Beverage cooler
AssigneeKraus USA Plumbing LLC
InventorsSerhiy Torak, Todd Alexander
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Abstract
A beverage cooler that includes a housing defining an interior space adapted to hold a beverage container; a refrigeration system for cooling the interior space of the housing; and at least one opening in a sidewall panel for receiving a conveyance therethrough whereby the conveyance is connectable to the beverage container and a dispensing unit located remote from the beverage cooler. The beverage cooler may have exterior dimensions which define a width of less than 24 inches (61 cm), a front-to-back depth of less than 25 inches (63.5 cm) and a height of less than 35 inches (88.9 cm). Such dimensions would allow the beverage cooler to be installed in a standard 24 inch cabinet opening below a countertop.
Claims21
A beverage cooler comprising:
- a housing defining an interior space adapted to hold a beverage container, the housing including at least one sidewall panel, a door and a top panel;
- a refrigeration system for cooling the interior space of the housing;
- wherein the top panel includes an opening having a removable plug mounted therein, the removable plug comprising a cylindrical body having a sleeve mounted thereon wherein the sleeve includes an axially extending slot whereby the sleeve is expandable and contractable in a radial direction;
- at least one opening in the at least one sidewall panel for receiving a conveyance therethrough whereby the conveyance is connectable to the beverage container and a dispensing unit located remote from the beverage cooler.
A beverage cooler comprising:
- a thermally insulated housing defining an interior space adapted to hold a beverage container, the thermally insulated housing including three sidewall panels, a door and a top panel, the three sidewall panels defining a pair of opposite side panels and a back panel;
- a refrigeration system for cooling the interior space of the housing, the refrigeration system including an assembly for operating a refrigeration cycle to cool the interior space;
- at least one opening in each of the opposite side panels adapted to receive a conveyance therethrough whereby the conveyance is connectable to the beverage container and a dispensing unit located remote from the beverage cooler;
- at least one removable plug mounted in the at least one opening of at least one of the opposite side panels, the at least one removable plug comprising a cylindrical body with a plurality of ribs extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical body and circumscribing the cylindrical body and a radially outwardly extending flange disposed on one end of the removable plug;
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- a fluid dispensing system adapted to connect the beverage container within the interior space with the dispensing unit, wherein the dispensing unit can selectively dispense water or a beverage from the beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.