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The improved method and apparatus for dispensing carbonated water from a supply of cooled water includes thermal coaction of carbonator apparatus with a reservoir of cooled water, and includes a control system to inhibit water-pumping operation into the carbonator apparatus after the reservoir of co

The improved method and apparatus for dispensing carbonated water from a supply of cooled water includes thermal coaction of carbonator apparatus with a reservoir of cooled water, and includes a control system to inhibit water-pumping operation into the carbonator apparatus after the reservoir of cooled water is depleted.

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Carbonator apparatus for operation on a bottled supply of water, the apparatus comprising: a liquid reservoir having a top opening for receiving a bottled supply of water therein for automatically refilling said reservoir from the bottled supply of water; means for cooling water in said reservoir to

Carbonator apparatus for operation on a bottled supply of water, the apparatus comprising: a liquid reservoir having a top opening for receiving a bottled supply of water therein for automatically refilling said reservoir from the bottled supply of water; means for cooling water in said reservoir to form a quantity of ice therein including means disposed to sense the thickness of said ice to maintain the quantity of ice within selected limits; carbonator means disposed in thermal relationship to the water in said reservoir to be cooled thereby; pumping means for pumping water from said reservoir into said carbonator means; dispensing means for selectively withdrawing carbonated water from the carbonator means; first means for sensing when the liquid level therein drops below a predetermined level; second means for sensing when water in the reservoir is depleted below a selected level; and control means responsive to first and second means to enable said pumping means when said liquid level in said carbonator means drops below said predetermined level, and to prevent said pumping means from pumping in response to water in the reservoir being depleted below said selected level.