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An insert is retained at the bottom of a portable liquid drink dispenser close to its nozzle. The insert has an inclined top surface for eliminating the need to tip the drink dispenser in order to dispense the final drinks. The insert has a coolant for cooling the fluid at the bottom of the drink di

An insert is retained at the bottom of a portable liquid drink dispenser close to its nozzle. The insert has an inclined top surface for eliminating the need to tip the drink dispenser in order to dispense the final drinks. The insert has a coolant for cooling the fluid at the bottom of the drink dispenser in the area of the nozzle. The coolant may be water, gel or other high heat density material. The insert is chilled in a freezer prior to being retained in the drink dispenser. The insert is removably retained in the bottom of the drink dispenser using any or all of several retention means. The insert has the further advantage of allowing for the stacking of inserts during freezing and transport. Elimination of the need for tipping the drink dispenser allows for the stacking or mounting of drink dispensers while dispensing drinks.

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An insert is retained at the bottom of a portable liquid drink dispenser close to its nozzle. The insert has an inclined top surface for eliminating the need to tip the drink dispenser in order to dispense the final drinks. The insert has a coolant for cooling the fluid at the bottom of the drink di

An insert is retained at the bottom of a portable liquid drink dispenser close to its nozzle. The insert has an inclined top surface for eliminating the need to tip the drink dispenser in order to dispense the final drinks. The insert has a coolant for cooling the fluid at the bottom of the drink dispenser in the area of the nozzle. The coolant may be water, gel or other high heat density material. The insert is chilled in a freezer prior to being retained in the drink dispenser. The insert is removably retained in the bottom of the drink dispenser using any or all of several retention means. The insert has the further advantage of allowing for the stacking of inserts during freezing and transport. Elimination of the need for tipping the drink dispenser allows for the stacking or mounting of drink dispensers while dispensing drinks. atus for use in vehicles that use an engine as power source, said apparatus comprising: a refrigerating cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, in which refrigerant discharged from the compressor is circulated through the condenser and the evaporator; a generator which is driven by the engine: a storage battery unit which is recharged with an output of the generator; an inverter for converting electric power supplied from the generator and the storage battery unit, to power for driving the compressor; and a controller which has first control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter, second control means for supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter, and third control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter and supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter when no power is thereafter available from the generator. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply for the controller, which outputs power necessary for driving the controller. 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller further has fifth control means which forms a power-supplying path for supplying power from the power supply to the controller and which maintains the power-supplying path until a preset time elapses after the first, second and third control means perform controls. 4. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller further has a nonvolatile data storage unit, fifth control means and sixth control means, the fifth control means forms a power-supplying path for supplying power from the power supply to the controller and maintains the power-supplying path until a preset time elapses after the first, second and third control means perform controls, and the sixth control means stores control data about the control that the controller has performed, into the nonvolatile data storage unit. 5. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller further has a nonvolatile data storage unit, fifth control means and seventh control means, the fifth control means forms a power-supplying path for supplying power from the power supply to the controller and maintains the power-supplying path until a preset time elapses after the first, second and third control means perform controls, and the seventh control means performs pressure-balancing control during the preset time to balance refrigerant pressures at high- and low-pressure sides of the refrigerating cycle. 6. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the power supply for the controller is a vehicle batter or the storage battery unit. 7. A refrigerating apparatus for use in vehicles that use an engine as power source, said apparatus comprising: a refrigerating cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, in which refrigerant discharged from the compressor is circulated through the condenser and the evaporator; a generator which is driven by the engine; a storage battery unit which is recharged with an output of the generator; a connection terminal that can be connected to a commercial power supply; an inverter for converting electric power supplied from the generator, the storage battery unit and the connection terminal, to power for driving the compressor; and a controller which has eleventh control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter, twelfth control means for supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter, thirteenth control means for supplying the power from the connection terminal to the inverter, fourteenth control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter and supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter when no power is thereafter available from the generator, and fifteenth control means for supplying the power from the connection terminal to the inverter and supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter when power is no l