Personal Beverage Processing Apparatus

Abstract

A personal beverage processing apparatus for processing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages includes an outer shell defining a generally airtight interior area, spaced apart environment access openings. A plurality of environmental modules are situated in the interior area of the outer shell, Each environmental module includes a vessel for receiving a liquid, at least one environmental sensor configured to detect an environmental condition, a module fan, and pressure sensitive vent. A control apparatus is in operative communication with the plurality of environmental modules, the environmental control apparatus including a cooling assembly configured to generate cooled air and a plurality of controllers, a respective controller being in communication with each environmental module to receive sensory data and to actuate the cooling assembly, respective exhaust baffles, and respective module fans based on the received data so as to maintain the respective environmental module in a user-determined environmental condition.

1 . A personal beverage processing apparatus, comprising:
 an outer shell having bottom, top, and side walls arranged to define a generally airtight interior area, said top wall defining a plurality of spaced apart environment access openings;   a plurality of environmental modules situated in said interior area of said outer shell, each environmental module defining a module access opening in communication with a respective environment access opening of said outer shell;   wherein each environmental module includes:
 a vessel configured to receive a liquid; 
 at least one environmental sensor configured to detect one of air pressure or temperature associated with a respective vessel, respectively; 
 a pressure sensitive exhaust baffle; 
 a module fan; 
   an environmental control apparatus situated in said outer shell adjacent to and in operative communication with said plurality of environmental modules, said environmental control apparatus including:
 a cooling assembly configured to generate cooled air; 
 a plurality of controllers, a respective controller being in communication with each environmental module and configured to receive data from said at least one environmental sensor and to selectively actuate said cooling assembly, respective exhaust baffles, and respective module fans based on said received data so as to maintain said respective environmental module in a user-determined environmental condition. 
   
     
     
         2 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , wherein said cooling assembly includes:
 a condenser in operative communication with respective environmental modules and configured to generate cool air;   a cooling coil and cooling fan in electrical communication with said plurality of controllers and configured to selectively communicate said cooled air to respective environmental modules when actuated by respective controllers.   
     
     
         3 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , wherein said outer shell includes an insulated and airtight construction. 
     
     
         4 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , wherein said environmental sensor is one of a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor. 
     
     
         5 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , wherein each environmental module is thermally shielded from an adjacent environmental module by a thermal divider. 
     
     
         6 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , further comprising an input control situated on an outer surface of said outer shell and that is in data communication with said plurality of controllers, said input control configured to receive instructions from a user to be implemented by respective controllers associated with respective environmental modules. 
     
     
         7 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 6 , wherein a respective controller is selectively programmed via said input control to actuate a time and temperature process of a respective environmental module different than a time and temperature process of any other respective controller and associated environmental module. 
     
     
         8 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 6 , wherein said plurality of controllers are selectively programmed via said input control to operate respective environmental modules independently and simultaneously. 
     
     
         9 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , wherein each environmental module includes an insulated covering that enhances a consistent temperature therein. 
     
     
         10 . The personal beverage processing apparatus as in  claim 1 , comprising a plurality of wheels coupled to a bottom wall of said outer shell so that the outer shell is supported and mobile.