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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1994
Robert K Cleland, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Larry Roberts, Old Monroe, MO (US);
William C Boettcher, Foley, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A beverage dispensing machine including a cabinet having a utility section in which parts of a refrigeration machine and liquid-handling parts are housed and a thermally insulated section defining a compartment in which beverage concentrate supplies are removably positioned and that houses fluid-conducting parts of the machine including a liquid concentrate pump, water control valve, water and liquid concentrate metering and mixing devices and a pressurized heat exchange water tank through which an evaporator coil of the refrigeration machine extends and through which water to be dispensed is circulated and chilled; chilled water in the tank is circulated through a cooling coil in the compartment to chill the contents thereof.