US 5,251,790 A · Mobile bar for dispensing cold beverages

Abstract

A two-piece mobile bar which may house a beverage cooling and dispensing system for dispensing cold beverages through a multi-valved gun operated by a bartender stationed behind the bar. The first piece is a base unit defined by vertical end walls bridged by upper and lower sections, the upper section being joined to the end walls at corresponding positions below the upper edges of the end walls. The space between the upper and lower sections is divided into open cells which receive beverage and other containers. The upper section is provided with a sink in which a cold plate is seated, the cold plate having coils embedded therein in heat exchange relationship with ice covering the plate. The coil inputs are coupled to the containers and the outputs to the gun, whereby beverages passing through the coils are cooled before being dispensed. Coupling is effected by a network of hoses which extend through a shallow region contiguous with the front side of the unit. The second piece of the bar, which is detachable from the first, is an integrated serving counter/apron assembly whose counter rests on the upper edges of the end walls and whose apron covers the front side of the unit and conceals the network of hoses and the containers.

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Dependent claims

A mobile bar having installed therein a beverage cooling and dispensing system including a cold plate having coils embedded therein intercoupled by a network of hoses to a dispensing gun, and beverage and other containers housed in the bar, said bar comprising:

(a) a generally rectangular base unit having open front and rear sides defined by a pair of vertical end walls bridged by upper and lower horizontal sections, the upper section being joined to the end walls below their upper edges, the space between the sections being divided into open cells in which the containers are received, said upper section being provided with a sink in which the cold plate is seated and is covered by ice in heat exchange relation with the coils, the network of hoses extending through a shallow region contiguous with the front side of the unit;
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(b) a serving counter/apron assembly detachable from the base unit, said assembly including a counter that is seated on the upper edges of the end walls and an apron that covers the open front side of the unit and conceals the network of hoses and the containers, whereby when said assembly is detached from the unit, the network of hoses and the containers are then exposed so that they may be cleaned as well as the interior of the base unit to maintain the bar in a sanitary condition.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile bar for dispensing cold beverages

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Mobile bar for dispensing cold beverages

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Abstract

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