Revolutionary Cooling Systems
The idea of a rapid beverage chiller was born in the summer of 1992 as Greg Loibl completed his undergraduate studies from the Cooper Union School of Engineering in NYC. Faced with the “age old” college dilemma of running out of cold beverages at a party he was hosting, he was inspired to use his engineering skills to solve this “academic” problem to fulfill his chemical engineering masters thesis. Loibl designed, built, and tested a prototype device that proved a 12 oz. aluminum can could be chilled from 25°C/77°F to 5°C/40°F in under 45 seconds. This same prototype was also able to chill a 12 oz. bottle in three minutes which is substantially faster than the several hours to chill a beverage in a refrigerator or an hour in a freezer. The patented process has been dubbed “The Cooper Cooling Process™” and was filed in August, 1994, and issued on April, 1996. The inventors are Loibl, and his co-advisors, Irv Brazinsky and George Sidebotham, both tenured Cooper Union professors.
Revolutionary Cooling Systems, Inc. (RCS) was founded in October of 1996 by Loibl and Sidebotham. Since then, the development of the Cooper Cooler has utilized many ambitious Cooper Union students who have worked on various projects to earn credit towards their degree. They have made contributions in; 1) research, 2) engineering and design, 3) testing of various models, and 4) limited market studies. RCS has a very good working relation with The Cooper Union and continues to sponsor independent student research programs with qualified Cooper Union students. In the past, RCS has also received two NCIIA(National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance) to help fund various projects.
As a dedication to the Cooper Union, this first product, the Cooper Cooler—rapid beverage & wine chiller was named in its honor.
RCS is currently developing other consumer and commercial applications such as machines meant for the bar/restaurant sector. Go to www.CooperCooler.com for more information