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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
May. 18, 1992
Albert Kolvites, Mountaintop, PA (US);
Robert J Cohn, Dallas, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A cold plate for cooling different beverages drawn from supply cylinders, the cold plate being formed by a rectangular base over which is a run-off roof defined by sloping end and side sections. Embedded in the cold plate are cooling coils terminating in input and output terminals that project from the underside of the base, the coil inputs being coupled by upstream lines to respective supply cylinders, the coil outputs being coupled by downstream lines to a soda gun to selectively dispense the beverages. The cold plate is received in the well of a thermally-insulated sink having an open bottom bordered by a rectangular ledge. The base of the cold plate is seated on the ledge in spaced relation to the sides of the well to define a gutter in which there is a water drain. The sink is filled with ice cubes that cover the exposed surfaces of the cold plate and are in heat-exchange relationship with the cooling coils to cool the beverages flowing therethrough. As ice cubes melt, the resultant water runs off the roof and is collected in the gutter from which it is drained, thereby avoiding the formation of a water barrier thermally isolating the ice cubes from the cold plate.