The invention relates to a device for chilling and heating of fluids, particularly beverages and liquid foods. The heating or cooling device can include a container encasing an insulation system, a cover or lid for covering the container, and the insulation system. The insulation system can include a coil made of a temperature-conductive material and fashioned to connect to an inlet in the cover and to an outlet in the container. The cover can also include a fluid reservoir for accepting the liquid to be processed, and an open section providing a passageway for adding additional insulating material to the insulating system while the device is in use. Once the device is assembled, a liquid can be poured into the fluid reservoir, pass through the coil that carries the liquid through the insulating system, and exit the container as a chilled or heated liquid.

A freezable beverage dispenser assembly for cooling alcohol as the alcohol is being poured includes a reservoir that is fillable with a freezable liquid. The reservoir is placed in a freezer thereby facilitating the freezable liquid to freeze into ice. Moreover, the reservoir is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that the reservoir is cooled by the ice. The reservoir has a top wall that is sloped downwardly and a channel is formed into the top wall. A beverage poured into the channel, and the beverage runs down the top wall for dispensing the beverage into a beverage container. The ice in the reservoir cools the beverage when the beverage is poured onto the channel.

An air conditioning lid for use with beverage containers is provided. The lid is designed to cover the open end of a beverage container and to direct ambient air over or through the contents of the beverage container to generate conditioned air. The lid includes a body and a fan. The body is defined by a container engagement portion that engages with the open end of the beverage container and a duct portion that extends downwardly from the container engagement portion. The duct portion defines a first air channel through which ambient air drawn through an intake opening within the container engagement portion by the fan may be directed towards the contents of a beverage container. Conditioned air resulting from an exchange of heat between the ambient air and contents of the beverage container is directed to users via a second air channel within the container engagement portion.

An environmentally friendly system for delivering a potable liquid to a user, comprising a delivery tube having a cylindrical wall that defines a cylindrical annulus through which a potable liquid can flow. The cylindrical wall consists essentially of a solid potable material that is liquid at room temperature, wherein the wall is formed at a temperature below the freezing point of the potable material.

A cooler cover that includes: a flexible stretch surface; a dispenser opening; and a name plate. The stretch surface is adapted to cover the entire surface of an underlying cooler. In one embodiment, the name plate includes a writable surface. The cooler cover may include a bottom covering and a top surface.

The present disclosure relates to a multi-purpose instant chiller-heater apparatus (100) having a housing (102) with a top portion, a bottom portion and a number of side portions. The multi-purpose instant chiller-heater apparatus (100) further includes a hollow tube structure (104) positioned within the housing (102) for passing the liquid to be heated or cooled through it. The hollow tube structure (104) is provided with an inlet (112) at one end of the hollow tube structure (104) for receiving the liquid and an outlet (114) at another end of the hollow tube structure (104) for providing chilled or heated liquid. The housing (102) is configured to store a heating or cooling means to heat or cool the liquid passing through the hollow tube structure (104) positioned inside the housing (102). The housing (102) is provided with an insulator layer for preventing heat exchange between its interior and exterior. The liquid passing through the hollow tube structures (104) inside the housing (102) is cooled or heated to a desired temperature and is discharged through the outlet (114) of the housing (102).

A beverage cooling apparatus includes a straw, a cooling unit, and a coolant material. A cooling receptacle of the cooling unit is filled with the coolant material, which is preferably a food-based organic coolant. The straw is positioned within the cooling receptacle such that a flow-restricting portion of the straw is surrounded by the coolant material. The thermal communication between the flow-restricting portion and the coolant material reduces the overall temperature of the beverage that is being consumed. An attachment panel of the cooling unit is used to establish a connection with varying beverage containers.

Embodiments of ice luge apparatuses and methods for making cascading ice luges are disclosed. Apparatuses embodying the principles of the invention feature shelves in a stepwise configuration and alternative configurations. The shelves are positioned by supporting structures. Ice blocks can be frozen in trays such that pre-formed lanes are formed in the ice blocks. The trays can be of convenient size that can be placed in a conventional household freezer. Ice blocks can be arranged and oriented so that a liquid or beverage placed on the uppermost ice block will flow in the preformed lanes in a cascading manner thereby rapidly cooling the beverage with minimal dilution.

Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to beverage chillers for chilling a hot beverage so that the hot beverage can be served as a chilled beverage in real time on demand fashion. The beverage chillers include a beverage collection section, a heat exchanger section, and a dispensing section fluidically connected relative to each other. The beverage collection section receives a beverage in a hot state. The heat exchanger section chills the beverage from the hot state to a predetermined chilled temperature. The dispensing section dispenses the beverage at or near the predetermined chilled temperature. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods and systems for chilling a hot beverage in real time on demand fashion.

Embodiments of ice luge apparatuses and methods for making cascading ice luges are disclosed. Apparatuses embodying the principles of the invention feature shelves in a stepwise configuration and alternative configurations. The shelves are positioned by supporting structures. Ice blocks can be frozen in trays such that pre-formed lanes are formed in the ice blocks. The trays can be of convenient size that can be placed in a conventional household freezer. Ice blocks can be arranged and oriented so that a liquid or beverage placed on the uppermost ice block will flow in the preformed lanes in a cascading manner thereby rapidly cooling the beverage with minimal dilution.