US 11,680,734 B2
Portable insulated thermo-electric cooler and dispenser
Gwyn-Mohr Pierce Tully, Sacramento, CA (US); Gregory Edward Young, Sacramento, CA (US); and Michael Peter Kelley, Paso Robles, CA (US)
Filed by Gwyn-Mohr Pierce Tully, Sacramento, CA (US); Gregory Edward Young, Sacramento, CA (US); and Michael Peter Kelley, Paso Robles, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,644.
Application 17/235,644 is a continuation of application No. 14/982,732, filed on Dec. 29, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/982,732 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/205,325, filed on Mar. 11, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/780,568, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065501 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 21/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-functional device configured for supporting, cooling, insulating, and dispensing a liquid contained in a Cornelius keg arranged with inlet and outlet ports on an upper end, the device comprising:
a frame arranged to enclose, support, insulate and anchor the Cornelius keg in a vertical orientation;
a refrigeration system comprising a cooling block and two thermoelectric coolers, wherein:
(i) the cooling block is arranged to contact the Cornelius keg from near a top to near a bottom of an effective height of the keg, and
(ii) the cooling block is further arranged with a concave contact surface with a radius selected to fit a contour of the Cornelius keg;
a controller comprising a temperature sensor, wherein:
(a) the controller is configured to vary a power to the refrigeration system to maintain a temperature based on a temperature setting by a user, and
(b) the sensor comprising a wire routed from a location of the controller to a location on a surface of the Cornelius keg, the surface remote from the refrigeration system;
a strap arranged to secure the Cornelius keg to the cooling block and to hold the temperature sensor against the surface of the Cornelius keg; and
a first insulating member arranged between the cooling block and the thermoelectric coolers such that a cool side of each thermoelectric cooler is in contact with both the insulation member and the cooling block.