Technical glacette

Abstract

Technical glacette made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of a bottle containing beverages through a Phase Change Material injected into the cooling chamber of the glacette. The glacette is constituted by an outer casing that contains a removable refrigeration chamber to contain and refrigerate the bottle. The outer casing is open on one side or circumference to allow the reading of the label or bar code. The glacette is constituted also by a lower base integral to and united to the outer casing, which serves both as a base of support, and as light indication of the quantity of the beverage contained in the bottle. The lower base of the glacette also has a defined area which allows the 360 vision of the visual warning or change in color illumination when the beverage contained in the bottle varies due to the consumption of the beverage.

Claims

1. A glacette apparatus comprising: an outer casing having a bottom and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom in a generally rectangular configuration, one of said plurality of side walls having a longitudinal slot extending from said bottom to a top of the one of said plurality of side walls; a refrigeration chamber removably positioned in an interior of said outer case, said refrigeration chamber having a phase change material in an interior of the refrigeration chamber, said refrigeration chamber having an inner wall defining an interior volume adapted to receive a bottle within the interior volume, said refrigeration chamber having a vertical slot opening to said interior volume, said vertical slot of said refrigeration chamber being aligned with said longitudinal slot of said outer case such that a portion of the bottle is exposed to an exterior of said outer casing; an inner bottom structure positioned at said bottom of said outer casing, said inner bottom structure having an indicator light adapted to indicate a level of a liquid in the bottle, said inner bottom structure being integral with said outer casing, said inner device having a weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a light, an acoustic signal and a radio device therein so as to respond to a quantity and temperature of the liquid contained in the bottle; and a lower box affixed to said bottom of said outer casing, said lower box having an illumination device within the lower box so as to provide a 360 visual indication of consumption of liquid from the bottle.

2. The glacette apparatus of claim 1, the visual indication being a change of color by an LED.

3. The glacette apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a rechargeable battery electrically connected to said indicator light in said inner bottom structure.

4. The glacette apparatus of claim 1, said phase change material being a gel.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of the whole of the wine technical glacette, containing a bottle.

(2) FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the technical glacette.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(3) The object of the present invention relates to a technical glacette (10), provided with a containment body, so as to dispose of a housing substantially of cylindrical section, at least as deep as the development of the body excluding the bottle neck and shoulders, where said housing in the present case is vertical, which is limited at least in part by a vertical wall, with a bottom and from the opposite side of a mouthpiece. Said glacette (10) is of the type made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing beverages such as wine, water and other alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic ones, by means of a PCM gel (200) or Phase Change Material, injected into the refrigeration chamber (300) which is removable and made in various sizes, such as to accommodate any bottle (100) with introduction and housing in the outer casing (400) of the said glacette (10). More particularly, the outer casing (400) that has an aesthetic function, encloses and surrounds the refrigeration chamber (300) which is in one case, complementary formed to fit said outer casing (400).

(4) Always the said technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing drinks, is constituted by an outer casing (400) which is apt to contain and refrigerate the bottle (100), the which outer casing (400) is open longitudinally (Ha) as it is open longitudinally (Hb) the said refrigeration chamber (300) on one of the sides or circumference to allow the reading of the label on the bottle or relative bar code.

(5) Again, the technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing drinks, is also constituted by an integral lower base (500) and united with the outer casing (400), which serves as a support base, and as indication light (501) of the quantity of the beverage contained in the bottle (100) contained and supported therein.

(6) In one case the said technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing drinks, is also constituted by an inner bottom (600) integral to and united with the outer casing (400), which contains and integrates the devices and accessories means of weighing, of temperature sensing, of lighting device (601), of visual signaling (502), acoustic signaling (602) and radio device (603), of the quantity and temperature of the beverage contained into the bottle (100), contained and supported therein.

(7) In a preferential solution the technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing drinks, with the lower base (500) has an area of light indication (501) that allows a 360 vision of the visual signaling (502) or the color change by combination of passing LED light, lighting of the said, when the drink contained in the bottle (100) varies as a result of consumption.

(8) Again in a preferential embodiment the technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing beverages indicates, by means of the inner bottom (600), illuminating the above-mentioned area of light indication (501), through a visual signaling (502), when the level of the beverage is close to exhaustion. The same signal level of the beverage can be also transmitted by radio, by means of a digital signal that uses a protocol with low consumption, to the operator of the establishment, who may verify in real time the level of each bottle (100) dispensed.

(9) The technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks is provided with a lighting device (601) that originated at the bottom of the bottle powered by rechargeable batteries (604) lights for several hours, depending on the charge of said batteries (604) the bottle and its label.

(10) Development of a technical glacette (10) made of composite material, suitable for the refrigeration of at least one bottle (100) containing beverages, which may be made of any geometric shape. The parallelepiped shape as it is represented in the drawings is purely exemplary but not exhaustive.

REFERENCES

(11) (10) Technical glacette assembly in three-dimensional perspective (FIG. 1) (100) bottle

(12) (200) PCM gel

(13) (300) removable refrigeration chamber

(14) (400) outer casing

(15) (500) lower base

(16) (501) area of light indication

(17) (502) visual signaling

(18) (600) inner bottom

(19) (601) lighting device

(20) (602) acoustic signaling

(21) (603) radio device

(22) (604) rechargeable batteries.