Beverage dispenser with faucet assembly

A hot beverage dispenser with a hollow body having a top, bottom, an enveloping side wall extending between the top and the bottom, a base for supporting the bottom above a support surface, the improvement being a manually removable faucet assembly, comprising:

• an outlet pipe connected to the bottom of the hollow body and having a generally horizontal section that extends outwardly from the enveloping side wall;
• a faucet with a faucet shank for mating overlapping connection with the horizontal section, one of the outlet pipe and the faucet shank having an outer diameter that is dimensioned relative to an inner diameter of the other of the outlet pipe and the faucet shank to facilitate a snug fit of the one of the outlet pipe and the faucet shank within the other of the outlet pipe and the faucet shank and the faucet shank including means for sealing the faucet shank to the outlet pipe;
• the sealing means including
• an annular slot facing outwardly from a free end of the faucet shank joined to an inwardly facing cylindrical slot communicating between an interior end portion of the annular slot and the interior of the faucet shank, and
• an O-ring fitted within the outwardly facing annular slot and partially extending inwardly into the interior of the faucet shank for sealing engagement with the outlet pipe when received within the faucet shank;
• a faucet latch member carried by the faucet shank;
• and
• a mating outlet pipe latch assembly for releasable latching engagement with the faucet latch member to releaseably lock the faucet shank to the outlet pipe.

A hot beverage dispenser with a hollow body having a top, bottom, an enveloping side wall extending between the top and the bottom, a base for supporting the bottom above a support surface, the improvement being a manually removable faucet assembly, comprising:

• an outlet pipe connected to the bottom of the hollow body and having a generally horizontal section that extends outwardly from the enveloping side wall;
• a faucet with a faucet shank for mating overlapping connection with the horizontal section;
• a faucet latch member carried by the faucet shank extending radially outwardly from the faucet shank adjacent a free end of the faucet shank;
• and
• a mating outlet pipe latch assembly for releasable latching engagement with the faucet latch member to releaseably lock the faucet shank to the outlet pipe including a blocking member spaced from the enveloping side to enable receipt of the faucet latch member between the blocking member and the enveloping side,
• said blocking member when opposite the faucet latch member engaging the faucet member to prevent sliding separation of the faucet shank from the outlet pipe, and
• the mating outlet latch assembly including means for selectively preventing relative rotary movement between the outlet pipe and the faucet shank when the faucet latch member is located opposite the blocking member.

A hot beverage dispenser with a hollow body having a top, bottom, an enveloping side wall extending between the top and the bottom, a base for supporting the bottom above a support surface, the improvement being a manually removable faucet assembly, comprising:

• an outlet pipe connected to the bottom of the hollow body and having a generally horizontal section that extends outwardly from the enveloping side wall;
• a faucet with a faucet shank for mating overlapping connection with the horizontal section;
• a faucet latch member carried by the faucet shank;
• and
• a mating outlet pipe latch assembly for releasable latching engagement with the faucet latch member to releaseably lock the faucet shank to the outlet pipe,
• one of the horizontal section of the outlet pipe and the faucet shank being slideably received within another of the horizontal section and the faucet shank and having an end that is beveled inwardly, and
• the other having an inwardly extending O-ring for sealing engagement with a side of one of the horizontal section and the faucet shank without damage to the O-ring.