A unique system to insulate and retain the cold temperature of products, liquids, or materials of any type or nature. In the preferred embodiment, the system comprises a series of layers of material as follows: (1) a hard, durable plastic layer of polyvinyl chloride or similar material; (2) a layer of retardant aluminum; (3) a layer of styrofoam; (4) a layer of neoprene; (5) a cavity which is filled with dry ice through an input valve at the top of the system and which is purged through an escape or purge valve at the bottom of the system; the layers completely surround and envelope the cavity such that one closed system is created. The system could be made in any of many shapes and sizes to accommodate various industries, for example, the system constructed in the outer shape of a beer keg could constitute a jacket, which would be removable with hinges and buckles to keep kegs cold for up to 96 hours without refrigeration or ice. The system could be constructed in the appropriate shape and size for use in the emergency medical industry to transport vital organs or items which must be kept cold without the use of refrigeration. The system could be used to keep food products frozen during transportation. The concept would eliminate, in many applications, the need for refrigeration which would decrease consumption of electricity and which would have positive environmental effects by eliminating the use of freon and other chemicals consumed and released in the refrigeration process.
A cooling jacket and dispenser system for a container of liquid beverage comprises a flexible sheet of thermally insulating material designed to circumferentially fit around the container to be cooled thereby. The sheet has a cooling line coil disposed in serpentine fashion upon an interior facing surface thereof for direct or indirect contact with the external side periphery of the container to be cooled thereby. The cooling line coil is operatively connected to a cooling bath fluid supplied by and recirculated to a liquid dispenser assembly.
An insulated bag having a hollow enclosing wall and one open and one covered end is disclosed. The enclosing wall and the covered end include a multilayered structure made of an inner layer of heat resistive material, an intermediate layer, filled with air or other flexible heat insulating material disposed over said inner layer, and an outer layer of a metalized polyethylene material disposed over said intermediate layer. The covered end includes a heat sealed removable disc that when removed provides an opening in said covered end.
