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A narrow profile substantially flat carbonator is shown, consisting of a pair of cold drawn sheet metal halves. Each half defines corresponding alternating seams and ridges and are welded together around a perimeter them of and along each corresponding seam. When both halves are welded together the

A narrow profile substantially flat carbonator is shown, consisting of a pair of cold drawn sheet metal halves. Each half defines corresponding alternating seams and ridges and are welded together around a perimeter them of and along each corresponding seam. When both halves are welded together the ridges define an interior plurality of vertical interior columns, which columns are fluidly interconnected with top and bottom interior channels. The too channel includes a pressure relief valve, a carbon dioxide inlet fitting, a water inlet fitting, and a level sensor fitting for retaining a level sensor. A plurality of carbonated water lines extend from the bottom of the carbonator and up along and closely adjacent a side of the carbonator. The carbonated water lines terminate at a point above the carbonator and provide for direct securing to a beverage dispensing valve. The carbonator is preferably of the integral type and held within the water tank of an ice bank type dispenser or within the ice bin of a cold plate cooled dispenser.

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A carbonator, comprising: a tank having a first side, a second side, and the first and second sides being substantially planar and co-extensive and having substantially equal surface areas and wherein common perimeter edges thereof are joined by a tank perimeter edge and the tank perimeter edge havi

A carbonator, comprising: a tank having a first side, a second side, and the first and second sides being substantially planar and co-extensive and having substantially equal surface areas and wherein common perimeter edges thereof are joined by a tank perimeter edge and the tank perimeter edge having a surface area, and the first side closely spaced from the second side wherein the tank comprises a substantially flat container wherein the surface areas of the first and second sides together are substantially greater than the surface area of the perimeter edge, and the tank having an interior volume defined by the first and second sides and the tank perimeter edge, and the tank having a gas fitting for connecting the tank interior volume to a source of carbon dioxide gas, a water inlet fitting for connecting the tank internal volume to a source of potable water, and one or more carbonated water fittings for providing connection from the tank interior volume to one or more carbonated water dispensing means.