Apparatus and method for cooling containers

摘要

An apparatus for cooling containers includes a cooling chamber having a side wall with a circular interior surface defining a cylindrical interior chamber cavity. The interior chamber cavity has a diameter and length sufficient to receive the container therein, and an open top permitting insertion of the container and egress of the fluid. At least one fluid inlet is positioned so as to inject a cooling fluid tangential to the circular side wall. At least one fluid outlet is provided for removing the cooling fluid from the cooling chamber. A method for cooling containers is also disclosed.

主权项

1. An apparatus for cooling a containers with a cooling fluid, comprising:
a cooling chamber having a side wall with a circular interior surface defining a cylindrical interior chamber cavity, the interior chamber cavity having a diameter and length sufficient to receive the container therein, and an open top permitting insertion of the container and egress of the fluid from the top of the cooling chamber; at least one fluid inlet positioned along the length so as to inject a cooling fluid tangential to the circular side wall at a plurality of different positions of the length of the side wall of the cooling chamber, whereby the container will be suspended in the cooling chamber and rotated and cooled; at least one normally-open lower fluid outlet at a bottom portion of the cooling chamber for removing cooling fluid from the bottom portion of the cooling chamber.