# US 2014/0190991 A1 · Front Room Beverage Dispense Apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0190991 A1
- Document ID: US20140190991A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/152,798
- Filed: 2014-01-10
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10
- Assignees: Cornelius, Inc.
- Inventors: Xiaofeng Yang; Klaus Wiemer; Sreekanth Pushpala; Nishant Kulkami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190991A1

## CPC

- B67D 1/0862: {in the form of a cold plate or a cooling block}
- B67D 1/0004: {the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)

## Abstract

The invention relates to a beverage dispense apparatus that maintains syrup containers in a housing, thereby eliminating plumbing required by prior art Bag-in-Box dispensers.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A beverage dispensing apparatus, comprising:
a housing having an insulated compartment and a non-insulated compartment;
a cold plate positioned in the housing;
a beverage container positioned in contact with the cold plate and positioned within the insulated compartment of the housing;
a dispensing nozzle attached to the housing;
a pumping mechanism positioned in the non-insulated compartment; and
a fluid line in fluid communication with the beverage container, the cold plate, and the dispensing nozzle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The beverage dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the beverage container is positioned directly on the cold plate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The beverage dispensing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a water line in fluid connection with the cold plate and the dispensing nozzle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The beverage dispensing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dispensing nozzle is positioned at a lower height relative to the beverage container.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The beverage dispensing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the beverage container is a bag-in-box.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The beverage dispensing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a hot kit and a hot fluid line in fluid connection with the hot kit and the pumping mechanism.

### Claim 7

An under counter product dispenser comprising:
a dispense tower having a dispense nozzle;
an under counter system having a cold plate, a beverage container, and a refrigeration system; and
a beverage line in fluid communication with both the beverage container and the dispense nozzle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The under counter product dispenser of claim 7, wherein the under counter system is positioned underneath a counter and the dispense tower is positioned directly above the under counter system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The under counter product dispenser of claim 7, wherein the beverage container is a bag-in-box.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The under counter product dispenser of claim 7, further comprising a water line in fluid connection with the dispense nozzle and the cold plate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The under counter product dispenser of claim 7, further comprising a hot kit and a hot fluid line in fluid connection with both the hot kid and the dispense nozzle.