IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0537925
(1983-09-30)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Rodth, Joseph J.
- Smith, Jr., Ira A.
- Cornett, Donald F.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
12 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispensing system in which the ice used for cooling the syrup and the water can also be used as portable ice in the drink. The syrup compartment is completely separated from the ice bin and access to the syrup compartment is provided only when the syrup compartment cov
An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispensing system in which the ice used for cooling the syrup and the water can also be used as portable ice in the drink. The syrup compartment is completely separated from the ice bin and access to the syrup compartment is provided only when the syrup compartment cover has been moved to a position covering the ice bin. A cooling syrup tube embedded in the ice bin cold plate and having a particular diameter allows flash cooling of the syrup.
대표청구항
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1. An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a syrup compartment in said housing and having an opening for providing access thereto, said syrup compartment being adapted to receive at least one syrup tank therein; (c) at least one syrup tank located in said syrup c
1. An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a syrup compartment in said housing and having an opening for providing access thereto, said syrup compartment being adapted to receive at least one syrup tank therein; (c) at least one syrup tank located in said syrup compartment and having a removable lid thereon; (d) an ice bin in said housing and having a cold plate wall and an opening for providing access thereto, said ice bin being adapted to receive cooling ice therein, said syrup compartment including wall means for completely separating said syrup compartment from said ice bin; (e) at least one dispensing valve mounted on said housing; (f) a syrup tube having an I.D. of from about 5/8 inch to about 11/4 inch for feeding syrup from said syrup tank to said dispensing valve; (g) a water conduit for feeding water to said dispensing valve; (h) said syrup tube and said water conduit being embedded in said cold plate wall of said ice bin for cooling any syrup and water in said tube and conduit, respectively; (i) a syrup compartment cover fitting over and closing said syrup compartment opening; (j) said syrup compartment cover being movable back and forth between a first position covering said syrup compartment opening and a second position covering said ice bin opening; and (k) means for preventing said syrup compartment cover from being removed from said housing and for preventing said syrup tank lid from being removed from said syrup tank except when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position, such that access to said syrup tank is provided when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position covering said ice bin. 2. The dispenser as recited in claim 1, wherein said ice bin cold plate wall includes a front wall, said dispensing valve being mounted on said front wall, and said syrup tube is embedded in said front wall and extending up to said dispensing valve inside of said front wall, whereby syrup is kept cool in said syrup tube all the way to said dispensing valve. 3. The dispenser as recited in claim 1, wherein said syrup compartment is located adjacent the rear of said housing and said dispensing valve is mounted on the front of said housing and said ice bin opening is located adjacent the top front of said housing. 4. An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a syrup compartment in said housing and having an opening for providing access thereto, said syrup compartment being adapted to receive at least one syrup tank therein; (c) at least one syrup tank located in said syrup compartment and having a removable lid thereon; (d) an ice bin in said housing and having a cold plate wall and an opening for providing access thereto, said ice bin being adapted to receive cooling ice therein, said syrup compartment including wall means for completely separating said syrup compartment from said ice bin; (e) at least one dispensing valve mounted on said housing; (f) a syrup tube having an I.D. of from about 5/8 inch to about 11/4 inch for feeding syrup from said syrup tank to said dispensing valve; (g) a water conduit for feeding water to said dispensing valve; (h) said syrup tube and said water conduit being embedded in said cold plate wall of said ice bin for cooling any syrup and water in said tube and conduit, respectively; (i) a syrup compartment cover fitting over and closing said syrup compartment opening; (j) said syrup compartment cover being ovable back and forth between a first position covering said syrup compartment opening and a second position covering said ice bin opening; (k) means for preventing said syrup compartment cover from being removed from said housing and for preventing said syrup tank lid from being removed from said syrup tank except when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position, such that access to said syrup tank is provided when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position covering said ice bin; and (1) said housing including a pair of grooves on opposite sides of said syrup compartment opening and said syrup compartment cover including a pair of pins on opposite sides thereof, said pins being slidably received one each in respective ones of said grooves for allowing said cover to slide back and forth between said two positions. 5. The dispenser as recited in claim 4, wherein said pins are located adjacent the rear of said syrup compartment cover and allow the front of said syrup compartment cover to pivot about said rear thereof. 6. The dispenser as recited in claim 1, including an ice bin cover closing said ice bin opening and movable back and forth between a first position closing said ice bin opening and a second open position providing access into said ice bin. 7. An ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser comprising: (a) housing; (b) a syrup compartment in said housing and having an opening for providing access thereto, said syrup compartment being adapted to receive at least one syrup tank therein; (c) at least one syrup tank located in said syrup compartment and having a removable lid thereon; (d) an ice bin in said housing and having a cold plate wall and an opening for providing access thereto, said ice bin being adapted to receive cooling ice therein, said syrup compartment including wall means for completely separating said syrup compartment from said ice bin; (e) at least one dispensing valve mounted on said housing; (f) a syrup tube having an I.D. of from about 5/8 inch to about 11/4 inch for feeding syrup from said syrup tank to said dispensing valve; (g) a water conduit for feeding water to said dispensing valve; (h) said syrup tube and said water conduit being embedded in said cold plate wall of said ice bin for cooling any syrup and water in said tube and conduit, respectively; (i) a syrup compartment cover fitting over and closing said syrup compartment opening; (j) said syrup compartment cover being movable back and forth between a first position covering said syrup compartment opening and a second position covering said ice bin opening; (k) means for preventing said syrup compartment cover from being removed from said housing and for preventing said syrup tank lid from being removed from said syrup tank except when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position, such that access to said syrup tank is provided when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position covering said ice bin; (1) an ice bin cover closing said ice bin opening and movable back and forth between a first position closing said ice bin opening and a second open position providing access into said ice bin; and (m) mating interlocking means on said covers for connecting said covers together for movement as a unit when said ice bin is moved on top of said syrup compartment cover, whereby said covers can move together as a unit off of said syrup compartment opening and into position covering said ice bin opening. 8. The dispenser as recited in claim 7, wherein said mating interlocking means comprises a pair of spaced apart eyelets underneath the front edge of said ice bin cover and a pair of spaced-apart, mating, hooks adjacent the front edge of said syrup compartment cover. 9. The dispenser as recited in claim 7, wherein said ice bin cold plate wall includes a front wall, said dispensing valve is mounted on said front wall, and said syrup tube is embedded into said front wall and extends up to said dispensing valve inside of said front wall, whereby syrup is kept cool in said syrup tube all the way to said dispensing valve. 10. The dispenser as recited in claim 7, wherein said ice bin is an aluminum casting and said syrup tube is a stainless steel tube embedded in the bottom wall of said casting and extends from the rear thereof to the front thereof. 11. The dispenser as recited in claim 10, wherein said ice bin is in the shape of an open top box having a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, said syrup compartment is located adjacent the rear of said housing, said dispensing valve is mounted on the front of said housing, said ice bin opening is located adjacent the top front of said housing, wherein said syrup tube extends down said rear wall, through said bottom wall, and up said front wall of said ice bin, and wherein said dispensing valve is mounted on said front wall of said ice bin, whereby syrup is kept cool in said syrup tube all the way to said dispensing valve. 12. The dispenser as recited in claim 11, wherein said syrup tube slopes slightly downwardly toward the front of said dispenser to provide a low point thereof and a drain pipe connected to said syrup tube at said low point and a removable stopper on the end of said drain pipe for draining said syrup tube. 13. The dispenser as recited in claim 10, wherein said syrup tube slopes slightly downwardly toward the front of said dispenser to provide a low point thereof and a drain pipe connected to said syrup tube at said low point and a removable stopper on the end of said drain pipe for draining said syrup tube. 14. The dispenser as recited in claim 1, wherein said ice bin is an aluminum casting and said syrup tube is a stainless steel tube embedded therein, wherein said syrup tube is embedded in the bottom wall of said ice bin and extends from the rear thereof to the front thereof. 15. The dispenser as recited in claim 14, wherein said ice bin is in the shape of an open top box having a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, wherein said syrup compartment is located adjacent the rear of said housing, said dispenser valve is mounted on the front of said housing, said ice bin opening is located adjacent the top front of said housing, said syrup tube also extends down said rear wall and up said front wall of said ice bin, and wherein said dispenser valve is mounted on said front wall of said ice bin, whereby syrup is kept cool in said syrup tube all the way to the dispenser valve. 16. The dispenser as recited in claim 14, wherein said syrup tube slopes slightly downwardly toward the front of said dispenser to provide a low point thereof and a drain pipe connected to said syrup tube at said low point and a removable stopper on the end of said drain pipe for draining said syrup tube. 17. The dispenser as recited in claim 1 wherein said syrup tube has an I.D. of about 3/4 inch. 18. A method for using the ice in an ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser also as potable ice in a drink comprising the steps of: (a) providing said dispenser with a housing having a syrup compartment and an ice bin completely separated from each other by a wall; (b) providing a syrup tank with a removable lid in the syrup compartment; (c) cooling syrup by feeding the syrup from the syrup tank to a dispensing valve mounted on the housing through a syrup tube having an I.D. of from about 5/8 inch to about 11/4 inch embedded in a cold plate wall of said ice bin; (d) cooling water by feeding the water to said dispensing valve through a water conduit embedded in said cold plate wall of said ice bin; (e) providing a cover on the syrup compartment adapted to move back and forth between a first position covering the syrup compartment and a second position covering the ice bin; (f) providing means for preventing said cover from moving off of said dispenser and for preventing said syrup tank lid from being removed from said syrup tank except when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position; and (g) providing access to said syrup tank in said syrup compartment by moving said cover from said first position covering said syrup compartment to said second position covering said ice bin. 19. A method for using the ice in an ice-cooled gravity beverage dispenser also as potable ice in a drink comprising the steps of: (a) providing said dispenser with a housing having a syrup compartment and an ice bin completely separated from each other by a wall; (b) providing a syrup tank with a removable lid in the syrup compartment; (c) cooling syrup by feeding the syrup from the syrup tank to a dispensing valve mounted on the housing through a syrup tube having an I.D. of from about 5/8 inch to about 11/4 inch embedded in a cold plate wall of said ice bin; (d) cooling water by feeding the water to said dispensing valve through a water conduit embedded in said cold plate wall of said ice bin; (e) providing a cover on the syrup compartment adapted to move back and forth between a first position covering the syrup compartment and a second position covering the ice bin; (f) providing means for preventing said cover from moving off of said dispenser and for preventing said syrup tank lid from being removed from said syrup tank except when said syrup compartment cover is in said second position; (g) providing access to said syrup tank in said syrup compartment by moving said cover from said first position covering said syrup compartment to said second position covering said ice bin; and (h) providing an ice bin cover on said ice bin and wherein said step of providing access to said syrup compartment comprises lifting said ice bin cover up on top of said syrup compartment cover, connecting said covers together, and moving both covers together as a unit into position covering said ice bin. 20. The method as recited in claim 19 including the step of feeding the syrup through a final portion of said syrup tube extending vertically upwardly inside of a front cold plate wall of said ice bin and then into said dispensing valve, whereby any syrup in said final portion is cooled by ice in said ice bin to eliminate any warm casual drink. 21. The method as recited in claim 18 including the step of feeding the syrup through a final portion of the syrup tube extending vertically upwardly inside of a front cold plate wall of said ice bin and then into said dispensing valve, whereby any syrup in said final portion is cooled by ice in said ice bin to eliminate any warm casual drink. 22. The method according to claim 18 wherein said tube has an I.D. of about 3/4 inch.
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