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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Mark Sillince, Eaton Bray Dunstable, GB;
Chill-Can International, Inc., Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Abstract
A heat exchange unit and a beverage or food container including a heat exchange unit therein. The heat exchange unit includes a vessel having a plurality of thermally conductive discs with a layer of compacted adsorbent material such as carbon particles disposed between adjacent discs. The periphery of the discs are in thermally conductive contact with the inner surface of the vessel and each discs has at least one surface which defines a plurality of radially extending grooves terminating at the periphery to define a preferential flow path for gas under pressure to travel along the inner surface of the vessel wall. The periphery of the discs also define a plurality of notches, one at each groove terminal, to enhance the preferential flow path.