at the end by the shape-preventing means. For this reason, expansion due to icing also occurs in the portion near the bottom and hardly occurs on the top surface, so the arcuate concave surface formed on the top surface does not collapse. Therefore, a clean arcuate concave surface is formed on the upper surface of the ice block.
According to the third device, when the water in the ice making container is iced, the volume of the ice expands. However, the lid is raised to some extent by the rising allowance means, and therefore the lid is not removed from the ice making container. Therefore, a clean arcuate concave surface is formed on the upper surface of the ice block.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cold insulation cooler according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The cold insulation cooler of the embodiment shown in the figure is composed of an ice making container 1 and a lid 10. Further, an attachment 20 for attaching the lid 10 to the ice making container 1 is used. As a material for these members, a light metal such as synthetic resin or aluminum can be arbitrarily adopted.

  The ice making container 1 is composed of a bottom 2 and a peripheral wall 3 and can contain water, and has an opening on the upper surface. The width, length and depth may be determined according to the beverage container to be cooled. The edge 4 on the upper surface of the peripheral wall 3 slightly protrudes outward. This is for hooking the fixture 20 described later.

A skirt portion 5 is provided on the bottom 2 of the ice making container 1. The skirt portion 5 has a shape that surrounds the periphery of the bottom, and serves as a shape preventing means for preventing cold air from entering the bottom from the outside. The illustrated skirt portion 5 is formed of a substantially vertical wall, but is not limited to such a shape, and may be an inverted dish shape that spreads outward as it goes downward.
The skirt portion 5 may be integrally attached to the bottom 2 of the ice making container 1 or may be formed separately and the ice making container 1 may be placed on the skirt portion 5. .

  The lid 10 is a substantially rectangular closing member that is dimensioned to be dropped into the opening of the ice making container 1. In the inner part of the peripheral edge 11 of the lid 10, the cross-sectional shape in the width direction is formed in a circular arc shape. The concave shape extends in the longitudinal direction. Further, the radius of curvature of the recess of the inner portion 12 may be adjusted to the size of a beverage container to be cooled, for example, a beer can or a beer bottle.

Engagement pieces 13 of a fixture 20 to be described later are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lid 10. The engagement piece 13 is provided with an insertion plate 14 and two elastic locking pieces 15. The fixture 20 is a key-shaped member in a side view, two insertion holes 21 are formed in the upper part, engagement claws 22 are formed in the lower part, and the body part 23 is connected between them. Yes.
When the insertion hole 21 of the fixture 20 is inserted into the engagement piece 13 of the lid 10, the two elastic locking pieces 15 are once bent and then opened so that the fixture 20 cannot be removed. It can be attached to the lid 10. Further, when the two elastic locking pieces 15 are bent, the fixture 20 can be removed from the lid 10.
The fixture 20 is detachable from the lid 10, but may be fixed. In short, it is only necessary that the lid 10 can be attached to or detached from the ice making container 1, and any structure can be used as long as it is possible.

  FIG. 2A shows a state in which the fixture 20 is attached to the lid 10. In this state, a distance d of about several mm is provided between the edge 4 of the ice making container 1 and the engaging claw 22. The vertical dimension of the body 20 of the fixture 20 is long so that this distance d can be secured, thereby constituting a rise allowing means.

FIG. 2 illustrates an ice making method using a cold cooler.
First, as shown in FIG. (A), water W is put into the ice making container 1 and the lid 10 is put into the ice making container 1. Then, the lid 10 is attached to the ice making container 1 with the fixture 20. At this time, the distance d is between the locking claw 22 of the fixture 20 and the edge 4 of the ice making container 1 as described above.
When placed in a refrigerator, freezer, etc. and exposed to cold air, the internal water freezes gradually, and finally all the ice freezes into ice. The top surface of the ice block IB thus formed is recessed in an arc shape in the cross section, and the recess becomes an arc-shaped concave surface a extending in the longitudinal direction.

  FIG. 2B shows a state during freezing. Freezing freezes from the outside where cold air penetrates quickly. Since the volume expands when the water becomes ice, the expansion works upward, laterally, and downward, causing the ice making container 1 to be deformed so as to bulge outward. However, in the present invention, the shape of the arc-shaped concave surface “a” of the ice block 1B is not broken by the lid allowance means and the bottom skirt portion 5 as follows.

  First, as described above, since the skirt 5 is provided at the bottom of the ice making container 1 so that the cold air in the refrigerator does not easily enter, the water W near the bottom is finally frozen. For this reason, the last freezing occurs closer to the bottom, but even if the ice making container 1 swells due to the expansion based on the last freezing, the bottom 2 swells downward and does not affect the top of the ice. Therefore, the shape of the arcuate concave surface a of the ice block IB is not collapsed, and a normal shape is maintained.

  Next, upward expansion due to freezing can be absorbed by the rise of the lid 10. That is, the lid 10 is allowed to rise until the locking claw 22 of the fixture 20 hits the edge 4 of the lid 10. For this reason, the shape of the arcuate concave surface a formed on the upper surface of the ice does not collapse.

Next, a method for using the cold insulation cooler will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 3, IB indicates an ice block. The ice block IB is used while being in the ice making container 1. Then, when the lid 10 is removed, the arcuate concave surface a of the ice block IB is exposed.
Therefore, when the body of a beverage container C such as canned beer or bottled beer is placed on the arc-shaped concave surface a of the ice block IB, the heat of the beverage container C moves to the ice block IB via the arc-shaped concave surface a (that is, The beverage container can be cooled.
At this time, when the radius of curvature of the arcuate concave surface a of the ice block IB is substantially the same as the radius of the body portion of the beverage container C to be cooled, it can be cooled more quickly because it contacts in a wide area.

In this case, there are the following advantages.
1) Since the body of a beer can or the like is cylindrical and the concave surface a of the ice block IB is also arcuate, the beverage container C can be rotated on the concave surface 10 as indicated by the arrow, and rotated. By this, since the surface that has not yet cooled can be brought into contact with the concave surface a of the ice block IB one after another, the beverage container can be quickly cooled.
2) As the beverage container C cools, the ice melts and the upper surface of the ice block is covered with water. In this case, the beverage container C comes into contact with the ice over a larger area, and the ice block IB Heat transfer can be performed well, and cooling can be performed more quickly. Moreover, since there is almost no impact compared with the case of shaking when rotated, there is an advantage that carbonic acid does not foam even in carbonated beverages.
3) Since this cold storage cooler can be made in a refrigerator or freezer, the cooler can be made at a considerably low price.

Next, another method of using the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the cold-reserving cooler of the present invention may be used by placing the ice making container 1 directly on a sink or the like, but when using it on a table, a water-retaining container may be used.
The reference numeral 30 shown in FIG. 4 is a water retention container, and this water retention container 30 is a rectangular parallelepiped case made of an arbitrary material such as a synthetic resin. When the melted ice water leaks, Used to prevent the table etc. from getting wet.
Further, in the water retention container 30 of FIG. 4, a non-slip member 31 is attached to the inner surface of the bottom. As the anti-slip member 31, a member having fine irregularities and having friction on the surface can be used. In the water retention container 30 provided with the anti-slip member 31, the ice making container can be accommodated and used at an angle.
In addition, this water retention container 30 is not essential as an idea, and the water retention container 30 may not be used, and only a cold insulation cooler may be used.

As the water holding container 30, the one shown in FIG. 5 can also be used. The water retention container 30 in FIG. 1 is provided with several steps 32 on the inner surface of the bottom 2 and the inner surface of the peripheral wall 3.
When this water holding container 30 is used, the ice making container 1 can be tilted and held while being dropped inside. In this way, even when the beer can C or the like is open, it can be recooled or kept cool without spilling.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In addition to the skirt portion 5, the shape preventing means for preventing the deformation of the bottom 2 of the ice making container 1 is a sheet that has a heat insulating property affixed to the bottom 2, or a sheet that is laid during freezing without being adhered, such as a urethane plate. Etc. may be used. Further, the heat conduction can be accelerated on the bottom side by combining the materials of the ice making container 1 or the heat conduction on the bottom side can be accelerated by adjusting the thickness. In short, any means may be used as long as the penetration of the cold air can be delayed from the other parts.
As described above, if the shape of the arcuate concave surface a during icing can be prevented by means other than the skirt portion 5, the skirt portion 5 may not be used or may be used together.

  Instead of making the body portion 23 longer, the ascending permitting means of the fixture 20 may connect the upper end portion where the insertion hole 21 is formed and the engaging claw 22 at the lower end with an elastic member such as a spring. In short, adoption of any means is not hindered as long as the expansion during freezing can be absorbed.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a cold insulation cooler according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the ice making method by the same cool cooler. It is usage drawing explanatory drawing of the same cool cooler. It is other usage-method explanatory drawing of the same cool cooler. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of a water retention container.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ice making container 4 Edge 5 Skirt 10 Lid 12 Inner part 13 Engagement piece 20 Mounting tool 21 Insertion hole 22 Locking claw 30 Water retention container 31 Non-slip member

Claims (3)

An ice making container having an opening on the upper surface and capable of containing water;
A lid attached to the opening of the ice making container;
The beverage container is provided with a cooler and cooler for cooling a beverage container, wherein the lid is formed with a recess having an arcuate cross section in the width direction along the longitudinal direction of the lid. 2. The cold insulation of a beverage container according to claim 1, wherein said ice making container is provided with a shape preventing means for controlling freezing in the ice making container so that the bottom part is delayed from the other part. Cooler. An attachment for attaching the lid to the opening of the ice making container is provided,
2. The beverage according to claim 1, wherein the attachment device has a rising allowance means for allowing the cover to rise due to expansion of water in the ice making container during freezing when the cover is attached. Insulated cooler for containers.

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