WO1995022273A1 - Seau a vin - Google Patents

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WO1995022273A1
WO1995022273A1 PCT/GB1995/000310 GB9500310W WO9522273A1 WO 1995022273 A1 WO1995022273 A1 WO 1995022273A1 GB 9500310 W GB9500310 W GB 9500310W WO 9522273 A1 WO9522273 A1 WO 9522273A1
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container
spacing element
casing
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bottle
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Richard Entwistle
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Le Creuset S.A.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
    • B65D25/04—Partitions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/20—Lunch or picnic boxes or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/38—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
    • B65D81/3876—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation insulating sleeves or jackets for cans, bottles, barrels, etc.
    • B65D81/3881—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation insulating sleeves or jackets for cans, bottles, barrels, etc. formed with double walls, i.e. hollow
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/02—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using ice, e.g. ice-boxes
    • F25D3/06—Movable containers
    • F25D3/08—Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2303/00—Details of devices using other cold materials; Details of devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D2303/08—Devices using cold storage material, i.e. ice or other freezable liquid
    • F25D2303/082—Devices using cold storage material, i.e. ice or other freezable liquid disposed in a cold storage element not forming part of a container for products to be cooled, e.g. ice pack or gel accumulator
    • F25D2303/0822—Details of the element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2303/00—Details of devices using other cold materials; Details of devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D2303/08—Devices using cold storage material, i.e. ice or other freezable liquid
    • F25D2303/082—Devices using cold storage material, i.e. ice or other freezable liquid disposed in a cold storage element not forming part of a container for products to be cooled, e.g. ice pack or gel accumulator
    • F25D2303/0822—Details of the element
    • F25D2303/08222—Shape of the element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803—Bottles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/809—Holders

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  • This invention relates to wine coolers, and, more generally, to devices for maintaining wines or other bottled beverages at desired temperatures.
  • a conventional ice bucket consists simply of a container, commonly made of metal, into which a quantity of ice is deposited so as to surround the bottle containing the beverage to be chilled. Though this method is reasonably efficient at chilling the beverage, it suffers from the disadvantage that when the ice melts the bottle will tend to fall over or float, and additionally becomes wet and difficult to handle.
  • a cooling device comprising a flexible jacket for attachment around the beverage bottle, the jacket containing a substance of relatively high heat capacity, the jacket being cooled in a freezer prior to wrapping round the bottle.
  • Such covers are clumsy to use, however, and tend to obscure the bottle label when in use.
  • insulating bottle holders are sometimes used which comprise a rigid plastic structure having an air-filled cavity wall, and shaped to fit a conventional wine bottle.
  • Such holders are reasonably efficient at maintaining a wine bottle at the temperature at which the bottle was placed in the holder, but they cannot provide a cooling function, the beverage necessarily needing to be pre- cooled.
  • British Patent Application 2192262 describes a drinks cooler in the form of a generally rectangular container including four centrally positioned cooling members spaced from each other to define a bottle receiving zone and four arcuate cooling members located at the corners of the cooler which define with the central members four drinking glass receiving areas.
  • the central members are generally rectangular with opposed concave faces of different curvature whereby they may be rotated to vary the size of the bottle and glass receiving zones.
  • a container for beverage bottles in accordance with the invention, comprises an outer casing and at least one removable spacing element, the casing and spacing element being shaped so that the spacing element may be selectively received in the casing in first and second alternative positions in which the spacing element forms with the casing first and second cavities, each for receiving a beverage bottle, the cavity so formed being of substantially different size and/or shape.
  • a second removable spacing element is preferably provided, the casing and the second spacing element being shaped so that the second spacing element may be received in the casing to form with the casing a third cavity for receiving a beverage bottle simultaneously with formation of said first cavity.
  • the third cavity is suitably of substantially similar size and shape tc said first cavity.
  • the first cavity is shaped to correspond generally to the outer profile of a bottle of slightly larger diameter than a standard wine bottle, whilst the second cavity is of generally oval shape to receive a bottle of bulbous shape.
  • the container may be used with standard wine bottles, Champagne bottles, mineral water bottles and the like, all of which will be accommodated in the first cavity. It may alternatively be used with bulbous bottles of the type commonly used for Portuguese wines such as "Mateus" (Trade Mark) which will be accommodated in the second cavity.
  • the second spacing element is substantially identical to the first spacing element.
  • the or each spacing element may comprise a hollow cell fillable with a freezing liquid.
  • the container not only serves to support beverage bottles but also may possess a positive cooling function whilst avoiding the use of loose ice.
  • the fact that the spacing element(s) is removable facilitates freezing thereof.
  • these may be received in the outer casing in back-to-back relationship and the cells forming the spacing elements may be independently fillable with freezable liquid so as to permit the temperature of the two cavities simultaneously formed thereby to be selected independently.
  • the location of the or each spacing element within the container in the first and second positions may be the same and t a or each spacing element may be receivable in that location in both a first orientation and a second orientation rotated 180" from the first.
  • the outer casing and the or each spacing element are shaped in a complementary fashion so that the or each element is firmly retained by the casing in the alternate positions thereof.
  • the retention of the spacing elements within the container may be achieved by providing vertical ridges down opposite side edges of the elements which are received in corresponding generally vertically extending valleys on the inner surface of the outer casing.
  • the shape of the or each spacing element is such as to allow the element to lie in a stable orientation on a flat surface such as the base of a refrigerator freezer compartment or a domestic freezer shelf so as to avoid unnecessary spillage of liquid such as water during the filling and freezing process.
  • the stable orientation may be achieved by placing the operationally vertical main axis of the elements in a generally horizontal plane.
  • the elements may have a concave face on an operationally vertical side wall thereof.
  • the edges formed at the opposite sides of the concave faces where the concave faces join the main body of the elements are preferably generally straight and coplanar, so as to provide means to support the elements in a generally horizontal stable orientation.
  • Each element is suitably provided with an aperture for filling the element with freezable liquid.
  • the aperture is preferably placed at a position generally at the uppermost portion of the element when lying in the aforementioned stable horizontal orientation, to minimize spillage of water.
  • the aperture extends partially downwardly from said uppermost position, in- order to prevent complete filling of the element with water and consequent risk of breakage upon freezing.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the outer casing of a container according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a partially cut away view corresponding to Figure 1, showing the internal structure of the Figure 1 outer casing;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of the outer casing shown in Figure 1, with two cells inserted in back-to-back relationship;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the Figure 1 casing, shown with one cell inserted in alternative position;
  • Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view (with hidden lines ghosted) of a single cell of the type appearing in Figures 3 and 4; and Figure 6 is a perspective view of the outer casing of an alternative embodiment of the container incorporating a thermometer (shown ghosted) .
  • an outer casing 10 has a double wall structure, comprising outer wall 12 and inner wall 14, which are separated by an air gap.
  • the casing is manufactured from moulded thermoplastics material.
  • the inner and outer wall sections 12 and 14 may be moulded separately and joined by a gasket 16 (omitted from Figures 2, 3, 4 and 6 for the purposes of clarity) .
  • Ribs 18 provided on the base serve to minimize the area of contact with bottles which are placed in the wine cooler, thus reducing scratching.
  • Generally vertically orientated ribs 20 are moulded on opposite sides of the internal wall 14 (only one shown in Figure 2) , and these define vertical valleys 22 for the reception of insertable cells 24 illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
  • An individual cell 24 is illustrated in Figure 5, and comprises a hollow compartment, preferably constructed from rigid plastics material.
  • the vertical end wall 26 of the cell 24 have profiles complementary to the profile of the valleys 22 provided on the inner wall 14 of casing 10, so as to allow cell 24 to be inserted vertically into casing 10, and retained therein.
  • One vertical side wall of cell 24, the "front" side wall in use, is provided with concave face 28, shaped generally as a segment of a cylinder, so as to correspond generally with the profile of a wine bottle.
  • Cell 24 has an aperture 30 to permit the cell to be filled with water prior to freezing.
  • the edges 32 thereof which are formed at the opposite sides of concave face 28 are generally straight and coplanar, to enable cell 24 to be supported on a flat horizontal- surface, such as a shelf in a domestic freezer.
  • the width of the cell 24 between edges 32 and back side wall 34 generally tapers from the top to the bottom, so that when the cell is lying in the aforementioned horizontal orientation, the uppermost portion thereof is defined by edge 36.
  • aperture 30, which is formed in back side wall 34 and top wall 38 where they meet to form edge 36, is positioned at the uppermost point when the cell is lying horizontally.
  • Aperture 30 has extension 40 into top wall 38 (which is generally vertical when cell 24 is lying horizontally) , to prevent such over filling.
  • the container may be used with two cells 24 inserted in casing 10 in back-to-back relationship as shown in Figure 3.
  • two cavities 42 are formed at opposite ends of the wine cooler, each of which may receive a bottle of wine, or other beverage, such as, for example, mineral water.
  • Cells 24 may be filled with water and frozen independently of each other, so as to provide a cooling ef t, or, alternatively an insulating effect, as desired.
  • one of the cells 24 may be filled with water and frozen to provide a chilled cavity 42 at one end of the wine cooler, whereas the other cell 24 may be left empty, so as to insulate the opposite cavity 42 from the frozen cell.
  • both cells may be filled with water and frozen, if two chilled cavities are needed, or equally both may be left empty if both cavities are required to be at room temperature.
  • one or both of the cells may be filled with warm water, if it is desired to raise the temperature in one or both of the cavities. Inadvertently chilled red wine may be brought up to a desired drinking temperature in this way, for example.
  • the back walls 34 of the cells 24 may be curved to facilitate location of the cells 24 in the back-to-back position and to provide further stability for this position.
  • An alternative configuration is illustrated in Figure 4. Here one of the cells 24 has been removed from casing 10, and the other placed in an .orientation rotated by 180° about a vertical axis with respect to the orientation shown in Figure 3. This provides an enlarged cavity 44 for reception of bottles of bulbous shape, such as those used for some Portuguese wines, such as "Mateus" (Trade Mark) .
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an alternative embodiment of casing in which a receptacle 46 is provided between the outer and inner walls of the casing, the receptacle 46 receiving thermometer 48 which may be removed by manipulating plate 50 and used to measure the temperature in the respective cavities.
  • the described casings are manufactured from plastics material and have double walled structure, neither of these features is essential.
  • the outer casing can be made of any suitable material, which need not even have insulating properties (though a degree of insulation is preferred) . It is envisaged that embodiments may be constructed in which the outer casing is metallic.

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Le récipient décrit est destiné à contenir une ou plusieurs bouteilles de boisson et comprend une gaine extérieure (10) ainsi qu'au moins un élément de séparation (24) amovible. Ce récipient peut être adapté pour loger simultanément au moins deux bouteilles de vin dans des compartiments individuels (42) lesquels sont séparés par deux des éléments de séparation (24) placés dos à dos. De préférence, les éléments de séparation (24) comprennent des alvéoles que l'on peut remplir d'un liquide susceptible de se congeler. On peut déplacer au moins un des éléments de séparation (24) pour le mettre dans des positions variables afin de pouvoir loger des bouteilles de vin de différentes tailles dans le compartiment. Dans ces positions variables, l'élément de séparation forme avec la gaine des compartiments variables (42, 44) de dimension ou de forme sensiblement différentes.
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BE1009806A3 (fr) * 1995-11-30 1997-08-05 Francis Mattart Conteneur refrigerant.
KR20030061266A (ko) * 2002-01-11 2003-07-18 허균 냉음료와 간식을 보관할 수 있는 휴대용 간식 용기 세트
WO2012131470A1 (fr) 2011-04-01 2012-10-04 Ideaprototipi Srl Glacette technique
CN108033141A (zh) * 2017-12-19 2018-05-15 佛山市鼎翘五金有限公司 可持续保持食物温度的餐盒

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EP0169370A1 (fr) * 1984-07-06 1986-01-29 Rotpunkt Dr. Anso Zimmermann Récipient pour refroidir ou conserver au chaud son contenu
GB2192262A (en) * 1986-05-26 1988-01-06 Menaje Y Diseno Comerc Sa Drinks cooler
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US4292817A (en) * 1980-05-12 1981-10-06 The Mead Corporation Controlled temperature shipping assembly
US4438637A (en) * 1982-08-19 1984-03-27 Atkinson Lyle H Cooling container for canned beverages and sandwiches
US4441336A (en) * 1982-08-23 1984-04-10 Plattner Industries, Inc. Cooler having freeze bottle insert
EP0169370A1 (fr) * 1984-07-06 1986-01-29 Rotpunkt Dr. Anso Zimmermann Récipient pour refroidir ou conserver au chaud son contenu
GB2192262A (en) * 1986-05-26 1988-01-06 Menaje Y Diseno Comerc Sa Drinks cooler
US4721237A (en) * 1986-11-03 1988-01-26 Leslie Peter C Portable cooler for a number of beverage cans

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE1009806A3 (fr) * 1995-11-30 1997-08-05 Francis Mattart Conteneur refrigerant.
KR20030061266A (ko) * 2002-01-11 2003-07-18 허균 냉음료와 간식을 보관할 수 있는 휴대용 간식 용기 세트
WO2012131470A1 (fr) 2011-04-01 2012-10-04 Ideaprototipi Srl Glacette technique
CN108033141A (zh) * 2017-12-19 2018-05-15 佛山市鼎翘五金有限公司 可持续保持食物温度的餐盒

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