WO2014041216A1 - Refrigerating device for food, that does not comprise an energy source or ice - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a device that cools, keeps refrigerated or frozen foods, both solid and liquid or drinks inside, may have the form of bottle, glass, cylinder (straw), ice bucket, refrigerator, ice cubes, and other many more pending ways to design, and is constituted by the following elements:
- liquids or solids liquid nitrogen, liquid argon, liquid oxygen, solid carbon dioxide, dry ice, propane, liquid helium or other gases, liquids or solids, depending on time and of the utility that is given to the device, being able to transport cold chain foods or keep them cold for a longer time.
- a container capsule of one of the cryogenic or other non-cryogenic liquids mentioned above that may be made of one or more of these materials: Aluminum, stainless steel, copper or other metals, or an alloy of metals with the appropriate thermal conductive properties.
- This capsule may contain a gas escape valve if necessary and this gas will leave the casing through another exhaust valve located in the base of the casing, (if necessary by the pressures to which the gas, liquid or cryogenic solid or others are subjected).
- An insulating or refrigerant coating (liquid, solid or gas) of the cryogenic or other liquid containing capsule being the material used for said expanded polystyrene coating or some other insulating foam with similar characteristics, although it can also be rubber, air, vacuum or any other type of refrigerant or insulator.
- the insulator or coolant used is replaced by a gas or liquid or solid chamber.
- a plug or an insulating cap depending on whether the device is for liquids or solids, once the casing is closed, it continues to maintain its cooling qualities.
- a spigot, valve or nozzle to recharge the coolant can be by injection or spraying.
- the invention object of this specification works to be the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others at a temperature well below zero, for example: nitrogen liquefies at -196 ° C and the argon at -185.9 ° C, said capsule being introduced inside the refueling device and regulating through the insulator and the refrigerants and the connecting conduits with the embouchure the temperature that it emits towards the outside, cooling the container adjusting to the needs of the refrigerator, depending on whether it is a glass, refrigerator, ice bucket, etc. so that it gets to cool, refrigerate or freeze any food or drink.
- an apparatus is needed whose utility is to "recharge” the cold of the products, either through valves or directly by spraying on the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others.
- This apparatus would be formed by a bottle of gas or cryogenic liquid or others, with a “pressure gun”.
- the product is introduced into the apparatus, and the latter disassembles the product and sprays on the cryogenic or other capsule, or introduces e! liquid or gas through a valve. Once the product is "recharged", the device closes the casing again and is ready to be used again.
- the housing of the invention is disassembled through a thread, the cryogenic container being exposed, so as to spray or inject more liquid on or into the capsule so that it returns to recover its functions.
- This apparatus serves to recharge any product that this invention entails.
- this novel invention contributes to the state of the art a product that cools or keeps cold, refrigerated or frozen drinks or food without the need of an external power supply such as electricity, ice or snow like old refrigerators and conserving, at all times, its properties and cooling qualities.
- the main novelty provided by this invention is to cool, refrigerate or freeze beverages or food with the following advantages:
- the invention is intended for commercial and domestic use and covers a wide range of products:
- ES2 008 998 14 relates to a cryogenic freezer for freezing food products or the like, which comprises: an insulated enclosure having a lower entrance and an exit higher; conveyor means for moving food products along a path from said entrance to said exit, a greater part of said path being a helical section with a plurality of overlapping floors; means for contacting the food products, moving along said path, with liquid cryogen in a lower zone generally near said inlet to initially extract a substantial amount of heat from the surface of said food products; means for producing a circulation of generally horizontal cryogen vapor in all the upper zones of said helical section, whereby a vertical temperature gradient is created within said enclosure, there being relatively warm temperatures near said outlet; and means for controlling the output of the vapor by said inlet and said outlet so that at least about 80% of the cryogen vapor generated within said enclosure leaves it by said upper outlet.
- Document ES 2 106 976 T3 discloses a cooling apparatus having at least a first and a second cooling compartment, each compartment having its own access door, comprising a first evaporator for said first compartment, said first evaporator working at a first pressure value; a second evaporator for said second compartment, said second evaporator operating at a pressure value greater than said first pressure level; a single capacitor; a single compressor; a refrigerant circuit comprising a series of conduits for providing a flow of refrigerant in sequential form to said first and second evaporators, said condenser and said compressor; valve means in said refrigerant circuit for directing refrigerant to a selected one of said evaporators from said condenser and for preventing a flow of refrigerant to said first evaporator when refrigerant is being directed to said second evaporator in order to cool said second compartment; a check valve in the duct on the suction side of said first evaporator, to prevent the return flow
- ES 2 289 552 T3 describes a method of cooling a product comprising N cycles of adsorption / desorption arranged under air vacuum, where N is an integer greater than 1, each cycle comprising the steps consisting of: - extracting heat from a vapor-phase refrigerant fluid in a condenser at a first pressure lower than the critical pressure of said fluid to condense said refrigerant fluid, - introducing said refrigerant fluid in liquid phase in an evaporator at a second pressure lower than the first pressure for vaporizing a portion of said refrigerant fluid and cooling the other part of said refrigerant fluid to a vaporization temperature of said refrigerant fluid at said second pressure, said vaporization temperature being decreasing from one cycle to the next cycle, said first and second pressures being chosen in each cycle so that said vaporization temperature in a cycle is each time lower than the condensing temperature of said refrigerant fluid in the next cycle at the first pressure of said next cycle.
- Document ES 2 113 908 T3 refers to a domestic refrigerator with at least one cooling chamber that is closed with a door, in which are provided refrigerated product containers, a vaporizer and a fan that supplies it with ambient air and which is located in the natural convection current produced by the refrigerating power of the vaporizer, characterized in that the fan necessarily exchanges the cooling air both during the refrigeration activity and during the defrosting activity, in which, by the location and the formation of the containers of refrigerated products and the fan, the cooling air is transported to the sector of the walls of the refrigerator space and along the door covering all the height and width of them.
- ES 2 296 668 T3 is an air cooling device, comprising a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, a turbo expander with a turbine wheel with which said compressor is connected to said turbo expander, a first fan mounted in a common shaft with the aforementioned turbo expander, a first dual-channel heat exchanger, a cooling chamber with a second fan and an air cooler mounted inside the chamber, a second double-shell heat exchanger, a tank of water connected with a second conduit of the second heat exchanger, and a moisture separator; wherein a first conduit of the second double-conduit heat exchanger, a The first conduit of the first dual-channel heat exchanger, the moisture separator, the turbo-expanded air cooler, and the second conduit of the first double-conduit heat exchanger are connected in series with the compressor inlet.
- Document ES 2 188 161 T3 refers to a domestic refrigerator cooled by the Peltier effect, with an enclosure to be cooled formed by one or two thermally insulated enclosures, where the air circulates by natural convection, in which the heat that enters the enclosures is removed by evaporation of a liquid in which at least one enclosure to be cooled is cooled by two units coupled in cascade, each unit comprising two thermosyphons separated by Peltier effect granules, one of the thermosiphons of each unit for the condensation of a liquid lodged in its interior in a cold face of peltier effect granules and the other thermosyphon of each unit being arranged for the evaporation of a liquid housed therein in a hot face of the granules of Peltier effect, characterized in that each thermosiphon includes a first circuit for the circulation of the evaporated liquid to an area in which the liquid d it must be condensed, and a second circuit to return the condensed liquid to an area in
- the removal of heat from the hot faces of the granules is arranged by the elaboration of a fluid, which is made to condense in an ambient air exchanger disposed in an elevated position with respect to the granules, the condensed fluid being arranged to return by gravity.
- the thermosyphons contain water as a refrigerant fluid with adequate vacuum degrees, so that the evaporation takes place at the desired temperatures in each thermosyphon.
- the food-cooling device object of the present invention is constituted from a device that cools or keeps refrigerated or frozen foods inside it, being able to have the shape of bottle, cylinder, ice bucket, bucket or refrigerator, being in any case coated with an outer casing and in the middle an insulating material as a sandwich.
- the material of said The device can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or an alloy of metals with good thermal conductive properties and the insulating coating of the cryogenic liquid containing capsule can be expanded polystyrene or some other insulating foam of similar characteristics, or also rubber or air.
- the insulator used is replaced by a gas or liquid chamber.
- the device has a mouthpiece which, in the case of having the shape of a bottle, is a neck that is plugged with a stopper, in the case of a vessel shape, an upper opening that is closed with an insulating cover and in the case of a refrigerator or an opening top that closes with lid or insulated door.
- a valve goes out to recharge the liquid or cryogenic gas.
- an apparatus is needed whose utility is to "recharge” the cold of the products, either through valves or directly by spraying on the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others.
- This apparatus would be formed by a bottle of gas or cryogenic liquid or others, with a "pressure gun”.
- the product is introduced into the apparatus, and the latter dismantles the product and sprays on the cryogenic or other capsule, or introduces the liquid or gas through a valve.
- the device closes the casing again and is ready to be used again. Little by little, the container loses its cooling properties and needs to be “recharged” to recover its cooling functions.
- the housing of the invention is disassembled through a thread, the cryogenic container being exposed, so as to spray or inject more liquid on or into the capsule so that it returns to recover its functions.
- This apparatus serves to recharge any product that this invention entails.
- the invention object of this specification works to be the capsule containing! cryogenic liquid at a temperature well below zero, for example: nitrogen liquefies at -196 ° C and argon at -185.9 ° C, said capsule being introduced into the refracting device and regulating through the insulator the temperature that emits towards the outside, cooling the container adjusting to the needs of the refrigerator, depending on whether it is a glass, refrigerator or ice bucket, so that it gets to cool, refrigerate or freeze any food or drink.
- the invention is intended for commercial use! and domestic and can encompass in different embodiments a wide range of products, such as the following:
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention is constituted from a cooling device (1) that cools or keeps the food refrigerated inside it, being able to have the shape of bottle (2), cylinder (3), bucket (4), glass ( 5), refrigerator (6) being in any case covered with an outer casing (7) and in the middle an insulating material (8) as a sandwich.
- the material of the casing (7) said device (1) can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or an alloy of metals with good thermal conductive properties and the insulating coating of the capsule (9) containing cryogenic liquid can be expanded polystyrene or some other insulating foam of similar characteristics, or also rubber or air.
- the insulator used is replaced by a gas or liquid chamber.
- the device has a mouthpiece that in the case of having the shape of a bottle (2) is a neck (11) that is plugged with a cap (12), in the case of having the shape of a cup (3) an upper opening that closes with an insulating cover (13) and in the case of a refrigerator, an upper opening that closes with a lid or an insulating door (14).
Abstract
The invention relates to a refrigerating device for food, that does not comprise an energy source or ice. Said device can be in the form of a bottle, a cylinder, an ice-tray, a bucket or an ice-box and is coated with an outer casing behind which there is an insulating material in the form of a sandwich, containing a capsule containing a cryogenic gas or liquid. The material of said device can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or an alloy of metals that have good thermoconductive properties. The invention has a mouth that is closed by an insulating door or lid.
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DISPOSITIVO REFRIGERADOR DE ALIMENTOS SIN FUENTE DE FOOD REFRIGERATOR DEVICE WITHOUT SOURCE OF
ENERGÍA NI HIELO. ENERGY OR ICE.
OBJETO DE LA INVENCIÓN OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
La presente invención se refiere a un dispositivo que enfría, mantiene refrigerados o congelados los alimentos, tanto sólidos como líquidos o bebidas en su interior, pudiendo tener forma de botella, vaso, cilindro (pajita), cubitera, nevera, cubitos de hielo, y otras muchas formas más pendientes de diseñar, y está constituido por los siguientes elementos: The present invention relates to a device that cools, keeps refrigerated or frozen foods, both solid and liquid or drinks inside, may have the form of bottle, glass, cylinder (straw), ice bucket, refrigerator, ice cubes, and other many more pending ways to design, and is constituted by the following elements:
- Líquido o gas criogénico u otros tipos de gases, líquidos o sólidos no criogénicos: nitrógeno líquido, argón líquido, oxígeno líquido, dióxido de carbono sólido, nieve carbónica, propano, helio líquido u otros gases, líquidos o sólidos, dependiendo del tiempo y de la utilidad que se le dé al dispositivo, pudiendo ser la de transportar alimentos en cadena de frío o la de mantenerlos fríos durante más tiempo. - Cryogenic liquid or gas or other types of non-cryogenic gases, liquids or solids: liquid nitrogen, liquid argon, liquid oxygen, solid carbon dioxide, dry ice, propane, liquid helium or other gases, liquids or solids, depending on time and of the utility that is given to the device, being able to transport cold chain foods or keep them cold for a longer time.
- Una cápsula contenedora de uno de los líquidos criogénicos u otros no criogénicos anteriormente mencionados que puede estar elaborada en uno o varios de estos materiales: Aluminio, acero inoxidable, cobre u otros metales, o una aleación de metales con las adecuadas propiedades termo conductoras. Esta capsula es posible que contenga una válvula de escape de gas en caso que sea necesario y este gas saldrá de la carcasa a través de otra válvula de escape situada en la base
de la carcasa, (en caso que sea necesario por las presiones a las que se somete el gas, líquido o sólido criogénico u otros). - A container capsule of one of the cryogenic or other non-cryogenic liquids mentioned above that may be made of one or more of these materials: Aluminum, stainless steel, copper or other metals, or an alloy of metals with the appropriate thermal conductive properties. This capsule may contain a gas escape valve if necessary and this gas will leave the casing through another exhaust valve located in the base of the casing, (if necessary by the pressures to which the gas, liquid or cryogenic solid or others are subjected).
- Un revestimiento aislante o refrigerante (liquido, solido o gas) de la cápsula contenedora de líquido criogénico u otros pudiendo ser el material utilizado para dicho revestimiento poliestireno expandido o alguna otra espuma aislante de similares características, aunque también puede ser caucho, aire, vacío o cualquier otro tipo de refrigerante o aislante. En una realización diferente el aislante o refrigerante utilizado se sustituye por una cámara de gas o de líquido o sólido. - An insulating or refrigerant coating (liquid, solid or gas) of the cryogenic or other liquid containing capsule being the material used for said expanded polystyrene coating or some other insulating foam with similar characteristics, although it can also be rubber, air, vacuum or any other type of refrigerant or insulator. In a different embodiment the insulator or coolant used is replaced by a gas or liquid or solid chamber.
- Una carcasa de aluminio, acero inoxidable, plástico, fibra de vidrio o cualquier otro tipo de material o materiales que contiene todo lo anterior y que presenta la forma de vaso, cubitera, nevera cilindro (pajita) o cualquier otra forma deseada con una embocadura adecuada para introducir las bebidas o los alimentos que han de refrigerarse o mantenerse refrigerados. - A casing made of aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, fiberglass or any other type of material or materials that contains all of the above and that has the shape of a glass, ice bucket, cylinder cooler (straw) or any other desired shape with an embouchure suitable for introducing beverages or foods that have to be refrigerated or kept refrigerated.
- Un tapón o una tapa aislante, dependiendo si el dispositivo es para líquidos o para sólidos, para una vez cerrada la carcasa que ésta siga manteniendo sus cualidades de refrigeración. - A plug or an insulating cap, depending on whether the device is for liquids or solids, once the casing is closed, it continues to maintain its cooling qualities.
- Una espita, válvula o boquilla para recargar el líquido refrigerante puede ser por inyección o pulverización. - A spigot, valve or nozzle to recharge the coolant can be by injection or spraying.
La invención objeto de esta memoria descriptiva funciona al estar la cápsula contenedora del liquido criogénico u otros a una temperatura muy por debajo de cero, por ejemplo: el nitrógeno licúa a -196 °C y el
argón a - 185,9 °C, introduciéndose dicha cápsula dentro del dispositivo refigerador y regulándose a través del aislante y de los refrigerantes y los conductos de unión con la embocadura la temperatura que emite hacia el exterior, enfriando el recipiente ajustándose a las necesidades del refrigerador, según éste sea un vaso, nevera, cubitera, etc. de forma que consigue enfriar, refrigerar o congelar cualquier alimento o bebida. The invention object of this specification works to be the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others at a temperature well below zero, for example: nitrogen liquefies at -196 ° C and the argon at -185.9 ° C, said capsule being introduced inside the refueling device and regulating through the insulator and the refrigerants and the connecting conduits with the embouchure the temperature that it emits towards the outside, cooling the container adjusting to the needs of the refrigerator, depending on whether it is a glass, refrigerator, ice bucket, etc. so that it gets to cool, refrigerate or freeze any food or drink.
Además de estos elementos previamente descritos, es necesario un aparato cuya utilidad es la de "recargar" el frió de los productos, ya sea a través de válvulas o directamente pulverizando sobre la cápsula contenedora del líquido criogénico u otros. Este aparato estaría formado por una botella de gas o líquido criogénico u otros, con una "pistola de presión". Se introduce el producto dentro de aparato, y éste desmonta el producto y pulveriza sobre la cápsula criogénica u otros, o introduce e! líquido o gas a través de una válvula. Una vez "recargado" el producto, el aparato vuelve a cerrar la carcasa y ya vuelve a estar listo para ser utilizado. In addition to these elements previously described, an apparatus is needed whose utility is to "recharge" the cold of the products, either through valves or directly by spraying on the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others. This apparatus would be formed by a bottle of gas or cryogenic liquid or others, with a "pressure gun". The product is introduced into the apparatus, and the latter disassembles the product and sprays on the cryogenic or other capsule, or introduces e! liquid or gas through a valve. Once the product is "recharged", the device closes the casing again and is ready to be used again.
Poco a poco, el recipiente va perdiendo sus propiedades refrigerantes y necesita ser "recargado" para recuperar sus funciones de refrigeración. Para esto, la carcasa de la invención se desmonta a través de una rosca, quedando expuesto el contenedor criogénico, para así pulverizar o inyectar más líquido sobre o dentro de la cápsula para que vuelva a recuperar sus funciones. Este aparato sirve para recargar cualquier producto que conlleve esta invención.
Ventajosamente esta novedosa invención aporta al estado de la técnica un producto que enfría o mantiene fríos, refrigerados o congelados bebidas o alimentos sin necesidad de una fuente de alimentación externa como por ejemplo la electricidad, ni de hielo o nieve como las antiguas neveras y conservando, en todo momento, sus propiedades y cualidades refrigerantes. Little by little, the container loses its cooling properties and needs to be "recharged" to recover its cooling functions. For this, the housing of the invention is disassembled through a thread, the cryogenic container being exposed, so as to spray or inject more liquid on or into the capsule so that it returns to recover its functions. This apparatus serves to recharge any product that this invention entails. Advantageously this novel invention contributes to the state of the art a product that cools or keeps cold, refrigerated or frozen drinks or food without the need of an external power supply such as electricity, ice or snow like old refrigerators and conserving, at all times, its properties and cooling qualities.
La principal novedad que aporta esta invención es la de enfriar, refrigerar o congelar bebidas o alimentos con las siguientes ventajas: The main novelty provided by this invention is to cool, refrigerate or freeze beverages or food with the following advantages:
- Gran duración del producto. - Great duration of the product.
- No necesita fuente de alimentación externa (electricidad), con el consiguiente ahorro energético. - It does not need external power supply (electricity), with the consequent energy saving.
- Ahorro económico. - Economic savings.
- 100% ecológico. - 100% ecological.
- Ayuda al cuidado del medio ambiente. - Help to care for the environment.
- Ahorro de agua. - Saving water.
- Evita el consumo de bolsas de plástico para hielo. - Avoid the use of plastic bags for ice.
La invención está destinada para uso comercial y doméstico y abarca una gran gama de productos: The invention is intended for commercial and domestic use and covers a wide range of products:
- Enfriador de recipientes. - Container cooler.
- Nevera siempre fría. - Refrigerator always cold.
- Nevera congeladora. - Freezer fridge
- Cubitera congeladora rápida. - Quick freezer ice bucket.
- Pajita enfriadora de bebida.
- Bloque congelado. - Drinking chill straw. - Block frozen.
- Vaso siempre frío. - Glass always cold.
- Cubitos de hielo artificial. - Artificial ice cubes.
- Otros productos por descubrir. - Other products to discover.
Tiene su campo de aplicación en la industria de la fabricación y elaboración de frigoríficos para alimentos y bebidas y más particularmente en la industria de la construcción de dispositivos criogénicos para refrigeración de alimentos. It has its field of application in the industry of manufacturing and processing of refrigerators for food and beverages and more particularly in the industry of construction of cryogenic devices for food refrigeration.
En este sector de la técnica priman aquellos desarrollos efectivos y específicamente dedicados a la función en cuestión, que den lugar a un sistema de sencilla remoción de obstáculos, con bajo coste y resultados técnicamente apreciables. Las características del sistema propuesto en esta invención se adaptan perfectamente a este concepto, ofreciendo al estado de la técnica una realización novedosa, perfectamente adaptada a su función, sencilla y de fabricación y ejecución económica. In this sector of the art, those effective developments that are specifically dedicated to the function in question prevail, giving rise to a system of simple removal of obstacles, with low cost and technically appreciable results. The characteristics of the system proposed in this invention are perfectly adapted to this concept, offering to the state of the art a novel embodiment, perfectly adapted to its function, simple and of economic manufacture and execution.
ANTECEDENTES DE LA INVENCIÓN BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Aunque no se ha encontrado ninguna invención idéntica a la proporcionada por el cliente, exponemos a continuación los documentos encontrados que reflejan el estado de la técnica relacionado con la invención propuesta. Although no invention identical to that provided by the client has been found, we expose below the found documents that reflect the state of the art related to the proposed invention.
Así el documento ES2 008 998 14 se refiere a un congelador criogénico para congelar productos alimenticios o similares, el cual comprende: un recinto aislado que tiene una entrada inferior y una salida
superior; medios de transportador para mover productos alimenticios a lo largo de un camino desde dicha entrada hasta dicha salida, siendo una mayor parte de dicho camino una sección helicoidal con una pluralidad de pisos superpuestos; medios para poner en contacto los productos alimenticios, en movimiento a lo largo de dicho camino, con criógeno líquido en una zona inferior generalmente cerca de dicha entrada para extraer inicialmente una cantidad sustancial de calor de la superficie de dichos productos alimenticios; medios para producir una circulación de vapor de criógeno generalmente horizontal en todas las zonas superiores de dicha sección helicoidal, por lo cual se crea un gradiente vertical de temperatura dentro de dicho recinto, existiendo temperaturas relativamente cálidas cerca de dicha salida; y medios para controlar la salida del vapor por dicha entrada y dicha salida de modo que al menos un 80 % aproximadamente del vapor de criógeno generado dentro de dicho recinto salga del mismo por dicha salida superior. Thus document ES2 008 998 14 relates to a cryogenic freezer for freezing food products or the like, which comprises: an insulated enclosure having a lower entrance and an exit higher; conveyor means for moving food products along a path from said entrance to said exit, a greater part of said path being a helical section with a plurality of overlapping floors; means for contacting the food products, moving along said path, with liquid cryogen in a lower zone generally near said inlet to initially extract a substantial amount of heat from the surface of said food products; means for producing a circulation of generally horizontal cryogen vapor in all the upper zones of said helical section, whereby a vertical temperature gradient is created within said enclosure, there being relatively warm temperatures near said outlet; and means for controlling the output of the vapor by said inlet and said outlet so that at least about 80% of the cryogen vapor generated within said enclosure leaves it by said upper outlet.
El documento ES 2 106 976 T3 describe un aparato de refrigeración que tiene al menos un primero y un segundo compartimientos de refrigeración, teniendo cada compartimiento su propia puerta de acceso, que comprende un primer evaporador para dicho primer compartimiento, trabajando dicho primer evaporador a un primer valor de presión; un segundo evaporador para dicho segundo compartimiento, funcionando dicho segundo evaporador a un valor de presión superior a dicho primer nivel de presión; un único condensador;
un único compresor; un circuito refrigerante que comprende una serie de conductos para proporcionar un flujo de refrigerante en forma secuencial a dichos evaporadores primero y segundo, dicho condensador y dicho compresor; medios de válvula en dicho circuito refrigerante para dirigir refrigerante a uno seleccionado de dichos evaporadores desde dicho condensador y para impedir un flujo de refrigerante a dicho primer evaporador cuando se está dirigiendo refrigerante a dicho segundo evaporador con el fin de enfriar dicho segundo compartimiento; una válvula de retención en el conducto en el lado de aspiración del citado primer evaporador, para impedir el flujo de retorno de refrigerante desde dicho segundo evaporador a dicho primer evaporador; y medios en dicho circuito refrigerante para evacuar refrigerante de dicho primer evaporador después de terminar el flujo de refrigerante hacia dicho primer evaporador con el fin de asegurar de que hay carga de refrigerante suficiente para el funcionamiento secuencial del segundo evaporador. Document ES 2 106 976 T3 discloses a cooling apparatus having at least a first and a second cooling compartment, each compartment having its own access door, comprising a first evaporator for said first compartment, said first evaporator working at a first pressure value; a second evaporator for said second compartment, said second evaporator operating at a pressure value greater than said first pressure level; a single capacitor; a single compressor; a refrigerant circuit comprising a series of conduits for providing a flow of refrigerant in sequential form to said first and second evaporators, said condenser and said compressor; valve means in said refrigerant circuit for directing refrigerant to a selected one of said evaporators from said condenser and for preventing a flow of refrigerant to said first evaporator when refrigerant is being directed to said second evaporator in order to cool said second compartment; a check valve in the duct on the suction side of said first evaporator, to prevent the return flow of refrigerant from said second evaporator to said first evaporator; and means in said refrigerant circuit for evacuating refrigerant from said first evaporator after terminating the flow of refrigerant to said first evaporator in order to ensure that there is sufficient refrigerant charge for the sequential operation of the second evaporator.
ES 2 289 552 T3 describe un procedimiento de enfriamiento de un producto que comprende N ciclos de adsorción/desorción ordenados bajo vacío de aire, siendo N un número entero superior a 1 , comprendiendo cada ciclo las etapas que consisten en: - extraer calor de un fluido refrigerante en fase vapor en un condensador a una primera presión inferior a la presión crítica de dicho fluido para condensar dicho fluido refrigerante, - introducir dicho fluido refrigerante en fase líquida en un evaporador a una segunda presión inferior a la primera presión para
vaporizar una parte de dicho fluido refrigerante y enfriar la otra parte de dicho fluido refrigerante hasta una temperatura de vaporización de dicho fluido refrigerante a dicho segunda presión, siendo dicha temperatura de vaporización decreciente de un ciclo al ciclo siguiente, eligiéndose dichas primera y segunda presiones en cada ciclo de manera que dicha temperatura de vaporización en un ciclo sea cada vez inferior a la temperatura de condensación de dicho fluido refrigerante en el ciclo siguiente a la primera presión de dicho ciclo siguiente. - aportar calor a la parte líquida de dicho fluido refrigerante a dicha segunda presión en dicho evaporador para evaporar dicho fluido refrigerante, - adsorber dicho fluido refrigerante en fase vapor en al menos un recinto de adsorción/desorción unido a dicho evaporador y que contiene un adsorbente de zeolita, - después de que una cantidad de dicho fluido refrigerante sea adsorbido en dicho adsorbente de zeolita, regenerar dicho adsorbente de zeolita por calentamiento para desorber dicha cantidad de fluido refrigerante en fase vapor, - reenviar dicha cantidad de fluido refrigerante en fase vapor hacia dicho condensador, comprendiendo dicho procedimiento además las etapas siguientes: efectuar N-1 intercambios de calor cada vez entre el fluido refrigerante en el evaporador de un ciclo y el fluido refrigerante en el condensador del ciclo siguiente en el orden de los ciclos para realizar así dicho aporte de calor en dicho evaporador y dicha extracción de calor en dicho condensador, y enfriar dicho producto por intercambio de calor con el fluido refrigerante al menos en el evaporador del último ciclo.
El documento ES 2 113 908 T3 se refiere a un aparato refrigerador doméstico con por lo menos una cámara refrigeradora que se cierra con una puerta, en el cual están previstos contenedores de productos refrigerados, un vaporizador y un ventilador que lo suministra con aire del ambiente y que está ubicado en la corriente de convección natural producida por la potencia frigorífica del vaporizador, caracterizado porque el ventilador intercambia forzosamente el aire refrigerante tanto durante la actividad refrigeradora como durante la actividad descongeladora, en lo cual, por la ubicación y la formación de los contenedores de productos refrigerados y el ventilador, el aire refrigerante es transportado al sector de las paredes del espacio refrigerador y a lo largo de la puerta cubriendo todo lo alto y ancho de ellos. ES 2 289 552 T3 describes a method of cooling a product comprising N cycles of adsorption / desorption arranged under air vacuum, where N is an integer greater than 1, each cycle comprising the steps consisting of: - extracting heat from a vapor-phase refrigerant fluid in a condenser at a first pressure lower than the critical pressure of said fluid to condense said refrigerant fluid, - introducing said refrigerant fluid in liquid phase in an evaporator at a second pressure lower than the first pressure for vaporizing a portion of said refrigerant fluid and cooling the other part of said refrigerant fluid to a vaporization temperature of said refrigerant fluid at said second pressure, said vaporization temperature being decreasing from one cycle to the next cycle, said first and second pressures being chosen in each cycle so that said vaporization temperature in a cycle is each time lower than the condensing temperature of said refrigerant fluid in the next cycle at the first pressure of said next cycle. - supplying heat to the liquid part of said refrigerant fluid at said second pressure in said evaporator to evaporate said refrigerant fluid, - adsorbing said refrigerant fluid in vapor phase in at least one adsorption / desorption chamber attached to said evaporator and containing an adsorbent of zeolite, - after a quantity of said refrigerant fluid is adsorbed on said zeolite adsorbent, regenerating said zeolite adsorbent by heating to desorb said amount of refrigerant fluid in vapor phase, - resending said quantity of refrigerant fluid in vapor phase towards said condenser, said method further comprising the following steps: performing N-1 heat exchanges each time between the refrigerant fluid in the evaporator of one cycle and the refrigerant fluid in the condenser of the next cycle in the order of the cycles to thereby perform said supply of heat in said evaporator and said heat extraction in said condenser, and cooling said product by heat exchange with the refrigerant fluid at least in the evaporator of the last cycle. Document ES 2 113 908 T3 refers to a domestic refrigerator with at least one cooling chamber that is closed with a door, in which are provided refrigerated product containers, a vaporizer and a fan that supplies it with ambient air and which is located in the natural convection current produced by the refrigerating power of the vaporizer, characterized in that the fan necessarily exchanges the cooling air both during the refrigeration activity and during the defrosting activity, in which, by the location and the formation of the containers of refrigerated products and the fan, the cooling air is transported to the sector of the walls of the refrigerator space and along the door covering all the height and width of them.
ES 2 296 668 T3 es un dispositivo de refrigeración de aire, que comprende un compresor que tiene una entrada y una salida, un turbo expansionador con una rueda de turbina con la que dicho compresor está conectado a dicho turbo expansionador, un primer ventilador montado en un eje común con el citado turbo expansionador, un primer intercambiador de calor de doble conducto, una cámara de refrigeración con un segundo ventilador y un refrigerador de aire montado en el interior de la cámara, un segundo intercambiador de calor de doble conducto, un tanque de agua conectado con un segundo conducto del segundo intercambiador de calor, y un separador de humedad; en el que un primer conducto del segundo intercambiador de calor de doble conducto, un
primer conducto dei primer intercambiador de calor de doble conducto, el separador de humedad, el turbo expansionados el refrigerador de aire, y el segundo conducto del primer intercambiador de calor de doble conducto, están conectados en serie con la entrada del compresor. ES 2 296 668 T3 is an air cooling device, comprising a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, a turbo expander with a turbine wheel with which said compressor is connected to said turbo expander, a first fan mounted in a common shaft with the aforementioned turbo expander, a first dual-channel heat exchanger, a cooling chamber with a second fan and an air cooler mounted inside the chamber, a second double-shell heat exchanger, a tank of water connected with a second conduit of the second heat exchanger, and a moisture separator; wherein a first conduit of the second double-conduit heat exchanger, a The first conduit of the first dual-channel heat exchanger, the moisture separator, the turbo-expanded air cooler, and the second conduit of the first double-conduit heat exchanger are connected in series with the compressor inlet.
El documento ES 2 188 161 T3 se refiere a un refrigerador doméstico enfriado por el efecto Peltier, con un recinto que se ha de enfriar formado por uno o dos recintos aislados térmicamente, donde circula el aire por convección natural, en el que el calor que entra en los recintos se retira por evaporación de un líquido en el que por lo menos un recinto que se ha de enfriar es enfriado por dos unidades acopladas en cascada, comprendiendo cada unidad dos termosifones separados por granulos de efecto Peltier, estando dispuesto uno de los termosifones de cada unidad para la condensación de un líquido alojado en su interior en una cara fría de los gránulos de efecto Peltier y estando dispuesto el otro termosifón de cada unidad para la evaporación de un líquido alojado en su interior en una cara caliente de los gránulos de efecto Peltier, caracterizado porque cada termosifón incluye un primer circuito para la circulación del liquido evaporado a una zona en la que el líquido debe condensarse, y un segundo circuito para devolver el líquido condensado a una zona en la que debe evaporarse, no siendo dicho segundo circuito el mismo que el primer circuito. En una de las unidades acopladas en cascada, se dispone la retirada del calor de las caras calientes de los gránulos por la elaboración de un fluido, que se hace que se condense en
un intercambiador de aire ambiente dispuesto en una posición elevada con respecto a los granulos, disponiéndose el fluido condensado para volver por gravedad. Los termosifones contienen agua como fluido refrigerante con grados de vacío adecuados, con lo que la evaporación se produce a las temperaturas deseadas en cada termosifón. Document ES 2 188 161 T3 refers to a domestic refrigerator cooled by the Peltier effect, with an enclosure to be cooled formed by one or two thermally insulated enclosures, where the air circulates by natural convection, in which the heat that enters the enclosures is removed by evaporation of a liquid in which at least one enclosure to be cooled is cooled by two units coupled in cascade, each unit comprising two thermosyphons separated by Peltier effect granules, one of the thermosiphons of each unit for the condensation of a liquid lodged in its interior in a cold face of peltier effect granules and the other thermosyphon of each unit being arranged for the evaporation of a liquid housed therein in a hot face of the granules of Peltier effect, characterized in that each thermosiphon includes a first circuit for the circulation of the evaporated liquid to an area in which the liquid d it must be condensed, and a second circuit to return the condensed liquid to an area in which it must evaporate, said second circuit not being the same as the first circuit. In one of the cascaded coupled units, the removal of heat from the hot faces of the granules is arranged by the elaboration of a fluid, which is made to condense in an ambient air exchanger disposed in an elevated position with respect to the granules, the condensed fluid being arranged to return by gravity. The thermosyphons contain water as a refrigerant fluid with adequate vacuum degrees, so that the evaporation takes place at the desired temperatures in each thermosyphon.
Conclusiones: Como se desprende de la investigación realizada, pensamos que ninguno de los documentos encontrados afectan la novedad y la inventiva de la invención comparada, ya que ninguno de éstos soluciona los problemas planteados como lo hace la invención propuesta. Conclusions: As can be seen from the research carried out, we believe that none of the documents found affect the novelty and inventiveness of the comparative invention, since none of these solve the problems raised as the proposed invention does.
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA INVENCIÓN DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
El dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos objeto de la presente invención se constituye a partir de un dispositivo que enfría o mantiene refrigerados o congelados los alimentos en su interior, pudiendo tener forma de botella, cilindro, cubitera, cubo o nevera, estando en cualquier caso revestido de una carcasa exterior y en medio un material aislante a modo de sándchich. Dentro de dicho material aislante se encuentra una cápsula contenedora de uno de los siguientes líquidos o gases criogénicos: nitrógeno líquido, argón líquido u oxígeno líquido, dióxido de carbono sólido, nieve carbónica, propano, helio líquido u otros gases, líquidos o sólidos, dependiendo del tiempo y de la utilidad que se le dé al dispositivo, pudiendo ser la de transportar alimentos en cadena de frío o la de mantenerlos fríos durante más tiempo. El material de dicho
dispositivo puede ser aluminio, acero inoxidable, cobre o una aleación de metales con buenas propiedades termo conductoras y el revestimiento aislante de la cápsula contenedora de líquido criogénico puede ser poliestireno expandido o alguna otra espuma aislante de similares características, o también caucho o aire. En una realización diferente el aislante utilizado se sustituye por una cámara de gas o de líquido. The food-cooling device object of the present invention is constituted from a device that cools or keeps refrigerated or frozen foods inside it, being able to have the shape of bottle, cylinder, ice bucket, bucket or refrigerator, being in any case coated with an outer casing and in the middle an insulating material as a sandwich. Inside said insulating material is a capsule containing one of the following cryogenic liquids or gases: liquid nitrogen, liquid argon or liquid oxygen, solid carbon dioxide, dry ice, propane, liquid helium or other gases, liquids or solids, depending of the time and of the utility that is given to the device, being able to be the one to transport foods in chain of cold or to keep them cold during more time. The material of said The device can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or an alloy of metals with good thermal conductive properties and the insulating coating of the cryogenic liquid containing capsule can be expanded polystyrene or some other insulating foam of similar characteristics, or also rubber or air. In a different embodiment the insulator used is replaced by a gas or liquid chamber.
El dispositivo presenta una embocadura que en el caso de tener forma de botella es un gollete que se tapona con un tapón, en caso de tener forma de vaso una abertura superior que se cierra con una tapa aislante y en el caso de nevera bien una abertura superior que se cierra con tapa o una puerta aislantes. The device has a mouthpiece which, in the case of having the shape of a bottle, is a neck that is plugged with a stopper, in the case of a vessel shape, an upper opening that is closed with an insulating cover and in the case of a refrigerator or an opening top that closes with lid or insulated door.
De la cápsula sale al exterior una válvula para recargar el líquido o gas criogénico. From the capsule, a valve goes out to recharge the liquid or cryogenic gas.
Además de estos elementos previamente descritos, es necesario un aparato cuya utilidad es la de "recargar" el frió de los productos, ya sea a través de válvulas o directamente pulverizando sobre la cápsula contenedora del líquido criogénico u otros. Este aparato estaría formado por una botella de gas o líquido criogénico u otros, con una "pistola de presión". Se introduce el producto dentro de aparato, y éste desmonta el producto y pulveriza sobre la cápsula criogénica u otros, o introduce el líquido o gas a través de una válvula. Una vez "recargado" el producto, el aparato vuelve a cerrar la carcasa y ya vuelve a estar listo para ser utilizado.
Poco a poco, el recipiente va perdiendo sus propiedades refrigerantes y necesita ser "recargado" para recuperar sus funciones de refrigeración. Para esto, ia carcasa de la invención se desmonta a través de una rosca, quedando expuesto el contenedor criogénico, para así pulverizar o inyectar más líquido sobre o dentro de la cápsula para que vuelva a recuperar sus funciones. Este aparato sirve para recargar cualquier producto que conlleve esta invención. In addition to these elements previously described, an apparatus is needed whose utility is to "recharge" the cold of the products, either through valves or directly by spraying on the capsule containing the cryogenic liquid or others. This apparatus would be formed by a bottle of gas or cryogenic liquid or others, with a "pressure gun". The product is introduced into the apparatus, and the latter dismantles the product and sprays on the cryogenic or other capsule, or introduces the liquid or gas through a valve. Once the product is "recharged", the device closes the casing again and is ready to be used again. Little by little, the container loses its cooling properties and needs to be "recharged" to recover its cooling functions. For this, the housing of the invention is disassembled through a thread, the cryogenic container being exposed, so as to spray or inject more liquid on or into the capsule so that it returns to recover its functions. This apparatus serves to recharge any product that this invention entails.
La invención objeto de esta memoria descriptiva funciona al estar la cápsula contenedora de! líquido criogénico a una temperatura muy por debajo de cero, por ejemplo: el nitrógeno licúa a -196 °C y el argón a - 185,9 °C, introduciéndose dicha cápsula dentro det dispositivo refigerador y regulándose a través del aislante la temperatura que emite hacia el exterior, enfriando el recipiente ajustándose a las necesidades del refrigerador, según éste sea un vaso, nevera o cubitera, de forma que consigue enfriar, refrigerar o congelar cualquier alimento o bebida. The invention object of this specification works to be the capsule containing! cryogenic liquid at a temperature well below zero, for example: nitrogen liquefies at -196 ° C and argon at -185.9 ° C, said capsule being introduced into the refracting device and regulating through the insulator the temperature that emits towards the outside, cooling the container adjusting to the needs of the refrigerator, depending on whether it is a glass, refrigerator or ice bucket, so that it gets to cool, refrigerate or freeze any food or drink.
La invención está destinada para uso comercia! y doméstico y puede abarcar en diferentes realizaciones una gran gama de productos, como por ejemplo los siguientes: The invention is intended for commercial use! and domestic and can encompass in different embodiments a wide range of products, such as the following:
- Enfriador de recipientes. - Container cooler.
- Nevera siempre fría. - Refrigerator always cold.
- Nevera congeladora. - Freezer fridge
- Cubitera congeladora rápida. - Quick freezer ice bucket.
- Pajita enfriadora de bebida.
- Bloque congelado. - Drinking chill straw. - Block frozen.
- Vaso siempre frío. - Glass always cold.
- Cubitos de hielo artificia!. - Artificial ice cubes !.
- Otros productos por descubrir. - Other products to discover.
BREVE DESCRIPCIÓN DE LOS DIBUJOS BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Para una mejor comprensión de esta memoria descriptiva se acompaña un dibujo que a modo de ejemplo no limitativo describe una realización preferente de la invención: For a better understanding of this specification, a drawing is attached which, by way of non-limiting example, describes a preferred embodiment of the invention:
Figura 1.- Vista en perspectiva convencional de! dispositivo Figure 1.- Conventional perspective view of! device
En dicha figura se aprecian los siguientes elementos numerados:In said figure the following numbered elements are appreciated:
1. Dispositivo refrigerador 1. Refrigerating device
2. Botella 2. Bottle
3. Cilindro 3. Cylinder
4. Cubo 4. Cube
5. Vaso 5. Glass
6. Nevera 6. Refrigerator
7. Carcasa 7. Housing
8. Material aislante 8. Insulating material
9. Cápsula 9. Capsule
10. Liquido o gas criogénico 10. Liquid or cryogenic gas
11. Gollete 11. Gollete
12. Tapón 12. Stopper
13. Tapa aislante
14. Puerta aislante 13. Insulating cover 14. Insulating door
15. Válvula de recarga. 15. Recharge valve.
DESCRIPCIÓN DE UNA REALIZACIÓN PREFERENTE DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Una realización preferente de la presente invención se constituye a partir de un dispositivo refrigerador (1) que enfría o mantiene refrigerados los alimentos en su interior, pudiendo tener forma de botella (2), cilindro (3), cubo (4), vaso (5), nevera (6) estando en cualquier caso revestido de una carcasa (7) exterior y en medio un material aislante (8) a modo de sándchich. En el interior de dicho material aislante (8) se encuentra una cápsula (9) contenedora de uno de los siguientes líquidos o gases criogénicos: (10) nitrógeno líquido, argón líquido u oxígeno líquido dependiendo del tiempo y de la utilidad que se le dé al dispositivo, pudiendo ser la de transportar alimentos en cadena de frío o la de mantenerlos fríos durante más tiempo. El material de la carcasa (7) dicho dispositivo (1) puede ser aluminio, acero inoxidable, cobre o una aleación de metales con buenas propiedades termo conductoras y el revestimiento aislante de la cápsula (9) contenedora de líquido criogénico puede ser poliestireno expandido o alguna otra espuma aislante de similares características, o también caucho o aire. En una realización diferente el aislante utilizado se sustituye por una cámara de gas o de líquido. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is constituted from a cooling device (1) that cools or keeps the food refrigerated inside it, being able to have the shape of bottle (2), cylinder (3), bucket (4), glass ( 5), refrigerator (6) being in any case covered with an outer casing (7) and in the middle an insulating material (8) as a sandwich. Inside said insulating material (8) is a capsule (9) containing one of the following cryogenic liquids or gases: (10) liquid nitrogen, liquid argon or liquid oxygen depending on the time and the utility that is given to the device, being able to transport cold chain foods or keep them cold for a longer time. The material of the casing (7) said device (1) can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or an alloy of metals with good thermal conductive properties and the insulating coating of the capsule (9) containing cryogenic liquid can be expanded polystyrene or some other insulating foam of similar characteristics, or also rubber or air. In a different embodiment the insulator used is replaced by a gas or liquid chamber.
El dispositivo presenta una embocadura que en el caso de tener forma de botella (2) es un gollete (11) que se tapona con un tapón (12), en caso de tener forma de vaso (3) una abertura superior que se cierra
con una tapa aislante (13) y en el caso de nevera bien una abertura superior que se cierra con tapa o una puerta (14) aislantes. The device has a mouthpiece that in the case of having the shape of a bottle (2) is a neck (11) that is plugged with a cap (12), in the case of having the shape of a cup (3) an upper opening that closes with an insulating cover (13) and in the case of a refrigerator, an upper opening that closes with a lid or an insulating door (14).
De la cápsula (9) sale al exterior una válvula (15) para recargar ei líquido o gas criogénico (10).
From the capsule (9) a valve (15) goes out to recharge the liquid or cryogenic gas (10).
Claims
1. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, que puede tener forma de botella, cilindro, cubitera, cubo o nevera, estando revestido de una carcasa exterior tras la cual hay un material aislante a modo de sándchich, caracterizada porque dentro de dicho material aislante se encuentra una cápsula contenedora de un liquido o gas criogénico, pudiendo ser el material de dicho dispositivo aluminio, acero inoxidable, cobre o una aleación de metales con buenas propiedades termo conductoras. 1. - Food cooling device without a power source or ice, which can be in the shape of a bottle, cylinder, ice bucket, cube or refrigerator, being covered with an outer casing behind which there is an insulating material like a sandwich, characterized because inside of said insulating material is a capsule containing a cryogenic liquid or gas, the material of said device being aluminum, stainless steel, copper or a metal alloy with good thermal conductive properties.
2. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicación 1 , caracterizado porque el dispositivo presenta una embocadura que en el caso de tener forma de botella es un gollete que se tapona con un tapón, en caso de tener forma de vaso una abertura superior que se cierra con una tapa aislante y en el caso de nevera bien una abertura superior que se cierra con tapa o una puerta aislante. 2. - Food refrigerator device without a source of energy or ice, according to claim 1, characterized in that the device has a mouth that, if it is shaped like a bottle, is a neck that is plugged with a stopper, if it is shaped like a bottle. glass a top opening that is closed with an insulating lid and in the case of a refrigerator either a top opening that is closed with a lid or an insulating door.
3. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicaciones 1 y 2, caracterizado porque de la cápsula sale al exterior una válvula para recargar el líquido o gas criogénico. 3. - Food refrigerator device without a power source or ice, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that a valve emerges from the capsule to recharge the liquid or cryogenic gas.
4 - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicaciones 1 a 3, caracterizado porque un aparato formado por una botella de gas o líquido criogénico u otros y una pistola de presión para recargar la cápsula.
4 - Food refrigerator device without a power source or ice, according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a device formed by a bottle of gas or cryogenic liquid or others and a pressure gun to refill the capsule.
5. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicaciones 1 a 4, caracterizado porque la carcasa se desmonta a través de rosca. 5. - Food refrigerator device without a power source or ice, according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the housing is disassembled through a thread.
6. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicaciones 1 a 5, caracterizado porque el líquido o gas criogénico puede ser: nitrógeno líquido, argón líquido u oxígeno líquido, dióxido de carbono sólido, nieve carbónica, propano, helio líquido u otros gases, líquidos o sólidos, dependiendo del tiempo y de la utilidad que se le dé al dispositivo, pudiendo ser la de transportar alimentos en cadena de frío o la de mantenerlos fríos durante más tiempo. 6. - Food refrigerator device without energy source or ice, according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cryogenic liquid or gas can be: liquid nitrogen, liquid argon or liquid oxygen, solid carbon dioxide, dry ice, propane, helium liquid or other gases, liquids or solids, depending on the time and the use given to the device, which may be to transport food in the cold chain or to keep it cold for longer.
7. - Dispositivo refrigerador de alimentos sin fuente de energía ni hielo, según reivindicaciones 1 a 6, caracterizado porque el revestimiento aislante de la cápsula contenedora de líquido criogénico puede ser poliestireno expandido o alguna otra espuma aislante de similares características, o también caucho o aire, o bien una cámara de gas o de líquido.
7. - Food refrigerator device without energy source or ice, according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the insulating coating of the capsule containing cryogenic liquid can be expanded polystyrene or some other insulating foam with similar characteristics, or also rubber or air. , or a gas or liquid chamber.
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