US 12,253,304 B2
Method of cooling a container comprising a beverage
Michiel Adrianus Henricus Van Der Aa, Amsterdam (NL); and Antonius Henricus Andreas Donkers, Amsterdam (NL)
Assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Appl. No. 17/775,347
Filed by Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050716
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/096360, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2024230 (NL), filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390168 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 31/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 31/006 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0858 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2331/806 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01); F25D 2700/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cooling a container comprising a beverage, the container being provided in contact with a cooling contact body thermally conductively coupled to a cooling element, the method comprising:
operating the cooling element;
obtaining an ambient temperature of the environment outside the container and the cooling contact body;
defining, based on the ambient temperature, a cut on temperature;
obtaining a medium temperature indicative of a temperature of the beverage;
operating the cooling element if the medium temperature is larger than the cut on temperature until a pre-determined end criterion is met.