Soda generator and cooler for soft drink dispenser
AssigneeABCC/TechCorp
InventorThomas S. Green
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Abstract
A soft drink dispenser is provided with a soda generator and cooling tank which employs the consumable ice from an ice bin as a source for cooling the soda while being maintained apart from the ice. Both the ice bin and soda tank are maintained upon a common cooling plate having serpentine passages for prechilling water before introduction into the soda tank. The ice within the bin serves as an energy source for the cooling plate which acts as a heat sink to provide a thermally conductive path for assuring that the soda within the tank is kept at a desirably low level.
Claims10
A soft drink dispenser, comprising:
- an ice bin;
- a soda generation and cooling tank maintained external to and thermally interconnected with said ice bin;
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- a thermally conductive cooling plate in contacting engagement with a bottom plate of said ice bin and a bottom surface of said soda tank, said soda tank having a cooling fin internal thereto and extending upward from a base plate of said tank, said base plate being received upon said cooling plate.
A soft drink dispenser, comprising:
- an ice bin;
- a soda tank in juxtaposition to said ice bin and external to said ice bin sidewalls of said ice bin and said soda tank being thermally insulated from each other;
- a cooling plate interconnecting a bottom surface of said ice bin with a bottom surface of said soda tank;
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- a water conduit interconnecting said soda tank with a source of water, said water conduit being received by said cooling plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.