Bottle cooler

Abstract

A bottle cooler includes an outer casing, an inner casing housed within the outer casing and being sized and shaped to receive bottles horizontally therein. A refrigeration package is housed externally of the inner casing within the outer casing, and a cooling fan is housed within the outer casing to cause airflow through the outer casing past the refrigeration package to cool the inner casing. The bottle cooler is designed to be affixed beneath a kitchen cupboard.

1 . A bottle cooler, comprising:
 an outer casing,   an inner casing housed within the outer casing and being sized and shaped to receive bottles horizontally therein,   a refrigeration package housed externally of the inner casing within the outer casing, and   a cooling fan housed within the outer casing to cause airflow through the outer casing past the refrigeration package to cool the inner casing.   
   
   
       2 . The bottle cooler of  claim 1 , further comprising a bracket by which the outer casing can be suspended underneath a kitchen cupboard. 
   
   
       3 . The bottle cooler of  claim 2 , wherein the bracket includes slots through which stems of inverted wine glasses depending from the bracket can extend. 
   
   
       4 . The bottle cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the inner casing has an opening through which bottles are inserted and retrieved, and further comprising a door across the opening. 
   
   
       5 . The bottle cooler of  claim 4 , wherein the door comprises a window. 
   
   
       6 . The bottle cooler of  claim 4 , wherein the door is attached by hinges to the inner casing. 
   
   
       7 . The bottle cooler of  claim 1 , further comprising a rack within the inner casing and having curved profiled segments for supporting bottles horizontally thereon. 
   
   
       8 . The bottle cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling fan is located at one side of the inner casing, and further comprising a turbofan supplementing the cooling fan and located at an opposite side of the inner casing within the outer casing. 
   
   
       9 . The bottle cooler of  claim 1 , further comprising a control panel having switches for controlling the refrigeration package and cooling fan.