Beverage dispenser with an improved cooling chamber configuration

Abstract

A beverage dispenser with an improved component configuration for enhancing serviceability as well as increasing both the beverage dispensing capacity and the quantity of beverage dispensed at a cooler temperature while maintaining a compact size. The beverage dispenser includes a housing defining a cooling chamber having a cooling fluid contained therein, a water line, a product line, a rechill line substantially submerged within the cooling fluid, a carbonator within the cooling chamber coupled with the water line and a carbon dioxide gas source, dispensing valves mounted on the housing and coupled to the product lines and to at least one of the rechill line and the water line to deliver a beverage, and a refrigeration unit for cooling the cooling fluid. The refrigeration unit includes an evaporator coil substantially submerged within the cooling fluid. The evaporator coil, a one piece unit, includes a substantially concentric coil defined by an outer coil section and an inner coil section that is disposed within and substantially offset from the outer coil section for forming a uniformly distributed slab of frozen cooling fluid. The beverage dispenser includes a component configuration for enhancing serviceability including a mounting bracket for facilitating removal and attachment of component parts to the beverage dispenser without requiring an accompanying mounting screw to be separated from the beverage dispenser.

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