Device and method for cooling drinks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8534081
APP PUB NO 20110000229A1
SERIAL NO

12526459

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Device for cooling drinks with a drink supply container (30a, 30b) for a water-comprising drink, a cooling medium supply container (22) for holding at least one cooling medium, —dosing means adapted to dose a quantity of drink and a quantity of cooling medium required for cooling the dosed quantity of drink, a mixing chamber (36) for successively collecting a quantity of drink and a quantity of cooling medium respectively dosed by the dosing means, and—at least one stirring element (39), which stirring element is positioned relative to the mixing chamber (36) such that the stirring (39) element is adapted to generate a vortex in the drink present in the mixing chamber, wherein the stirring element (39) is also adapted to mix together drink present in the mixing chamber (36) and cooling medium present in the mixing chamber (36), wherein the cooling medium in the mixing chamber (36) undergoes a phase change to the gaseous state and/or an adiabatic expansion while cooling the drink.

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  • TOECA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arns, Maarten Wijchen, NL 5 21
Boekhoorn, Marcel Martinus Jacobus Johannes Bennekom, NL 3 17
Schippers, Harry Wierden, NL 5 21

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