Beverage dispense system
AssigneeIMI Cornelius Inc.
InventorTerrence Robert Davis
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Abstract
A beverage dispense system is designed to dispense a beverage, e.g. from a bulk supply, by chilling the beverage to a temperature close to its freezing point. The beverage dispense system includes a beverage recirculation loop and a water recirculation loop, two chillers (10, 24), both loops passing through both chillers, and a dispense valve (26) located in the beverage recirculation loop, a first of the chillers (10) cooling both the beverage and the water and a second of the chillers (24) comprising a thermo-electric device and being located between the first chiller (10) and the dispense valve (26) for further cooling of the beverage to be dispensed whilst removing heat from the device (24) using the water in the water recirculation loop.
Claims25
A chilled beverage dispense system including a beverage recirculation loop and a water recirculation loop, a dispense valve located in said beverage recirculation loop, a first chiller, through which both loops pass for cooling both the beverage and the water, and a second chiller through which both loops pass, said second chiller comprising a thermo-electric device and being located between the first chiller and the dispense valve whereby the beverage to be dispensed is further cooled in the second chiller and the water removes heat from the second chiller.
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