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The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6536228 | Dry compartment cooler A dry-compartment cooler has a dry compartment (1) with compartment walls (3) that are connected water-tightly to a compartment floor (4). The compartment walls are articulated to extend upwardly from proximate a riser framework (6) on a cooler floor (7) ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6237360 | Chilling and/or storing receptacle for bottles or beverage containers A beverage cooling apparatus including a cylinder shaped receptacle extending into a second receptacle for receiving ice, the cylindrical receptacle having one open end to receive bottles or beverage containers. The apparatus can be utilized in an ice bin... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6032481 | Thermoregulating container A thermoregulating container provides for the heating and cooling of food and drink. The container is insulated and includes a heat exchanger system that can maintain the temperature of the contents of the container. The device may include modular element... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5660310 | Portable storage unit and a cooler for vehicles A portable storage unit for a vehicle seat includes a generally rectilinear housing having a plurality of pull-out drawers and a fixed shelf with an overlying cover serving as a writing surface. The drawers and shelf may be compartmentalized to provide st... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5636524 | Method for isolating material from melted ice water The instant invention consists of a device similar to an inverted shallow basket with a myriad of openings through which water and air may pass easily. The device, when placed into an ice chest, holds the items in the chest up out of the melted ice water,... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5598943 | Container for carrying groceries and other objects A container is provided for holding and carrying objects, including groceries, and for enabling those objects to better maintain their temperature. The container comprises an insulated body having a cavity which opens upward, a movable lid which can fit a... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5169020 | Merchandising display for point of purchase cooled items An open top barrel having an end portion of circular configuration includes a linear tub somewhat smaller than the barrel and disposed within the barrel together with a bezel flange formed integrally with the liner and in engagement with the barrel end po... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5048171 | Method for converting barrel type units into free standing merchandising displays for holding chilled products A method for converting a barrel type unit into an assembly for holding chilled products, particularly, barrel units having an upper annular portion of a smaller circumference as compared to other annular portions thereof, the barrel unit also including t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4982840 | Method and apparatus for converting barrel type units into free standing merchandising displays for holding chilled products and the like A method and apparatus for converting a barrel type unit into an assembly for holding chilled products, particularly, barrel units having an upper annular portion of a smaller circumference as compared to other annular portions thereof, the barrel unit al... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4951482 | Hypothermic organ transport apparatus A portable container is disclosed herein for the hypothermic transport of donor organs which includes an inner container holding a body organ within a surrounding preservation medium and an outer container suspending the inner container within a thermoreg... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4910975 | Condiment cooler A device for cooling condiments, beverages and the like. The device includes an insulated chest which receives a cooling medium therein. The chest also carries a first stationary compartment and at least one second compartment. The chest has a base wall, ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4878363 | Super kooler A cooler device is provided which will keep ice in an insertable inner container from a beverage within an outer housing so as to prevent the beverage from becoming diluted when the ice melts.... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4825665 | Cooling beverages A wine cooling apparatus comprises a bottle holder which holds a bottle within an ice and water mixture in a container which is rotatably mounted on a turntable. When the turntable is rotated, the container rotates and fins on the inside of the container ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4809522 | Server for displaying and keeping cool wine bottles and the like A server for displaying and keeping cool wine bottles and the like includes a generally cylindrical housing open at the top for receiving a bottle, wherein the side wall of the housing generally conforms to and surrounds the side exterior of the bottle. A... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4724682 | Container assembly for chilled storage and dispensing of articles A container assembly for storing and displaying chilled products such as bottled or canned soft drink beverages and the like comprising a body member, a floor member positioned adjacent the lower end portion of the body member, a tub member adapted to hol... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4671079 | Chambered cooler A chambered chest in which articles are to be placed to be cooled or heated, or kept at constant temperature. The chest is designed to hold blocks or cubes of ice, together with the articles to be cooled.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4642999 | Cooler with container centering means A foamed polystyrene beverage container cooler. In one embodiment an annular wall is nestably received between a base and lid each of which defines a cylindrical inner cavity to receive a half barrel size beverage container. The outlet of the container ex... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4565074 | Ice tray for use with a portable ice chest In the preferred and illustrated embodiments of the present apparatus, a tray or platform standing above the bottom of an ice chest is disclosed. The tray is a generally horizontal planar member having a number of slots or openings formed therein, and fur... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4530816 | Method and device for cooling, preserving and safely transporting biological material A container for cooling, preserving and safely transporting a biological specimen includes a thermally insulating over-all container having as contents a container for ice, a container for the specimen including an isothermal metal cup, and a thermally in... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4519219 | Receptacle for beverage container A receptacle for holding a beverage container such as a beer keg while the exterior of the container is being subjected to a cold liquid is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is a plastic housing which is formed with a generally cup-shaped internal cavit... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4502295 | Organ hypothermic storage unit An organ hypothermic storage unit includes a first container with a removable cover and a plurality of organ receptacles mounted within the first container, each receptacle having a removable cover. A plurality of groups of spacers upon the container bott... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4424687 | Ice rack for use in portable ice chest In the preferred and illustrated embodiments of the present apparatus, a rack or platform standing above the bottom of an ice chest is disclosed. The rack is a generally horizontal planar member having a number of slots or openings formed therein, and fur... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4322954 | Portable cooler for medicine A portable cooler for use in transporting medicines or the like which must be kept at lower than room temperature includes an insulative housing containing a coolant compartment and a medicine compartment, each having its own lid, and heat sinks in the co... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4078397 | Beverage container cooling device A beverage container cooling device comprising a lower housing unit having an ice compartment area formed therein adapted to contain ice. The lower housing unit is provided with structure for centering the beverage container on the ice in a substantially ... | 03/14/1978 |