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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Fischer, Conyers, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62389 ; 62459 ; 2221466 ;
Abstract
An ice chest for a cold plate or drop-in type beverage dispenser wherein the cold plate includes a carbonator integral therewith and the ice chest also includes an aluminum casting as a side wall of the ice bin with prechill cooling coils embedded therein for prechilling the water before it is fed to the carbonator. The cold plate includes a semi-cylindrical sleeve extending downwardly therefrom and forming part of a carbonator housing. The sleeve is in intimate heat exchange contact with both the cold plate and the carbonator for cooling the carbonator.