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US 5,397,032 AGranted
Drop-in beverage and ice dispenser
AssigneeSerVend International, Inc.
InventorJerry L. Landers
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AssigneeSerVend International, Inc.
InventorJerry L. Landers
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Out-turned upper edge portions of cabinet walls support a drop-in dispenser on edges of a counter top opening. A trim ring overlies and covers the out-turned edge portions. A tower with valves extends upward from the cabinet, and an anchor extends downward inside the cabinet walls for supporting the tower. A large curved drain pan extends over the trim ring beneath valves on the tower. A drain tube at the back of the drain pan extends straight downward to a drain opening at the bottom of the dispenser. The drain tube is straight and uninterrupted and has a large diameter. A channel extends from the front to the back of the base. An ice storage bin with a cold plate at its bottom is installed in the cabinet, and inlet fittings from the cold plate extend downward and rearward in the channel for ease of connection of liquid lines when the dispenser is tipped on its back, and for preventing damage to the fittings. The ice bin drain and the ice pan drain open in the widened rear of the channel from non-clogging large straight tubes. A T-shaped smooth plastic runner is mounted in the front center of the base, and two inward angled runners are mounted near rear corners of the base for supporting the unit on flat surfaces. Vertical conduits extend from the top to the bottom corners of the base for inserting non-cooled syrup lines or electrical lines. The drain pan, splash plate and ice door are readily removable without tools.
A drop-in dispenser unit apparatus comprising a cabinet, an ice bin in the cabinet, a cold plate connected to the ice bin, a tower mounted above the cabinet, drink dispenser valves mounted on the tower, a drain pan mounted beneath the valves, the cabinet having front, back and side walls with the upper end portions of the walls bent outwardly for supporting the drop-in dispenser on edge portions of an opening in a counter top and a trim ring connected to the cabinet and extending outward beyond the outward bent upper edge portions of the walls for covering the connection between the outward bent upper edge portions of the walls and the counter top opening, further comprising a base connected to the cabinet, and a channel extending through the base from the front wall to the rear wall, inlet fittings connected to the cold plate and extending downward into the channel and extending rearward in the channel and having rearward facing openings for connection to tubes for liquids.
A drop-in dispenser unit apparatus comprising a cabinet, an ice bin in the cabinet, a cold plate connected to the ice bin, a tower mounted above the cabinet, drink dispenser valves mounted on the tower, a drain pan mounted beneath the valves, the cabinet having front, back and side walls with the upper end portions of the walls bent outwardly for supporting the drop-in dispenser on edge portions of an opening in a counter top and a trim ring connected to the cabinet and extending outward beyond the outward bent upper edge portions of the walls for covering the connection between the outward bent upper edge portions of the walls and the counter top opening, wherein the tower extends upward from the cabinet, and further comprising an anchor portion of the tower extending downward into the cabinet and connected to side walls of the cabinet for supporting the tower above the cabinet.
A drop-in dispenser unit apparatus comprising a cabinet, an ice bin in the cabinet, a cold plate connected to the ice bin, a tower mounted above the cabinet, drink dispenser valves mounted on the tower, a drain pan mounted beneath the valves, the cabinet having front, back and side walls, a base connected to the cabinet, and a channel extending through the base from the front wall to the rear wall, inlet fittings connected to the cold plate and extending downward into the channel and extending rearward in the channel and having rearward facing openings for connection to tubes for liquids.
A drop-in dispenser unit apparatus comprising a cabinet, an ice bin in the cabinet, a cold plate connected to the ice bin, a tower mounted above the cabinet, drink dispenser valves mounted on the tower, a drain pan mounted beneath the valves, the cabinet having front, back and side walls, wherein the tower extends upward from the cabinet, and further comprising an anchor portion of the tower extending downward into the cabinet and connected to side walls of the cabinet for supporting the tower above the cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.