Liquid cooling apparatus

Claim 2

LIQUID COLLING APPARATUS INCLUDING A LIQUID CONTAINER HAVING A PLURALITY OF WALLS; A SLEEVE SECURED TO ONE OF SAID WALLS AND PROJECTING INTO SAID CONTAINER TO DEFINE A CAVITY WITHIN SAID CONTAINER; A HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT LOCATED IN SAID CAVITY AND BEING OPERABLE DURING A COOLING PHASE OF SAID APPARATUS TO DRAW HEAT FROM SAID LIQUID CONTAINER; SAID SLEEVE AND SAID HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT BEING RELATIVELY DIMENSIONED SO THAT A SPACE IS DEFINED BETWEEN THEIR ADJACENT SURFACES; AND A LIQUID CONTAINED WITHIN SAID SPACE TO FORM A JACKET ABOUT SAID HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT; SAID JACKET LIQUID BEING SUCH AS TO FORN A HEAT CONDUCTION PATH BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE AND SAID HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT DURING AT LEAST PART OF SAID COOLING PHASE, AND SAID

Claim 3

Liquid cooling apparatus including a liquid container having a plurality of walls; a sleeve secured to one of said walls and projecting into said container to define a cavity within said container; a heat transfer element located in said cavity and being operable during a cooling phase of said apparatus to draw heat from said liquid container; said sleeve and said heat transfer element being relatively dimensioned so that a space is defined between their adjacent surfaces; and a liquid contained within said space to form a jacket about said heat transfer element; said jacket liquid being such as to form a heat conduction path between said sleeve and said heat transfer element during at least part of said cooling phase, said heat transfer element including a cylindrical shell and a refrigeration coil located within that shell, said coil forming part of refrigeration means which is operated during each of several cooling phases to lower the temperature of said coil below ambient temperature, said sleeve being cylindrical and having an open end secured about the opening formed in said lower wall of said container, sealing means between said sleeve and said shell adjacent said opening so as to close one end of said space, and an end wall of said sleeve extends across at least part of a top surface of said shell and is spaced therefrom so that portion of said space is defined between said end wall and said top surface.

Claim 4

Liquid cooling apparatus including a liquid container having a plurality of walls; a sleeve secured to one of said walls and projecting into said container to define a cavity within said container; a heat transfer element located in said cavity and being operable during a cooling phase of said apparatus to draw heat from said liquid container; said sleeve and said heat transfer element being relatively dimensioned so that a space is defined between their adjacent surfaces; and a liquid contained within said space to form a jacket about said heat transfer element; said jacket liquid being such as to form a heat conduction path between said sleeve and said heat transfer element during at least part of said cooling phase, said heat transfer element including a cylindrical shell and a refrigeration coil located within that shell, said coil forming part of refrigeration means which is operated during each of several cooling phases to lower the temperature of said coil below ambient temperature, said sleeve being cylindrical and having an open end secured about the opening formed in said lower wall of said container, sealing means between said sleeve and said shell adjacent said opening so as to close one end of said space, and an end wall of said sleeve extends across at least part of a top surface of said shell and is spaced therefrom so that portion of said space is defined between said end wall and said top surface.

Claim 5

Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein an agitator is located within said liquid container and is mounted on a rotatable shaft extending through both said top surface of the shell and said sleeve end wall, and a tubular member extends upwardly from said end wall to contain at least part of the portion of said shaft projecting above said heat transfer element shell.

Claim 6

Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said jacket liquid space extends between said tubular member and said shaft.

Claim 7

Apparatus accordinG to claim 4 wherein a removable closure member cooperates with said tubular member to at least partially close the upper end of said jacket liquid space.