Beverage cooling assembly

1. Bayless discloses a beverage cooling assembly being configured to cool a beverage container, the assembly comprising:

a cylinder for insertably receiving the beverage container;

a base being rotatably coupled to the cylinder;

a cooling unit being positioned within the base, the cooling unit containing a gaseous refrigerant; and

a plurality of bristles, each of the bristles being coupled to and extending inwardly on the cylinder, each of the bristles being comprised of a thermally conductive material, each of the bristles being in thermal communication with the cooling unit such that the cooling unit cools the bristles when the cooling unit is turned on,

each of the bristles frictionally engaging the beverage container when the beverage container is positioned in the cylinder wherein the cooling unit is configured to cool the beverage container;

a power button being movably coupled to the base, the power button being electrically coupled to the cooling unit to turn the cooling unit on and off; and a power supply being positioned within the base, the power supply being electrically coupled to the cooling unit, the power supply comprising at least one battery.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cylinder has a top end, a bottom end and an outer wall extending therebetween, each of the top end and the bottom end being open, the outer wall having an outer portion and an inner portion, the inner portion being rotatably coupled to said outer portion;

the outer wall having a tube chamber being positioned between the outer and inner portions, the tube chamber extending from the top end through the bottom end to define a tube opening in the bottom end of the outer wall, the tube chamber extending around a full circumference of the outer wall;

the outer portion being comprised of a thermally insulating material; and

the inner portion being comprised of a thermally conductive material.

3. The assembly according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a lip being coupled to and extending inwardly from the inner portion of the outer wall, the lip being aligned with the bottom end, the lip extending around the full circumference of the outer wall; and

the base being coupled to the inner portion of the outer wall of the cylinder such that the inner portion rotates with the base when the base is rotated.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the base is hollow, the base being positioned on the bottom end of the cylinder thereby closing the bottom end, the base having a lower wall, an upper wall and a perimeter wall extending therebetween, the perimeter wall being arcuate such that the base has a puck shape, the upper wall having an outside edge being spaced from and being coextensive with the perimeter wall to define an opening in the base being positioned between the upper wall and the perimeter wall, the upper wall resting on the lip such that the base is rotatably retained on the cylinder.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , further comprising a stem being coupled between the lower wall and the upper wall of the base, the stem being centrally positioned in the base.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the cooling unit includes a plurality of first tubes, each of the first tubes being in fluid communication the cooling unit such that each of the first tubes receives the gaseous refrigerant, each of the first tubes extending upwardly through the opening in the base, upwardly through the tube opening in the bottom end of the cylinder and upwardly in the chamber in the cylinder.

7. The assembly according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a plurality of second tubes, each of the second tubes being positioned in the chamber, each of the second tubes being horizontally oriented in the chamber, each of the second tubes being continuous such that each of the second tubes forms a closed loop, the second tubes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed between the top end and the bottom end of the cylinder, each of the second tubes being in fluid communication with each of the first tubes such that each of the second tubes receives the gaseous refrigerant; and

each of the second tubes being in thermal communication with the inner portion of the outer wall of the cylinder such that the gaseous refrigerant cools the inner portion when the cooling unit is turned on.

8. A beverage cooling assembly being configured to cool a beverage container, the assembly comprising:

a cylinder for insertably receiving the beverage container, the cylinder having a top end, a bottom end and an outer wall extending therebetween, each of the top end and the bottom end being open, the outer wall having an outer portion and an inner portion, the inner portion being rotatably coupled to said outer portion, the outer wall having a tube chamber being positioned between the outer and inner portions, the tube chamber extending from the top end through the bottom end to define a tube opening in the bottom end of the outer wall, the tube chamber extending around a full circumference of the outer wall, the outer portion being comprised of a thermally insulating material, the inner portion being comprised of a thermally conductive material;

a lip being coupled to and extending inwardly from the inner portion of the outer wall, the lip being aligned with the bottom end, the lip extending around the full circumference of the outer wall;

a base being rotatably coupled to the cylinder, the base being hollow, the base being positioned on the bottom end of the cylinder thereby closing the bottom end, the base being coupled to the inner portion of the outer wall of the cylinder such that the inner portion rotates with the base when the base is rotated, the base having a lower wall, an upper wall and a perimeter wall extending therebetween, the perimeter wall being arcuate such that the base has a puck shape, the upper wall having an outside edge being spaced from and being coextensive with the perimeter wall to define an opening in the base being positioned between the upper wall and the perimeter wall, the upper wall resting on the lip such that the base is rotatably retained on the cylinder;

a stem being coupled between the lower wall and the upper wall of the base, the stem being centrally positioned in the base;

a cooling unit being positioned within the base, the cooling unit containing a gaseous refrigerant;

a plurality of first tubes, each of the first tubes being in fluid communication the cooling unit such that each of the first tubes receives the gaseous refrigerant, each of the first tubes extending upwardly through the opening in the base, upwardly through the tube opening in the bottom end of the cylinder and upwardly in the chamber in the cylinder;

a plurality of second tubes, each of the second tubes being positioned in the chamber, each of the second tubes being horizontally oriented in the chamber, each of the second tubes being continuous such that each of the second tubes forms a closed loop, the second tubes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed between the top end and the bottom end of the cylinder, each of the second tubes being in fluid communication with each of the first tubes such that each of the second tubes receives the gaseous refrigerant, each of the second tubes being in thermal communication with the inner portion of the outer wall of the cylinder such that the gaseous refrigerant cools the inner portion when the cooling unit is turned on;

a power button being movably coupled to the base, the power button being electrically coupled to the cooling unit to turn the cooling unit on and off;

a power supply being positioned within the base, the power supply being electrically coupled to the cooling unit, the power supply comprising at least one battery; and

a plurality of bristles, each of the bristles being coupled to and extending inwardly on the cylinder, each of the bristles being comprised of a thermally conductive material, each of the bristles being in thermal communication with the cooling unit such that the cooling unit cools the bristles when the cooling unit is turned on, each of the bristles frictionally engaging the beverage container when the beverage container is positioned in the cylinder wherein the cooling unit is configured to cool the beverage container, each of the bristles being positioned on the inner portion of the outer wall of the cylinder, bristles being spaced apart from each other and being distributed on the inner portion, each of the bristles being in thermal communication with the inner portion such that the inner portion cools the bristles when the cooling unit is turned on.