A multiple temperature storage assembly includes a sleeve that has an opening therein for accessing an interior of the sleeve and to receive food items for storage. The sleeve is comprised of a thermally insulating material to retain the food items at a selected temperature. A door is hingedly coupled to the sleeve for opening and closing the opening. A disk is slidably positioned within the sleeve such that the disk defines an upper section of the sleeve and a lower section of the sleeve. The disk is comprised of a thermally insulating material to inhibit thermal communication between the upper and lower sections. Thus, each of the upper and lower sections can store a respective one of warm food items and cold food items. A tube is slidably coupled to the sleeve. The tube has a chamber therein that is fluidly discrete from the sleeve when the tube is slidably coupled to the sleeve for storing dry objects.

A receiving sheath for a thermal insulating insert includes a first receiving space, e.g., for consumer goods, between a front inner wall and a rear inner wall and is limited by the same, and a second receiving space for a thermal insulating insert that surrounds the first receiving space in the direction of a bottom end and is limited in a first portion by a front outer wall and the front inner wall. The present disclosure also relates to a multi-chamber insulated pocket with the receiving sheath and a use of said receiving sheath.

The present invention is a reusable, sealable pouch to hold ice, which is used in food coolers and other applications. The core components of the invention are a waterproof pouch, channels directing the ice cubes, and a zipper, or snaps, or button, or any other method used to couple and uncouple the fabric for purposes of closure, which, generally speaking, are configured as follows: a waterproof material is configured into a pouch for the purpose of holding ice or water, with a waterproof zipper, snaps, buttons, roll top or any other method used to couple and uncouple the opening where the ice or water is poured into; and channels are stitched, sewn, welded or any other method used to couple two pieces of fabric for purposes of guiding the ice; or a pouch with no channels. The invention can be used to hold ice for purposes of use in a cooler, ice chest or any other container used to keep objects cool into which ice cubes are traditionally poured; or to be used to hold ice for other purposes of cooling or reducing inflammation, such as for a health or wellness related need; or to hold water to be then frozen directly into the pouch for the purposes stated above. Furthermore, it should be noted that any and all methods of coupling and uncoupling the material for the purpose of containing the ice or water are covered in this, as well as any other purpose where ice or water would be used in addition to cooling items or wellness/physical related needs.

A sous-vide cooking device is an integrated appliance that includes a refrigerated food storage compartment, a cooking tank, a heating feature to heat the liquid held in the cooking tank, a refrigeration device to maintain a refrigerated temperature in the food storage compartment, and a controller to provide automated operation of at least some functionality of the sous-vide cooking device. The cooking device may automatically dispense a food item from the food storage compartment into the cooking tank based on a pre-determined schedule. The appliance may be sized sufficiently small to fit on a typical kitchen counter in a residential home.

Disclosed is a beverage dispensing cooler. The beverage dispensing cooler includes a first lid, a second lid, a body, an axle, a handle, multiple hoses and at least one sensor. The body includes a chamber, a panel, a base valve, a wall drain, a primary hose, a flow control unit, a power unit and a dispenser gun. The chamber includes multiple cylinders, multiple pressure compartments and a basin configured to collect water from condensation and melted ice. The axle further includes multiple wheels, a rod and multiple bearings connected to the rod and to the multiple wheels. The handle is configured to facilitate engagement of the beverage dispensing cooler with a hand of a user. Further, the beverage dispensing cooler may include at least one sensor configured to generate at least one sensor data corresponding to at least one variable.

An improved Coanda effect fish pump that allows for improved pump performance with enhanced and unsymmetrical-irregularities features in circumferential flow gaps and orifice flutes that improve water flow distribution and pump performance. Design features improve fish quality during pumping and can be designed to remove sea ice from salmon. The features reduce spinning in the pump, correct for unsymmetrical input water pressure distribution, and reshape water velocities to more effectively remove sea lice.

Ice hole wraps configured to be positioned in a floor of an ice shelter are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an ice hole wrap includes a first circular end, a second circular end, a cylindrical wall extending between the first and second ends, and a height extending between the first and second circular ends. The wall is foldable between a first configuration in which the cylinder has a first height between the first and second circular ends, and a second configuration in which the cylinder has a second height between the first and second circular ends.

A portable refrigeration unit includes a drain tank having an open top. A grate is coupled to the top of the drain tank and covers the open top. A sidewall is upstanding from the drain tank. A top tray is coupled to a top edge of the sidewall. The top tray includes a recess and a plurality of drain holes. An ice basket includes a plurality of drain openings. The ice basket is removeably nested within the recess of the top tray. Shell fish are placed inside the portable refrigeration unit and rest on the grate. The ice basket is loaded with ice and placed within the top tray. As the ice melts, cold water drips through the ice basket and the top tray, and onto the shell fish. The cold water drains through the grate and into the tank.

Methods, processes, apparatus, kits and systems for chilling and cooling bottled or canned beverages, desserts, and food items to selected desired temperatures by rapidly rotating and counter-rotating the bottled or canned beverages, desserts, and food items that are immersed in cooled liquids in short time spans.

The invention provides a heat transfer composition comprising: (i) trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234ze(E)); (ii) a second component selected from difluoromethane (R-32), propene (R-1270) propane (R290) and mixtures thereof; (iii) a third component selected from pentafluoroethane (R-125), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a), and mixtures thereof; and optionally (iv) a fourth component selected from fluoroethane (R-161), 1,1-difluoroethane (R-152a) and mixtures thereof.