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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Christopher Nowak, Mundelein, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser ( ) with a faucet assembly ( ) manually removably attached to an integral, stainless steel, U-shaped outlet pipe ( ) having a generally horizontal section ( ) that extends outwardly from the enveloping side ( ) has a faucet with a faucet shank ( ) for mating overlapping connection with the horizontal section ( ) and a faucet latch member ( ) carried by the faucet shank ( ) and a mating outlet pipe latch assembly ( ) for releasable latching engagement with the faucet latch member ( ) to releaseably lock the faucet shank ( ) to the outlet pipe ( ). A faucet guard assembly ( ) with a generally horizontal section ( ) secured to the bottom ( ) of the dispenser ( ) has a lowermost guard surface ( ) located at or beneath a lowermost portion of the faucet nozzle ( ) to prevent snagging of the faucet nozzle ( ) with the inside of a cup held up to the nozzle for receipt of beverage from beneath the nozzle, and an upturned section ( ) in front of the faucet ( ) that is at least partly transparent to enable viewing of the nozzle from in front of the guard and may carry a removable U-shaped beverage name or product label ( ).