Three-barrel frozen product dispenser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsRichard Carroll Staten, Douglas John Franck
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Abstract
A dispenser for providing a number of frozen products. The dispenser includes a refrigeration system and a product delivery system. The refrigeration system includes a compressor and the product delivery system includes three product barrels. The dispenser thus may provide three frozen products and up to two blends of the products. The dispenser also may have a frame. The frame may have a width of about seventeen (17) to about twenty-four (25) inches and a length of about twenty-four (24) to about forty (40) inches.
Claims20
A dispenser for a providing a plurality of frozen products, comprising:
- a refrigeration system;
- said refrigeration system comprising a single compressor;
- and
- a product delivery system;
- said product delivery system comprising three pressurized product barrels chilled by said refrigeration system so as to provide on demand three frozen products and up to two blends of said products.
A dispenser for a providing a plurality of frozen products from a plurality of product sources with product therein, said dispenser consisting of:
- three product barrels in communication with said plurality of product sources;
- one compressor;
- and
- a plurality of refrigerant lines in communication with said one compressor;
- aid plurality of refrigerant lines encircling said three product barrels so as to freeze said product therein such that each of said three product barrels produce one of the plurality of frozen products on demand.
A method of providing a plurality of frozen beverages, comprising the steps of
- providing three product sources;
- providing a water source;
- mixing said three products and said water to form three beverages;
- delivering said three beverages to three product barrels;
- freezing said three beverages within said three product barrels by operating one compressor;
- and
- dispensing three frozen beverages and up to two blends of said beverages on demand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.