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Apparatus for dispensing soft drinks comprises a cabinet placed on the end of a conventional grocery store aisle. The cabinet has three sections; an upper section, a central section, and a lower section. Containers of soft drink syrup are removably located within the lower section of the cabinet and

Apparatus for dispensing soft drinks comprises a cabinet placed on the end of a conventional grocery store aisle. The cabinet has three sections; an upper section, a central section, and a lower section. Containers of soft drink syrup are removably located within the lower section of the cabinet and connected to the remainder of the apparatus by tubing. The upper section includes a conventional carbonation factory connected to a source of water remote from the apparatus. Water entering the apparatus passes through a cooler and the carbonation factory to produce carbonated water. Also disposed within the interior of the upper section are a plurality of pumps. The pumps are placed in communication with each source of syrup to force the syrup upwardly through the device by way of a syrup line, which is in turn placed in communication with the source of carbonated water to form a soft drink. Once the syrup component is mixed with the carbonated water component, it is then pumped downwardly to the center section of the cabinet. The center section of the cabinet includes a plurality of dispensing pumps and dispensing nozzles for dispensing the freshly mixed soft drink into a container. A waste container for collecting excess waste liquid is disposed in the lower section. The waste container includes a pump and conduit which extends through the top of the cabinet for removing the waste liquid.

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A self-contained apparatus for preparing, mixing, and dispensing liquid mixtures comprising: a cabinet; a framework enclosed by said cabinet and having an upper portion, a center portion and a lower portion; a source of at least one first liquid component of said liquid mixture carried on said frame

A self-contained apparatus for preparing, mixing, and dispensing liquid mixtures comprising: a cabinet; a framework enclosed by said cabinet and having an upper portion, a center portion and a lower portion; a source of at least one first liquid component of said liquid mixture carried on said framework; means for supplying to said apparatus at least one second liquid component of said liquid mixture from a source remote from said apparatus; means carried by said framework for mixing said components of the mixture; means carried by said framework for dispensing the mixture into a container outside said cabinet; means disposed within said framework for collecting excess liquid mixture and liquid waste generated during mixing and dispensing; and means for removing excess liquid mixture and liquid waste from said collecting means, said means for removing extending and moving said liquids from said means for collecting to and through the upper portion of the framework.