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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
Gregory C Filipek, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Steven T Jersey, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Brian Babson, Irvine, CA (US);
Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Co., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for holding any one of a plurality of differently configured pumps to facilitate use of such pumps, for example, in dispensing beverages. The apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of different sets of elements located on the housing. Each different set of elements is adapted to at least assist in holding one of a plurality of differently configured pumps to the housing. The apparatus can be linked together to very effectively and conveniently provide for the management and maintenance of a relatively large number of pumps, being used in dispensing a correspondingly relatively large number of beverages.