Whirlpool Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Leandro Berno Lidio

Steven John Kuehl

Nihat O Cur

Marcos Heinzle

Verne H Myers

Alexandre C Azevedo

Alisson Costa DaSilva

Gustvo Lazzaris Debona

Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona

Alisson Costa Dasilva

A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.

Enhanced heat transfer to water

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Leandro Berno Lidio