Beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus
AssigneeTyler Refrigeration Corporation
InventorE. Lee Bowen
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Abstract
A beverage (wine) cooling and dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an insulated internal compartment enclosing a number of different removable receptacles containing relatively large quantities of different beverages and a self-contained refrigeration system, a plurality of externally located dispensing heads projecting from the cabinet, one for each receptacle, and conduits providing pressurized flow of beverage between each receptacle and its associated dispensing head, with selectively operated controls being provided for each path including selectors at each head whereby any of a plurality of different relatively small quantities from each receptacle may be selectively dispensed.
Claims9
A beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet having a first internal compartment all of the walls of which are insulated against heat exchange and wherein a number of different receptacles each containing a relatively large quantity of beverage may be removably disposed, means in said cabinet providing an adjacent second internal compartment, means providing a self-contained refrigeration system within said cabinet including a cooling device for continually providing cooled air in said first compartment whereby said first compartment may be maintained at a desired low temperature, said refrigeration system comprising operatively interconnected compressor, cooling coil and condenser units with the compressor and condenser being mounted in said second compartment and said cooling coil being comprised in said cooling device and disposed in said first compartment, a plurality of externally located dispensing heads projecting from said cabinet, one for each receptacle, means including conduit means for providing a pressurized beverage flow path between each receptacle and its associated dispensing head, and selectively operated control means for each path including timed selector means in each head whereby any of a plurality of different relatively small quantities from each receptacle may be dispensed.
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