Patent Application
20160025401
1. Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to freezer devices and more particularly pertains to a new freezer device for rapidly freezing an item.
2. Summary of the Disclosure
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that may contain an item. A vacuum is coupled to the housing. A bottle is coupled to the housing. The bottle may contain a refrigerant. A tube is coupled to the housing. The tube is coupled to the bottle so the refrigerant is selectively released into the tube. A plurality of nozzles is coupled to the tube. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with an interior of the housing. The plurality of nozzles may selectively release the refrigerant into the interior of the housing. The item in the housing is rapidly frozen. An atmosphere actuator is coupled to the housing. The atmosphere actuator is operationally coupled to the vacuum. The atmosphere actuator is actuatable in a remove position. The vacuum may remove the atmosphere from the interior of the housing. The atmosphere actuator is actuatable in a return position. The vacuum may return the atmosphere to the interior of the housing. A freeze actuator is coupled to the housing. The freeze actuator is operationally coupled to the bottle and the vacuum. The freeze actuator is actuatable in a release position. The bottle may release the refrigerant into the tube. The freeze actuator is actuatable in a return position. The vacuum may return the refrigerant to the bottle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A chamber 26 is coupled to the housing 12. The chamber 26 has an extraneous wall 28 extending between each of a upper wall 30 and a lower wall 32 of the chamber 26. A forward side 34 of the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26 is open. The chamber 26 is positioned within the interior of the housing 12.
The forward side 34 of the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26 is aligned with the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. An item 36 is positionable within the chamber 26. The item 36 may be a food item that is to be frozen. The chamber 26 may be comprised of a thermally insulating material.
A vacuum 38 is coupled to the upper wall 30 of the chamber 26. An intake 40 of the vacuum 38 extends through the upper wall 30 of the chamber 26. The vacuum 38 is in fluid communication with an interior of the chamber 26. The vacuum 38 selectively removes a gaseous atmosphere from the chamber 26.
A bottle 42 is coupled to the housing 12. The bottle 42 may contain a refrigerant 44. The refrigerant 44 may be liquid Nitrogen. Moreover, the bottle 42 is positioned between a back side 46 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12 and a rear side 48 of the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26. The bottle 42 is in fluid communication with the vacuum 38. Additionally, the bottom 42 may be one of a pair of bottles 50.
A tube 52 is provided. The tube 52 has a coupled end 54 and a free end 56. The coupled end 54 of the tube 52 is fluidly coupled to the bottle 42. Additionally, the refrigerant 44 is selectively released into the tube 52.
The tube 52 comprises a plurality of loops 58. The plurality of loops 58 is evenly spaced apart and distributed along each of the rear side 28, a first lateral side 62 and a second lateral side 64 of the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26. A plurality of nozzles 66 is provided. The plurality of nozzles 66 each has a fixed end 68 and a free end 70.
The fixed end 68 of the plurality of nozzles 66 is fluidly coupled to the tube 52.
The free end 70 of the plurality of nozzles 66 each penetrates the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26. Moreover, the plurality of nozzles 66 is evenly spaced apart and distributed along an entire length of the tube 52. The plurality of nozzles 66 penetrates each of the rear side 48, a first lateral side 74 and a second lateral side 76 of the extraneous wall 28 of the chamber 26. Moreover, the plurality of nozzles 66 may selectively release the refrigerant 44 into the interior of the chamber 26 so the item 36 in the chamber 26 is rapidly frozen.
A door 78 is hingedly coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The door 78 may close the housing 12. An atmosphere actuator 80 is coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The atmosphere actuator 80 is electrically coupled to the vacuum 38. The atmosphere actuator 80 is actuatable in a remove position so the vacuum 38 may remove the atmosphere from the interior of the chamber 26. Additionally, the atmosphere actuator 80 is actuatable in a return position so the vacuum 38 may return the atmosphere to the interior of the housing 12.
A freeze actuator 82 is coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The freeze actuator 82 is electrically coupled to the bottle 42 and the vacuum 38. The freeze actuator 82 is actuatable in a release position so the bottle 42 may release the refrigerant 44 into the tube 52. The freeze actuator 82 is actuatable in a return position so the vacuum 38 may return the refrigerant to the bottle 42.
A door actuator 84 is coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The door actuator 84 is actuatable to open the door 78. A display 86 is coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. A processer 88 is coupled to the display 86. The processor 88 may be an electronic processor of any conventional design. The display 86 may be an LED display of any conventional design.
A plurality of timer actuators 90 is coupled to the front side 20 of the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The plurality of timer actuators 90 is each electrically coupled to the processor 88. The plurality of timer actuators 90 enters a selected time into the processor 88. The display 86 displays and counts down the selected time.
A power supply 92 is coupled to the housing 12. The power supply 92 is electrically coupled to each of the atmosphere actuator 80, the freeze actuator 82 and the processor 88. The power supply 92 comprises a power cord 94 extending outwardly from the exterior wall 14 of the housing 12. The power cord 94 is electrically coupled to a power source 96. The power source 96 may be an electrical outlet of any conventional design.
In use, the item 36 is placed in the chamber 26 and the door 78 is closed. The atmosphere actuator 80 is actuated to the remove position to remove the atmosphere from the chamber 26. The freeze actuator 82 is actuated to the release position to release the refrigerant 44 into the interior of the chamber 26. A time is entered using the plurality of timer actuators 90. After the display 86 counts down the time, the freeze actuator 82 is actuated to the return position so the refrigerant 44 is returned to the bottle 42. The atmosphere actuator 80 is actuated to the return position to return the atmosphere to the chamber 26. The item 36 is removed from the chamber 26.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
