Beverage dispenser
AssigneeIMI Cornelius Inc.
InventorDouglas P. Goulet
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Abstract
A beverage dispenser having a flat carbonator along one end of an ice bank cooled water bath tank. A plurality of syrup coils are arranged along an interior surface of the carbonator. An evaporator extends around a central perimeter of the water bath tank creating a central opening through which an agitator shaft and blade extend for operation by an agitator motor. The agitator shaft extends at an angle into the tank for directing a flow of water towards the carbonator. The tank includes ridges on a bottom surface thereof for directing water upward towards the carbonator and syrup coils and away from a bottom perimeter of the ice bank.
Claims6
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a plurality of dispensing valves supported along a front end of the dispenser,
- a water bath tank, the water tank having an interior volume defined by a bottom surface and a generally vertical perimeter wall surface extending around and upward from the bottom surface, the tank for holding a volume of water and containing an evaporator coil within the water, the evaporator coil connected to refrigeration means for cooling the evaporator coil for forming an ice bank thereon, and
- a carbonator retained in the water tank along a front portion of the perimeter wall surface adjacent the dispenser front end, for providing carbonated water to the valves, the carbonator being substantially flat and having a front surface, a back surface and a perimeter edge defining a width thereof, wherein the carbonator front surface faces and lies adjacent the front portion of the perimeter wall surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.