MXPA97009124A - Container for beverages and foods of natural cooling and manufacturing method of mi - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rapid cooling apparatus, characterized in that it comprises: a primary container means having an upper end of the primary container, a primary container wall having a primary upper wall portion, bevelled inwardly surrounding an opening of the primary container, the opening of the primary container is bordered by a rim or edge of the primary container, a secondary container means is smaller than and placed within the primary container means, the secondary container means has an upper end of the secondary container, a secondary vessel wall having an inwardly bevelled secondary upper wall portion, surrounding an opening of the secondary vessel and having a conical wall opening means, the secondary vessel opening is bordered by a rim of the secondary vessel, such that the shore of the secondary vessel rests against A is sealed in a sealed manner to the edge of the primary container and such that an annular refrigerant receptacle chamber is defined between the walls of the primary and secondary container, the liquefied refrigerant contained within the chamber of the annular refrigerant receptacle, to the liquid contents of the container in the middle of the secondary container, a buoyant sealed cone having a conical beveled side wall tapering towards the secondary container opening and of suitable size to fit sealingly within the secondary upper wall portion, bevelled inwardly, the side wall Bevelled cone has at least one conical side wall door, and lid means sealingly secured to the edge of the secondary container comprising the lid opening means to release refrigerant from the chamber of the receptacle into the atmosphere, and to release the contents of the container from the receptacle for consumption; The lid opening comprises means for activating the lid opening means to voluntarily open the lid opening means at a selected moment of time, such that the activation of the lid opening means lowers the gas pressure inside the cone of the lid. sealed to atmospheric, causing the pressure between the sealing cone and the remainder of the secondary container means to press the conical beveled side wall, sealing in sealing contact with the secondary upper wall portion, bevelled inward, and causing the conical wall opening means is opened and releases the gaseous refrigerant through the conical gate and towards the cone, through the lid opening means into the atmosphere, cooling the contents of the container, and substantially relieving the sealing pressure lateral on the conical wall opening means, such that the cone floats and angles away from the lid after tilting the apparatus, eg allowing the contents of the container to flow on and around the cone out of the apparatus through the opening means of the container.

Description

CONTAINER FOR BEVERAGES AND FOODS OF NATURAL COOLING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to the field of food and beverage containers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a natural cooling container apparatus containing a beverage or other food product and methods for assembling and operating the apparatus. The terms "beverage", "foodstuff" and "contents of the container" are considered equivalent for the purposes of this application and were used interchangeably. For the first of several preferred embodiments, the apparatus includes a container such as a canister containing a beverage and has a conventional unified bottom and side container walls terminating in a top sealing lip referred to later as the flange of the container. A cooling receptacle is provided which includes a receptacle cup having a cup wall having an expandable portion and having a cup sealing rim, hereinafter referred to as the rim of the cup, which extends laterally from the wall of the cup. As REF: 25222 an alternative to the cup with an expandable wall, a secondary vessel is placed inside the container to hold the beverage and to define a narrow annular cooling chamber between the vessel and the vessel, providing a broad surface area for heat transfer . There is further provided a conventional beverage can canister lid, which includes a lid panel with a mechanism for opening the lid and a side edge of the lid. A method for mounting the apparatus including the steps of lowering the cup through the rim of the container is provided so that the cup displaces some of the beverage in the container; recharging the rim of the cup on top of the rim of the container; placing the lid on top of the cup so that the side edge of the lid rests on the rim of the cup; and crimping the side edge of the lid and the rim of the cup over the rim of the container. Either before or after the cap is placed on the cup, a cold refrigerant is introduced into a liquid state in the cup. After crimping, the refrigerant is heated to room temperature, which partially evaporates and develops internal pressure against the wall of the cup and the lid. A method of operation is provided in which the consumer operates the mechanism that opens the lid to open the lid and thereby releases the vaporized refrigerant from the receptacle cup. The remaining coolant boils progressively to a state of steam and escapes through the opener mechanism, extracting heat from the beverage through the wall of the cup. Once all the refrigerant has been released, the cup wall is opened with a mechanism opener from the wall of the cup to allow the beverage to flow into the cup, and then out of the vessel through the opener mechanism of the lid for your consumption.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Previously there were natural cooling containers for food products that included refrigerant receptacles with rigid, widely spaced receptacle walls. The receptacle is opened when cooling is desired and the refrigerant is progressively discharged from the receptacle by extracting heat from the contents of the container. A problem with this construction is that, when the volume of liquefied refrigerant falls during discharge, the surface area of the refrigerant in thermal contact with the walls of the receptacle decreases, so that the progressively colder refrigerant is in contact with a conductive surface area. progressively smaller. The result is an evaporation rate of the refrigerant that drops exponentially.

In this way, an object of the present invention is to provide a natural cooling vessel apparatus containing a refrigerant vessel with either expandable or closely spaced walls for fast and efficient heat transfer out of the contents of the vessel. Another object of the present invention is to provide such an apparatus in which a small volume of cold refrigerant is exposed to a larger heat transfer surface area such as by corrugation of the wall of the refrigerant receptacle, to increase the evaporation rate of the liquid refrigerant. Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus such that it releases refrigerant and opens passages for the contents of the container with a single action of the consumer. Finally, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus that is cheap to manufacture, safe and reliable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention fulfills the objectives set forth above, as well as others, as can be determined by a good reading and interpretation of the entire specification. A rapid cooling apparatus is provided which includes a container having an upper end of container, a container wall with a container opening at the upper end of the container bordered by a container flange, the container contains liquid; a receptacle extending within the container and containing a coolant, the receptacle includes a cup portion sized to fit the container opening, a container flange sized to rest against and securely seal the container flange and a wall of the cup, at least a portion of which is expandable, the wall of the cup has a mechanism that opens the wall of the cup to release the contents of the container in the receptacle; and a lid secured, sealed, to the rim of the cup and including a mechanism for opening the lid to release the refrigerant from the receptacle into the atmosphere and to release the contents of the receptacle from the receptacle for consumption; The mechanism that opens the lid includes a mechanism that activates the mechanism that opens the lid to open the mechanism that opens the lid at a selected moment in time.

The mechanism that opens the wall of the cup preferably includes a hole in the wall of the cup and a plug for the hole in the wall of the cup placed immediately adjacent to the wall of the container so that the plug comes off the hole in the cup. cup wall pressing against and pressing the wall of the container inward. The mechanism that opens the wall of the cup includes a region of rupture of the wall of the cup of laminated material which opens upon activation of the mechanism that opens the lid due to the resulting loss of pressure within the receptacle with the release of the cap. refrigerant and the simultaneous creation of a pressure difference between the interior of the receptacle and the interior of the container outside the receptacle. The expandable portion of the cup wall includes a cone with a vertex of the cone facing away from the lid and having a corrugated conical wall, wherein the corrugations flatten as the conical wall expands. The mechanism that opens the lid preferably includes a hole that releases the contents of the container having a removable closure mechanism from the hole that releases the contents of the container and a hole that releases the refrigerant having a removable closure mechanism from the hole that releases the container. refigente ref. The orifice that releases the refrigerant preferably includes an outwardly projecting nozzle portion having a nozzle passage dimensioned to release a stream of gaseous refrigerant at a release rate that is greater than the rate of combustion of the gaseous refrigerant and where The removable closure mechanism of the orifice that releases the coolant includes a plug for the nozzle passage. The plug of the nozzle portion preferably includes a plug shaft having a conical nozzle inlet tip and a flange for the thumb to press the tip of the inlet of the conical nozzle towards and through the nozzle portion. The thumb flange preferably includes a flexible pull tab that extends laterally to hold and remove the cap shaft from the nozzle passage. A rapid refining apparatus including a primary container having an upper end of the primary container, a primary container wall having an inwardly beveled primary upper wall portion surrounding an opening of the primary container, the opening of the primary container is also provided. primary container is bordered by a primary container flange; a secondary container smaller than and placed inside the primary container, the secondary container has an upper end of secondary container, a secondary container wall having a secondary upper wall portion bevelled inwardly surrounding a secondary container opening and having a secondary container. mechanism for opening the wall of the cup, the opening of the secondary container is bordered by a secondary container flange, so that the flange of the secondary container rests against and is sealed in a sealed manner to the rim of the primary container and so has a annular refrigerant receptacle chamber defined between the walls of the primary and secondary containers; the refrigerant contained within the chamber of the annular refrigerant receptacle; the contents of the liquid container in the secondary container; a floating sealing cup having a bevelled cup side wall inclined towards the secondary container opening and sized to fit in a sealed manner in the secondary upper beveled wall portion inwardly, the bevelled side wall of the cup has at least one hole on the side wall of the cup; and a cap securely sealed to the flange of the secondary container and including a mechanism for opening the lid to release the refrigerant from the chamber of the receptacle into the atmosphere and to release the contents of the container from the receptacle for consumption; the mechanism that opens the lid includes a mechanism for activating the mechanism that opens the lid to open the mechanism that opens the lid at a selected moment in time; so that the activation of the mechanism that opens the lid decreases the air pressure inside the sealed cup to the atmospheric causing the pressure between the sealed cup and the rest of the secondary container to press the side wall of the bevelled cup sealed towards the contact sealed with the secondary wall portion beveled inward, and causing the mechanism that opens the wall of the cup to open and release the gaseous refrigerant through the hole in the cup and into the cup and through the mechanism that opens the lid towards the atmosphere, cooling the contents of the container; and substantially releasing the lateral sealing pressure on the mechanism that opens the lid wall so that the cup floats and tilts or angles away from the lid after tilting the apparatus allowing the contents of the container to flow on and around the container. cup and outside the device through the mechanism that opens the lid. There is further provided a rapid cooling apparatus, including a primary container having an upper end of primary container, a primary container wall having a primary container flange portion and a primary container neck portion surrounding an opening of primary container. primary container, the opening of the primary container is bordered by a primary container flange; a secondary container smaller than and placed inside the primary container, the secondary container has an upper end of secondary container, a secondary container wall having a secondary container flange portion and a secondary container neck portion surrounding the opening of the primary container, the opening of the secondary container is bordered by a secondary container rim, so that an annular refrigerant receptacle chamber is defined between the primary and secondary container walls; refrigerant contained within the chamber of the annular refrigerant receptacle; content of the liquid container inside the secondary container; and a lid removably and sealed on the flanges of primary and secondary container. The neck portion of the container is preferably externally threaded and the lid preferably includes an upper wall and a cylindrical side wall which is internally threaded, so that the side wall of the lid engages the thread on the neck portion of the container. The lid preferably further includes a lid orifice and a lid orifice plug removably positioned and sealed in the hole in the lid to release the contents of the container.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Various other objects, advantages and features will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following discussion taken in conjunction with the following drawings, in which: FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a container in the form of a container of conventional measure can containing drink. The container is shown transparent for purposes of illustration in this and in many subsequent FIGURES. FIGURE 2 is a view as in FIGURE 1 further showing the cup of the receptacle with the expandable side wall portion and the drinking hole and the cap of the orifice lowered into the opening in the upper part of the container. FIGURE 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the cup of the receptacle with a portion of the flange of the cup cut to reveal the details of the beverage through hole and the stopper. FIGURE 4 is a view as in FIGURE 2 with the receptacle cup completely lowered into the container, with the rim of the cup resting on the rim of the container.

FIGURE 5 is a view as in FIGURE 4 showing the cup being loaded with coolant from a coolant distributor R. FIGURE 6 is a view as in FIGURE 5 with a container lid in place, the side edge of the lid rests on the rim of the cup and is ready to be crimped. FIGURE 7 is a view as in FIGURE 6 showing an alternative cover opener mechanism including the large beverage passage hole and the sealing disc and the smaller coolant passage orifice. FIGURE 8 is an amplification of the cap and opener mechanism with a preferred nozzle provided around the small coolant passage orifice, showing the preferred nozzle closure rod and the preferred tongue structure. FIGURE 9 is a view as in FIGURE 7 with the closing rod and tab structure removed from the small hole and a gaseous refrigerant plume escaping into the atmosphere. FIGURE 10 is a schematic representation of the gaseous refrigerant plume of FIGURE 9 showing the three regions of the plume discussed in the text. FIGURE 11 is a view of the container in an inclined position and with the beverage passage opening open, with the beverage being poured out for consumption. FIGURE 12 is a view as in FIGURE 1. FIGURE 13 is a view as in FIGURE 12 with the secondary container inside the container and the sealing cup resting on the bottom of the container. A cup hole is also shown. FIGURE 14 is a view as in FIGURE 13, except that the beverage has been added so that the sealing cup has floated toward the top of the container and where the beveled side wall seals against the inside of the portion of the container. flange on the side of the container. FIGURE 15 is a view as in FIGURE 14 with the lid of the container added. FIGURE 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the upper end of the container showing conditions immediately after the mechanism that opens the lid has been opened, with the cup pressed against the beveled flange portion of the container or vessel and the coolant which has cut off the rim region of the vessel and which passes through the holes in the cup. FIGURE 17 is a perspective view of the coolant receptacle of the third embodiment, having the mouthpiece penetrating the lid and the top wall which in combination with the lid define an additional chamber. FIGURE 18 is a cross-sectional side view of the refrigerant receptacle of the third embodiment installed in the container. FIGURE 19 is a view as in FIGURE 18, which shows the conditions immediately after opening the mechanism that opens the lid. FIGURE 20 is a perspective view of a container such as a bottle having a shoulder portion and a narrow neck portion. FIGURE 21 is a cross-sectional side view of the container of FIGURE 20 with a secondary container placed inside, the secondary container also has a flange portion and a neck portion, the container and the vessel define together an annular coolant receptacle chamber. FIGURE 22 is a cross-sectional side view of the preferred cap having a coolant passage and a beverage passage hole. FIGURE 23 is a cross-sectional view as in FIGURE 21, with the preferred cap, traction tongue lid opener, and coolant beverage added.

FIGURE 24 is a view as in FIGURE 23 of the upper portion of the apparatus with a coolant plume escaping from the coolant passage to the lid. FIGURE 25 is a cross-sectional side view of the fifth embodiment of the apparatus. FIGURES 26 and 27 are views of the vessel and receptacle of the fifth embodiment that fit the container.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES As required, the detailed embodiments of the present invention are described herein; however, it should be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely exemplary of the invention which may be incorporated in various forms. Therefore, the structural and functional details described herein should not be construed as limiting, but simply as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art how to use the present invention differently in virtually any structure appropriately detailed. Reference is now made to the drawings, wherein similar characteristics and features of the present invention shown in the different FIGURES were designated with the same reference numbers.

First Preferred Modality Referring to FIGS. 1-11, there is disclosed a natural cooling container apparatus 10 containing a beverage or other food product 12, as well as the assembly and operating methods of the apparatus 10. The apparatus 10 includes a container 20 such as a canister containing a beverage 12 and having a conventional unified bottom and a side container wall 22 ending in a container rim 24 defining a container opening. A receptacle 30 is provided which contains a coolant 28 and includes a receptacle cup 32 having a cup wall 34 with an expandable portion 36 and having a cup flange 38 which extends laterally from the cup wall 34. in the opening of the container. There is further provided a conventional beverage can canister lid 40, which includes a lid panel with a mechanism for opening the lid 42 and a lid side edge 44.

Operation Method The opening of the mechanism that opens the lid 42 releases the refrigerant vapor 28 initially present inside the receptacle 30 and the rest of the cooling liquid 28 progressively boils into a vapor state and quickly escapes through the opener mechanism 42. When the refrigerant 28 boils and evaporates, extracts heat from the beverage 12 through the wall of the cup 34. Once all the refrigerant 28 has been released, the wall of the cup 34 opens with a mechanism that opens the wall of the cup 52 to allowing the beverage 12 to flow into the cup 32 and then out of the container 20 through the mechanism that opens the lid 42.

Mounting Method The manufacturing method includes the steps of lowering the cup 32 detached through the rim of the container 24 so that the cup 32 displaces some beverage 12 in the container 20; placing the rim of the cup 38 on the rim of the container 24; placing the lid 40 on top of the cup 32 so that the side edge of the lid 44 rests against the rim of the cup 38; and crimping the side edge of the lid 44 and the rim of the cup 38 onto the rim of the container 24. Either before or after the lid 40 is placed on the cup 32, a refrigerant 28 cooled to a liquid state is placed. Within the cup 32. After crimping, the refrigerant 28 is heated to room temperature together with the rest of the apparatus 10, partially evaporates and develops an internal pressure against the wall of the cup 34 and the lid 40. The wall the cup 34 expands the expandable portion 36 and transmits this developed pressure against the beverage 12, which in turn transmits pressure to the wall of the container 22. The wall of the container 22 and the lid 40 are designed to withstand pressure beyond this level. further, the wall of the cup 34 is dimensioned and provided with an expansion capacity in relation to the upper space above the beverage 12 inside the container 20 so that the wall of the cup 34 reaches the equilibrium pressure with the beverage 12 and the vessel wall 22 before reaching its maximum expansion, so that the wall portion of cup 36 is not loaded in tension and will not break. It is preferred that the receptacle 30 be charged with coolant 28 before closing the receptacle 30 and crimping the apparatus 10 together. An alternative method is provided, however, in which the beverage 12 is placed in the container 20, the lid 40 is crimped onto the container 20 and the refrigerant 28 is placed in the receptacle 30 thereafter. In this case, after the crimping process is completed, the container 20 and its contents are transported to a separate processing station where the liquefied refrigerant 28 is charged into the receptacle 30 under pressure at room temperature. This alternative method has the advantage of separating the refrigerant charging process 28 from the manufacturing process of the apparatus 10. The refrigerant 28 enters the receptacle 30 through a nozzle 50 shown in FIGURE 8. In accordance with the charging methods of conventional refrigerant s, the charge valve (not shown) is connected to the nozzle 50 and forms a seal. The liquefied refrigerant 28 is then introduced into the receptacle 30 through the nozzle 50. Upon completion of the charging of the liquefied refrigerant, the passage of the nozzle 50 is closed and sealed with a sealing mechanism. -An optional step is to charge the refrigerant 28 with a small amount of LC02 (liquid carbon dioxide) or LN (liquid nitrogen) cryogenically cold. The combined mixture is poured into the receptacle 30 just before the receptacle 30 is inserted into the container 20. When the container 20 is moved to the insertion station of the receptacle 30, and then to the filling station with beverage or food 12 , the cold cryogenic fluid evaporates slowly, supercooling the refrigerant 28. In this way the refrigerant 28 remains in liquefied form through the manufacturing process with very few losses by evaporation.

It is important that the quantity of LC02 or LN2 used is accurately calibrated. The evaporation of the LC02 or LN2 should be completed with time in the container 20, the receptacle 30 and the lid 40 are crimped together. This is because the pressure in excess of the LC02 or LN2 could be very high and could result in the rupture of the container 20 after a period of time when its vapor pressure increases beyond the pressure limit of the container 20.

Structural Variation It is preferred that the wall of the cup 34 be formed of a flexible material such as a thin sheet or a suitable plastic and that the wall of the cup 34 be corrugated around its lateral circumference. As the circumference of the cup wall expands to the point of equilibrium, the corrugations are partially flattened. The upper end of the cup wall 34 is preferably a non-expandable annular portion 58 integrated with the lower expandable portion 36. The mechanism that opens the lid wall 52 is optionally a circumferential series of plugs 62 positioned as a seal in the corresponding plug holes 64 in an annular portion of the wall of the cup 58. - The plugs 62 can be pushed out of the holes 64 and towards the cup 32 by adjacent portions from the wall of the container 22 that presses the container against the plugs 62. The plugs 62 can also be detached automatically by the pressure imbalance caused by the sudden decrease in pressure within the receptacles 30 after the operation of the mechanism that opens the lid 42 and the sustained upper environmental pressure of the beverage 12 out of the receptacle 30. Alternatively, the annular portion of the cup wall 58 is provided with a circumference series l of thin portions 66, which break inward with the sudden pressure imbalance, allowing the beverage 12 to enter the cup 32 and then exit the container 20 through the mechanism that opens the lid 42. The mechanism that opens the cover 42 may be an ordinary pull tab or a trap door region 72 defined by the groove that raises the stress that is depressed and free to rotate in the cup 32 by means of a lever 74 that rotates on a rivet 76. Another mechanism for opening the suitable lid 42 is an ECO-TOPMR orifice and disk opener mechanism. The cover 40 is provided with a large hole 82 and a small hole 84. The small hole 84 is sealed with a sealing disc 94 slightly larger than the small hole 84 and placed below the small hole 84 to form a seal breakable with the small hole 84. small orifice 84. The disc 94 is pressed down towards the receptacle 30 to release the gaseous refrigerant 28. For the same reason, the large orifice 82 is breakably sealed with a slightly larger sealing disc 92 below. The disc 12 is pressed down towards the receptacle 30 to release the beverage 12 which flows into the cup 32 after the evaporation of the refrigerant 28. The large disc 92 can be depressed by a finger of the consumer. Another mechanism for opening the lid 42 that is provided by the invention includes a large hole 82 as described immediately above and a small hole 84 shaped to define a narrow, projecting safety nozzle 90. The nozzle 90 is dimensioned and configured to release gaseous refrigerant 28 in a narrow stream at a rate greater than the burning rate of the refrigerant 28, so that the flame can not advance towards the receptacle 30 in the event that the current is accidentally burned. In addition, for the reasons stated below, it is believed that the current is incapable of burning. As a result, the safety nozzle 90 makes possible the use of common flammable refrigerant blends, such as butane, propane, 152A, or dimethyl ether. The safety nozzle 90 is equipped with a resealable plug 102 so that the subsequently poured beverage 12 does not drip from the nozzle 90. The resealable plug 102 preferably includes a plug stem 104 having a conical widening 106 at its tip to close to through the passage of the nozzle 90 and sit under the lid 40. The plug 102 is preferably connected to the underside of a disc rim 110., and a laterally projecting flexible pull tab 112 is secured to the rim of the disc 110. Again the cap 40 is secured to the container 20 by crimping its side edge 44 onto the rim of the container 24 with a conventional crimping machine. Since the crimping equipment and method is conventional, any existing crimped cover design 40 can be used without modifying the cap. A conventional pull tab lid 40 can be used directly with the assembly to achieve the desired purpose of creating separate beverage chambers 12 and refrigerant 28 within the container 20. The plug 102 can be formed of a flexible plastic material and the conical spreading 106 is preferably of slightly larger diameter than the passage of the nozzle 90, so that the conical widening 106 slides freely through the nozzle 90 and then expands to form a seal under the lid 40. The nozzle 90 is formed during the manufacture of cap 40 with a specially designed puncture bolt (not shown) attached to a stamp (not shown) used to stamp cap 40 of laminate material. An alternative plug design 102 is simply a mass within the passage of the nozzle 90 formed by smearing molten plastic over the nozzle 90 so that the plastic assumes the seal shape.

Operational characteristics When the coolant 28 boils to a vapor state and exits to the receptacle 30, the coolant 28 extracts and transports heat from the beverage 12. During this process, the pressure of the liquid phase of coolant 28 is greater than one atmosphere and the receptacle 30 remains partially expanded. When the pressure of the refrigerant 28 drops due to rapid natural cooling, the expandable portion of the cup wall 38 relaxes and the weight of the beverage or food product 12 surrounding the cup 32 pushes the receptacle 30 to a smaller volume. This reduction in volume causes the cold liquefied refrigerant 28 to be compressed and pushed into contact with a larger surface area of the receptacle 30. The wall of the lid 34 then transfers more heat from the beverage 12 to the cold liquefied refrigerant 28. This increases the evaporation of the refrigerant 28. The increase in heat absorption results in an increase in the evaporation rate. This increase in the evaporation rate produces more refrigerant gas 28 with the receptacle 30 and in this way causes the pressure of the refrigerant 28 to increase. The increase in pressure within the receptacle 30 causes the receptacle 30 to expand its volume again. Once again, when the natural cooling of the liquefied refrigerant 28 occurs, the cycle repeats. This rapid cyclical variation in the volume of the receptacle 30 causes the refrigerant 28 to evaporate at a higher rate than would be expected if the refrigerant 28 evaporated into a rigid fixed volume receptacle. As indicated generally above, upon removal of the plug 102, the nozzle 90 causes the gaseous refrigerant 28 to exit at a high velocity, which exceeds 30 feet per second. See FIGURE 10. During the exit of the refrigerant 28 from the nozzle 90, eddies are formed by the rapid circulation of the gas 28 within the nozzle 90 as the gas 28 is forced out of the nozzle 90. If a flammable gas mixture 28, the nozzle 90 is designed with an outlet passage (not shown) with a width of the order of one millimeter to two millimeters in diameter. According to the ideal gas law: v2 = K (constant) wherein P is the pressure difference between the gas 28 within the receptacle 30 and the atmospheric pressure p is the density of the gas 28, and v is the velocity of the gas stream 28. The velocity of the gas 28 that exits will depend on the pressure of the gas 28 exiting from the nozzle 90. The velocity of the gas exiting 28 can be controlled exactly by selecting the passage size of the nozzle 90 to maintain a given pressure and a fixed evaporation rate. The mass flow rate of the gas 28 will be approximately constant, except for the oscillation of the pressure due to the volume variation cycle described above. In this way, by varying the diameter of the passage of the nozzle 90, the exit velocity of the gas 28 is exactly controlled for each gas mixture 28. During the rapid exit of the gas 28, a peripheral vacuum is created around the nozzle 90. This vacuum results in the air being pulled uniformly around the cone of the expanding gas mixture 28. As shown in FIGURE 10, the air cone S thus formed around the gas stream 28 forms a flame barrier around the gas stream 28.

In FIGURE 10, a region A is a region where the gas / air mixture is rich in fuel. This fuel-rich mixture in the region A is also surrounded by a rapid flow of air, which avoids any possibility of combustion of the gas mixture since the percentage of fuel in the gas stream 28 in the air exceeds the upper limits. lower explosion (LEL) and (UEL) of the gas mixture 28. Thus if a lighted flame such as a butane torch or cigarette adjacent to region A were placed, the flame could be extinguished immediately. Also the velocity of the gas stream 28 is so high that it exceeds the velocity of the gaseous flame, so that combustion can not be sustained in region A. Region B is a region in which a flame can be formed momentarily. Due also to the rapid movement and turbulence that results from mixing air with gas 28, a flame or combustion can not be sustained within region B. Region B is a very small region, and is located in a very short period of time, during which a flame can not survive the transition. Also the air barrier thus formed around the region B, forces the outer jacket of the gas stream 28 to be rich in air and thus non-flammable, and the interior of the region B forces the gas stream 28 to be rich in fuel and thus non-flammable. This external jacket of the gas stream has a fuel percentage lower than the required explosion and cold limit (LEL) of the gas 28, and the interior of the B region has a fuel percentage much higher than the upper explosion limit ( UEL) required to maintain the combustion of the gas 28. At the moment when the gas mixture 28 reaches the C region, it is very diluted by the air current to be flammable. In this way the LEL of gas 28 exceeds the percentage of fuel in the air required to maintain combustion. FIGURE 11 shows a container that has been cooled and opened for consumption.

Second Preferred Modality The second preferred embodiment includes the container 20 of the first embodiment, with a similar shape and a slightly smaller internal vessel 120 placed therein. See FIGURES 12-16. Both the container 20 and the vessel 120 have beveled flange portions 122 and 124, respectively. The cup flange 126 of the inner cup 120 has a side flange which rests on the rim of the container 24 of the inner cup 120, and an annular space 130 defined between the container 20 and the cup 120 for retaining the refrigerant 28. The portion of The rim of the inner cup 124 is formed of thin and brittle material, and the entire inner cup 120 can be formed of the same thin material, such as aluminum sheet or blow-molded plastic material. A bevel seal cup 140 is provided and formed of a floating plastic having radial cup holes 138 that open toward the beveled side wall 142. The bevel angle of the side wall 142 corresponds to the bevel angle of the flange portion. of the inner cup 124. A conventionally designed container lid 40 is provided, which preferably has a mechanism for opening the lid 44 having a side edge 44 which is crimped together with the internal gas rim 126 of the rim of the container 24. The cup 140 can also be constructed to pre-attach to the underside of the lid 40 prior to the crimping process. In such a case the cup 140 is designed so as not to interfere with the usual stacking of the lids 40 placed within the conventional crimping equipment.

Mounting Method In the manufacture of the apparatus 10, it is preferred that the refrigerant 28 be first introduced into the container and then the inner cup 120 is placed in the container 20 until the flanges 24 and 30 meet. The cup 140 is then placed in the inner cup 120 so that the cup 140 rests on the bottom of the inner cup with the end of the cup narrower, open, directed upwards. The beverage or other food product 12 is then introduced into the inner cup 120 according to conventional filling procedures. When the level of the beverage 12 rises within the inner cup 120, the floating cup 140 floats at a level within the bevelled rim 124 of the inner cup 120. See FIG. 14. The lid 40 is then placed on the two upper flanges 24 and 38 and the side edge of the lid 44 and are crimped together in a conventional manner with the existing crimping equipment. See FIGURE 15. The lid 40 may be the ECO-TOPMR lid described above.

Operation Method FIGURE 16 illustrates what is expected when the tab 74 is opened by the consumer. When the tongue 74 is pulled, the disc 72 breaks and a hole 70 is created for the passage of the beverage or food product 12. When the walls of the vessel 120 are exposed to atmospheric pressure, a force evidenced by the arrows is created A, which tends to compress the vessel 120 and to force the level of the beverage 12 to rise towards the drinking orifice. The seal cup 140 now forms a seal with the bevelled flange portion 124. The pressure of the coolant against the bevelled flange portion 124 causes the flange portion 124 to tear therethrough to the radial cup holes 138 in the wall. side bevel 142 of the cup 140. In this way the refrigerant gases 28 can freely escape through the hole 70 on the lid 40 as indicated by the arrows. Seal cup 140 is raised by pressure and forms a seal under the cap and against beveled flange portion 124 preventing beverage 12 from escaping. The refrigerant 28 is thus free to evaporate from the container 20. The refrigerant that evaporates 28 cools the beverage 12. After completing the cooling process, the pressure of the refrigerant 28 falls to atmospheric pressure, and the pressure acting on the sealing cup 140 is released. When the container 20 is tilted for consumption, the sealing cup 140 is free to float away from its sealing position, allowing the passage of the beverage 12 for consumption.

Third Preferred Modality An expandable receptacle is provided which is similar in construction to the receptacle 30 of the first embodiment. See FIGURES 17-19. The receptacle 150 has the expandable portion of the tapered non-corrugated side wall 136 and a cylindrical upper side wall segment 152 with bounded regions 154 to break by pressure difference as described above, and has a breakable cylindrical side wall segment 156 between the expandable portion 136 and the side wall portion 152. A top receptacle wall 160 is further provided at the intersection of the cylindrical side wall segments 152 and 156. The top wall 160 is made of flexible but rupture-resistant laminate material. and includes an upwardly directed nozzle 190, positioned in the center, as generally described for the first embodiment, but having an upper tip that pierces the bevelled lid 192. The cylindrical side wall portion 162 terminates in a flange of laterally extending receptacle 162, which is sized to rest on the upper part The flange of the container 24. A conventional lid 40 that preferably has a mechanism for opening the lid 42 and a side edge of the circumferential lid 44 is placed on top of the container 20 so that the side edge of the lid 44 rests on the top of the container. the rim of the receptacle 162. The side edge of the lid 44, the rim of the receptacle 162 and the rim of the container 24 are then crimped together in the conventional manner with the known crimping equipment. This construction defines an upper chamber 180. Before crimping, the container 20 is first filled with the beverage 12. Then the receptacle 150 is charged with the liquid refrigerant 28 through the nozzle 190 at a charging insertion station (not it shows) . The nozzle 190 is opened so that the coolant 28 is allowed to partially evaporate when the receptacle 150 is inserted into the filled container 20. The cap 40 is then crimped together with the flange of the receptacle and the flange of the container 24 combined, while evaporation of the refrigerant 28 takes place momentarily through the nozzle 190. When the crimping is completed, the evaporating refrigerant 28 begins to create pressure and the walls of the receptacle 150 begin to expand. The expanding receptacle 150 now exerts pressure on the food product or beverage 12, which in turn exerts pressure on the wall of the container 22. The three rapidly reach equilibrium, and the pressure created by the expansion of the receptacle 150 descends. At this stage, there is no excess pressure on the walls of the receptacle 150. All pressure stresses have been transferred to the wall of the container 22, which is preferably designed to withstand up to 100 pounds per square inch (psi).

The passage of the nozzle 190 connecting the chamber 180 and the receptacle 150 is of very small diameter, so that the liquid refrigerant 28 contained in the receptacle 150 will not substantially escape into the chamber 180. In addition only a minimum amount of refrigerant 28 will be present. will evaporate from the receptacle 150 before crimping the lid 40 with the flange of the receptacle 162 and the flange of the container 24. combined, which stops evaporation. FIGURE 19 shows the apparatus 10 a moment after the mechanism for opening the lid 42 was opened by pulling the pull tab 74 and opening a hole in the lid 70. The hole in the lid 70 has been cut off exposing the receptacle 150 and the chamber 180 at atmospheric pressure. The refrigerant gas 28 contained in the chamber 180 under pressure escapes into the atmosphere thereby resulting in the loss of pressure balance between the chamber 180, the receptacle 150 and the container 20. This causes the upper wall 160 of the receptacle 150 it deforms upwardly causing the nozzle 190 to pierce the lid of the container 40. At the same time the fragile regions 182 break from the upper part of the receptacle 160 exposing the contents of the chamber 180 to the hole for release. The receptacle 150 expands to a maximum state during evaporation but does not break, so that no more pressure is transmitted to the beverage 12 during the cooling process. The beverage 12 thus remains inside the container 20 until the container 20 is inclined for consumption. The refrigerant 28 contained in the chamber 180 escapes through the nozzle 190 as shown by the arrow C. When the refrigerant 28 boils, it cools the wall of the receptacle 150 and thus effects the cooling of the beverage 12 in the chamber 180 At the end of the evaporation cycle, the coldest beverage 12 can be consumed through the drinking hole 70 as indicated by arrows B.

Fourth Preferred Modality The fourth embodiment of the apparatus 10 is similar to the second embodiment in that a vessel is provided within a container defined by three annular refrigerant receptacle chambers therebetween. See FIGURES 20-24. In this case, however, the container 220 has a container flange portion 222 and a container neck portion 224 that opens through a container flange 226. Therefore the container 230 also has a flange portion. of vessel 232 and a vessel neck portion 234- and annular refrigerant chamber 240 extends upward towards the top of the two neck portions 224 and 234. The outer surface of the upper end of the neck portion of the vessel 224 which is threaded to receive an internally threaded container cover 250, which includes a cylindrical side wall 252 and an upper lid wall 254 which makes seal contact with the rim of the container 226. The lid 250 can be unscrewed for both releasing the refrigerant 28 to cool the beverage 12 so as to provide access to the consumption of the beverage 12 when the container 220 is tilted. The vessel 230 preferably fills approximately eight percent of the interior volume of the container 220 available to retain the beverage 12. The lid 250 is preferably a plastic member formed by injection molding. The lid 250 includes a resealable sealing plug 256 placed in a hole in the lid 258 in the upper wall of the lid 254. See FIGURE 22. The resealable plug 252 is retained in the hole of the lid 258 partially by the vessel 230 by the internal pressure against the plug sealing lip 260. The internal pressure against the sealing plug 256 is normally too great to detach the plug by the finger of a consumer until the refrigerant 28 has been released and the cooling of the beverage 12 decrease the internal pressure. A very narrow lid passage 262 is provided through the top wall of the lid 254 directly over the annular chamber portion 240 between the neck portions 224 and 234. A passage plug assembly 264 with pull tab 266 is it is located in the passage 262. A charge of refrigerant 28 can be introduced into the annular chamber 240 through the passage 262 after the mounting of the lid 250 on the container 220. An annular cylindrical projection 272 preferably extends downwardly from the upper wall. of the lid 254 around the hole of the lid 258, and seals the neck of the cup 234 when the lid 250 is threaded onto the container 220.

Mounting Method The vessel 230 is preferably blow molded from plastic, but it can also be formed from aluminum plate with a welded plate neck portion 234. During manufacture the vessel 230 is preferably filled with the beverage 12 in the conventional manner and then a special cap (not shown) is used to seal the container forming a seal between the container 220 and the vessel 230. After the filling process of the beverage 12 is completed, the lid 250 is screwed onto the container 220 and a seal is made between the rim of the container 226 and the top wall of the lid 254. The chamber 240 is then preferably charged with liquefied refrigerant 28 inserting a charge valve by pulse (not shown) through passage 262. FIGURE 24 shows container 220 assembled and in use during the cooling process. In FIGURE 24 a passage plug 274 has been removed to release refrigerant 28 into the atmosphere and thus to effect cooling of the beverage 12. The passage 262 is preferably narrow enough to cause the gaseous refrigerant 28 to escape at a high velocity. which exceeds the combustion rate, as described for the nozzles of the above embodiments. The refrigerant 28 can alternatively be poured directly into the empty container 220 during the manufacturing process of the apparatus 10. A charge of refrigerant 28 is mixed with LC02 (liquid carbon dioxide) or LN? (cryogenically cold liquid nitrogen) and the mixture is poured into the container 220 just before the receptacle 230 is inserted. When the containers 220 move towards the receptacle insertion station 230, and towards the beverage filling station 12, the cold cryogenic fluid slowly evaporates, supercooling the refrigerant 28. In this way the refrigerant 28 remains in liquefied form through the manufacturing process with very little evaporation taking place. When the vessel 230 is inserted into the container 220, the level of refrigerant 28 rises, and some evaporation may take place due to the influx of some heat from the relatively hot vessel 230 and the walls 238 and 228 of the container 220. The gas 28 thus created comes out of the container 220 flowing between the sealing rim of the vessel 230 and the rim of the vessel 226. The container 220 is then filled with beverage 12 and the sealing cap 250 is connected to form two sealed chambers within the container 220, one containing the refrigerant 28 and the other containing the beverage 12. In this case the conventional common lid 250 can be used with the system, and not the plug 256 if necessary. In this way, the manufacture of the containers 220 does not change substantially. It is important that the amount of LC02 (liquid carbon dioxide) or LN2 (liquid nitrogen) used is accurately calibrated. The evaporation of the LCO? or LN? must be completed at the time the closure cap 250 is connected to the container 220. This is because the pressure of the LC02 or LN? used can be very high and undesirable when its temperature increases with time, and this could result in the rupture of the container 230 after the period of time in which its vapor pressure increases beyond the pressure limit of the container. It should be appreciated that ordinary closure means of the variety typically used with such containers may be used in conjunction with the vessel or container 230, instead of the special cover 250 illustrated in FIGURE 20. In such case the loading valve (not shown) it could be used to puncture a perforation through the closing means. Then after charging the refrigerant 28, the perforation thus created for the charge could be covered by means of a removable coupling plug or by smearing removable molten plastic on the perforation. In line with other advantages disclosed in this description, container 220 can be a beverage container such as a can or bottle can. The contents of the container can then compress any form of beverage 12 whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic, or carbonated or non-carbonated.

Fifth Preferred Modality The fifth embodiment of the apparatus 10 is similar to that of the fourth embodiment in which the vessel or container 230 is provided within a container 220 that defines three receptacle chambers between an annular refrigerant 240. See FIGS. 25-27. In this case, the inner vessel or container 230 terminates a distance above the bottom of the container 220, and a cylindrical coolant retention receptacle 310 is provided in this lower region of the container 220. The wall of the receptacle 310 has brittle breakaway sections, thin, 312 around its circumference. A mechanism is provided for piercing the container wall 320, which preferably includes a rotating tongue 322 having a tongue end crimped together with the side flange of the lid 44 and the rim of the container 226. With the piercing tooth 324 projecting from one side of the tongue 322 towards the wall of the container 228. When it is desired to consume the beverage 12, the consumer applies pressure to the tongue 322 and therefore directs the tooth 324 towards the wall of the container 228, opening a release hole in the wall of the container 228. This action causes the above-atmospheric pressure within the annular chamber 240 to decrease and therefore causes the rupture section 312 to break and open. The refrigerant 28, which by its nature is at a pressure above atmospheric at room temperature, escapes through the rupture sections 312 and flows through the annular chamber 240 to exit through the opening made by the tooth 324. Then the lid 40 of the container 220 is opened with a conventional opener mechanism 42 and the cold beverage 12 is available for consumption. It is preferred that the vessel or container 230 and the receptacle 310 are interconnected by a tubular passage 332, through which the refrigerant 28 is preferably charged. Then the passage 332 is closed with a plug 334, which preferably has a rod portion 336 for tightly closing the passage 332 and the side flange 338.

General comment Advantageously, the refrigerant 28 compresses a component having relatively good thermodynamic properties at room temperature. For example, the refrigerant 28 may comprise an HFC such as HFC-152a, Dymel-A, or a mixture of butane, HFC and ethers or E134. It should be appreciated, however, that any combination of appropriate gases can be employed and that HFC-152a and HFC-134a serve merely as examples. In particular, inexpensive flammable gases can be advantageously used as a coolant since the receptacle can be easily arranged so that the exit velocity of the gas from the receptacle can be arranged to be high enough to exceed the flame velocity limit of the gas. This can advantageously prevent any combustion of all refrigerant 28 from occurring in the receptacle in any situation in which the exhaust refrigerant can be accidentally burned as described at the beginning. Preferably the opening of the receptacle allows the at least partial expansion or partial collapse of the receptacle and the escape of previously evaporated refrigerant introduced into the receptacle. Preferably the receptacle is sealedly connected to the used closure member, either with a crimpable lid or a metal or plastic container, or a threaded or crimpable closure member or lid on a plastic or glass bottle container. Advantageously, the receptacle and container are connected in a sealed manner by means of the crimped lid or by means of a threaded closure member. Preferably the expansion or contraction occurs at a size and shape that does not represent the maximum possible expansion volume of the minimum possible contracted volume of the receptacle. It should therefore be appreciated that the present invention provides a particularly inexpensive and efficient way in which the contents of a container can be easily cooled for the intended end use of the container, that is, the consumption of content, as and when required. The particular advantages will of course be evident from the above description. For example if a carbonated beverage is involved, the carbonation of the beverage is actually retained by the receptacle since the contents of the receptacle would now perform the function previously performed by the dead carbonation gas in a standard beverage container. Also, the refrigerant within the receptacle will allow the expansion and contraction of the beverage during changes in ambient temperature.

Since the carbonation is suppressed until the receptacle is activated, that is, it is opened to the atmosphere, the carbonation in the beverage is retained until the drink is required to be consumed. According to a particular feature of the invention, the receptacle is crimped into the container and lid during manufacture by forming two or more separate chambers. Alternatively the receptacle is sealedly connected to the container by means of a threaded closure forming two or more chambers. According to a particular feature of the invention, the entire potential surface area of the receptacle is available for the heat exchange process and, since the receptacle decreases in volume, to reduce the volume of the refrigerant therein, the refrigerant comes into contact with an ever greater area of the inner wall of the receptacle, and thus, indirectly, an ever greater area of thermal contact with the contents of the container. Advantageously, the apparatus of the present invention can be 100% recyclable. The plastic advantageously used to form the receptacle can be the same as that used in the formation of plastic beverage bottles, and the aluminum sheet receptacle is also one hundred percent recyclable. The pressure created within the receptacle may be appropriately selected, but, in a particular example, it is not more than 60 pounds per square inch (psi) at full load and at a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Although the apparatus of the present invention will achieve cooling of the contents of the container at a lower speed when located in a cold environment, effective cooling is still achieved, in hot environments, the apparatus of the present invention will generally be under high pressure and this will help to cool the contents of the container more than might be expected in a colder environment. The receptacle of the present invention is particularly advantageous since a size is suitable for use with a wide variety of containers of different size and this increases the economic viability of the present invention. Also the refrigerant suitable for use with the present invention may comprise refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer so that the present invention can be considered as environmentally friendly. With respect to the potential malfunction of the apparatus of the present invention, if the receptacle is defective during the can / bottle process, it will not observe the required refrigerant pressure and, in cases where the receptacle must form a seal, such defect will be easily identifiable Also, with respect to the process of the bottle / can, the receptacle can be loaded before, during or after the passage of the container along the process lines so that the present invention can be easily incorporated into the automated production lines currently established. The invention is not restricted in the details of the above modalities. For example, the invention can be used with any suitable container that serves to contain any suitable material that needs to be cooled advantageously at a particular time. Although it finds particular use in the beverage industry, it should be appreciated that the concept of the present invention can be easily incorporated into a container for use with any form of food product or other product that requires it. Also, although some of the features mentioned above have been discussed in relation to a canister, and some in relation to a bottle, it should be understood that the particular aspects of the present invention depend very little on the nature of the container and the different characteristics Illustrated with tin cans could easily be incorporated into other containers such as bottles and vice versa. In addition, to prevent leakage of liquefied refrigerant when the container is tilted from the normal vertical position, the invention can employ two or more flexible walled receptacles forming multiple thin layers around a cooling chamber. Thus, by cooling this multi-layered "onion skin", the refrigerant in its liquid phase must pass through a labyrinth of narrow passages before leaving the receptacle, at which point, the complete evaporation of the refrigerant can generally be ensured. . Also, several flexible wall receptacles may be connected in series, or in parallel, to form a receiver whose heat exchanger having a large surface area and multiple compartments for storing portions of the reflectant load. This has the advantage that the refrigerant can be stored in a large surface area, therefore it is possible to form as required a plurality of chambers to provide the heat exchange surfaces and refrigerant storage chambers simultaneously. In addition, it is also possible to form a variety of surface patterns for the maximum exposure of the refrigerant to different levels of the contents of a container. The present invention has a variety of important advantages. For example, the flexible wall receptacle is not subjected to any stress since it is supported on all sides by its own transfer pressure acting on the contents of the container. The maximum stress on the walls of the receptacle is not greater due to some particular change that occurs in the form. This means that, under all pressure, the collapsible walls of the receptacle will not be stretched or will be subjected to some deformation or lateral pressure stress. The contents of the container are also prevented from escaping while the receptacle is pressurized with refrigerants since a portion of the wall of the receptacle may form a seal around an outlet opening of the container. Also, the maximum free volume available within the container can be used to store refrigerant since the receptacle will easily expand to fill the maximum volume available within the container. Any carbonation inside the beverage does not escape, nor is the drink easily exposed to the taste of the beverage. Since the operation of the present invention is not dependent on the carbonation pressure within a beverage, the carbonation pressure can be easily retained until the cooling processing is finished and the beverage is ready for consumption. In addition, maintaining the pressure within the beverage also helps maintain other pressure / relief or release devices associated with the beverage, ie, those to provide a creamy head to the canned, intact beer. The surface area of the receptacle available for the heat exchange process can be advantageously maximized with little or no additional cost during manufacturing by simply rearranging the topology of the receptacle. The volume of the contents of the container displaced by the flexible wall of the receptacle is negligible in view of the thin walls used. As mentioned above, any internal deformation and pressure stresses on the side wall within the receptacle according to the present invention are negligible since the receptacle expands to a state of equilibrium between the pressure inside and outside the receptacle and, in addition, There is little or no chance of an internal explosion occurring. The receptacle can be advantageously loaded at any time during or after the beverage filling process so that the invention can be easily incorporated into any high speed production line such as a high speed or production canning line. of bottles. Also, as another alternative, the receptacle can be arranged to occupy a smaller volume than, for example, the space in the upper part of the container so that, if required, the remaining space in the container can be occupied, for example, by pressurized gas. Finally, from the above DESCRIPTION, it should be appreciated, of course, that a particularly important aspect of the present invention of the surface area capacity, volume and shape of the receptacle arranged to receive the refrigerant to change in response to any variations in internal pressure or external to the receptacle. It should be appreciated that other modifications and variations may be made to the embodiments described and illustrated within the scope of the present invention.

Although the invention has been described, discussed, illustrated and shown in various terms or certain modalities or modifications that it has assumed in practice, the scope of the invention does not intend to be, nor should it be considered, limited by these and the other modifications or modalities that may be suggested by the teachings herein are particularly reserved especially since they fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known by the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is the conventional one for the manufacture of the objects to which it relates. Having described the invention as above, property is claimed as contained in the following:

Claims (14)

1. A rapid refrigeration apparatus, characterized in that it comprises: container means having an upper end of container, a container wall with a container opening in the upper end of the container bordered by a container flange, the container has liquid container content; receptacle means extending within the container means containing a coolant, the receptacle means comprises a cup portion sized to fit into the container opening, a cup flange sized to rest against and securely seal to the container. flange of the container and a cup wall, at least a portion of which is extensible, the cup wall has cup wall opening means for releasing the contents of the container in such a receptacle; and cap means sealingly secured to the cup rim and comprising cap opening means for releasing the refrigerant from the receptacle in the atmosphere and for releasing the contents of the container from the receptacle for consumption; the lid opening means comprise means for activating the lid opening means to voluntarily open the lid opening means at a selected moment in time.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the cup wall opening means comprise a cup wall orifice and a cup wall orifice plug to be placed immediately adjacent to the container wall so that the cap is detaches from the cup wall hole by pressing against and arching the container wall inwardly.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the cup wall opening means comprise a rupture region of the cup wall of laminated material which breaks upon activation of the lid opening means due to the resulting loss of pressure within the receptacle with the release of the refrigerant and the simultaneous creation of a pressure difference between the interior of the receptacle and the interior of the container outside the receptacle.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the expandable portion of the cup wall comprises a cone with the apex of the cone facing away from the lid means and having a wavy cone wall, where the corrugations are flattened when the wall of the cone expands.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid opening means comprise a hole for releasing the contents of the container having removable closing means from the release port of the contents of the container and a coolant release hole having means Removable closing of coolant release hole.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the coolant release orifice comprises an outwardly projecting nozzle portion having a nozzle passage dimensioned to release a stream of gaseous refrigerant at a release rate that is greater than the gaseous refrigerant combustion rate and wherein the removable closure means of the refrigerant release orifice comprises plug means of the nozzle passage.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the cap means of the nozzle portion comprises a plug shaft having a conical nozzle inlet tip and a flange for pressing the tip of the conical nozzle inlet towards through the nozzle portion.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the thumb flange comprises a flexible pull tongue that extends laterally to hold and remove the plug shaft from the nozzle passage.

9. A rapid refrigeration apparatus, characterized in that it comprises: primary container means having an upper end of primary container, a primary container wall having a primary upper end wall portion bevelled inwardly surrounding a primary container opening, primary container is surrounded by a primary container flange; secondary container means smaller than and placed within the primary container means, the secondary container means have an upper end of the secondary container, a secondary container wall having a secondary upper portion bevelled inwardly surrounding an opening of the secondary container. secondary container and having cup-wall opening means, the secondary container opening is bordered by a secondary container flange, so that the flange of the secondary container rests against and securely seals the rim of the primary container so that a chamber of the annular refrigerant receptacle is defined between the primary and secondary container walls; the liquefied refrigerant contained within the annular chamber of the refrigerant receptacle; the liquid content of the container in the secondary container means; a floating sealing cup having a bevelled cup side wall inclined toward the secondary container opening and sized to fit in a sealed manner in the inwardly beveled secondary wall portion, the bevelled side wall of the cup has at least one orifice side wall of the cup; and cap means sealingly secured to the flange of the secondary container and comprising cap opening means for releasing the refrigerant from the chamber of the receptacle into the atmosphere and for releasing the contents of the container in the receptacle for consumption; the lid opening means comprises means for activating the lid opening means for voluntarily opening the lid opening means at a selected moment in time; so that the activation of the lid opening means lowers the pressure of the gas inside the sealing cup to atmospheric causing the pressure between the sealing cup and the rest of the secondary container means to press the side wall of the beveled sealing cup toward the sealing contact with the secondary upper wall portion beveled inwardly, and causing the cup wall opening means to open and release gaseous refrigerant through the cup orifice and into the cup and through the lid opening means towards the atmosphere, cooling the contents of the container; and substantially releasing the lateral sealing pressure on the cup wall opening means so that the cup floats and angles or tilts away from the lid after tilting the apparatus allowing the contents of the container to flow over and around the cup and out of the apparatus through the lid opening means.

10. A rapid refrigeration apparatus, characterized in that it comprises: primary container means having an upper end of primary container, a primary container wall having a primary container flange portion and a primary container neck portion surrounding a container opening primary, the primary container opening is bordered by a primary container flange; secondary container means smaller than and placed within the primary container means, the secondary container means have an upper end of the secondary container, a secondary container wall having a secondary container flange portion and a secondary container flange portion; secondary container surrounding a primary container opening, the secondary container opening is bordered by a secondary container flange, so that a chamber of the annular refrigerant receptacle is defined between the primary and secondary container walls; the refrigerant contained within the annular refrigerant receptacle chamber; the liquid content of the container within the secondary container means; lid means removably and sealed on the flanges of primary and secondary container.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that the container neck portion is externally threaded and wherein the lid means comprise an upper wall and an internally threaded cylindrical side wall, so that the side wall of the lid is screwed on the neck portion of the container.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that the lid means additionally comprise a lid orifice, a lid orifice plug removably positioned and sealed in the lid orifice to release the contents of the container.

13. A rapid cooling apparatus, characterized in that it comprises: container means having an upper end of the container, a container wall, the container contains the contained liquid container container; means for releasing the contents of the container for consumption, receptacle means extending within the container means and containing a refrigerant; means for releasing the refrigerant to the atmosphere; wherein the means for releasing the refrigerant comprises an orifice sized to release a stream of the gaseous refrigerant at a release rate that is greater than the rate of combustion of the gaseous refrigerant.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that the orifice comprises a nozzle portion including a nozzle passage dimensioned to release a stream of gaseous refrigerant at a release rate that is greater than the rate of combustion of the gaseous refrigerant.