公开(公告)号：US20170102171A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15382460

申请日：2016-12-16

申请人： Gemological Institute of America (GIA)

发明人： Matt Hall ,  Ren Lu ,  Wuyi Wang

IPC分类号： F25B19/00 ,  G01N21/87 ,  G01N21/31 ,  F25D19/00

CPC分类号： F25B19/005 ,  F25D3/10 ,  F25D19/006 ,  G01N21/0332 ,  G01N21/31 ,  G01N21/3563 ,  G01N21/87 ,  G01N2021/0335 ,  G01N2021/3155 ,  G01N2201/065

摘要： A cooling apparatus includes a container configured to contain a coolant within a space. The apparatus further includes a cooling block positioned substantially within the space and having a high heat capacity such that the space not occupied by the cooling block is filled with a coolant to a level at or below the top of the cooling block, and a placement structure having high thermal conductivity positioned on top of the cooling block and outside of the space. A method for cooling an object is also provided, which includes inserting a coolant into a container configured to contain the coolant within a space, and placing the object on a placement structure outside the space. For this method, the placement structure has a high thermal conductivity and is coupled to a cooling block, the cooling block having a high heat capacity and positioned substantially within the space. A two-stage cooling apparatus and method is also described.