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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
William A. Edwards, Selma, TX (US);
Gary V. Paisley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Douglas J. Mcdougall, Marietta, GA (US);
Daniel S. Quartarone, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Samuel L. Orr, Jr., Hoschton, GA (US);
William A. Edwards, Selma, TX (US);
Gary V. Paisley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Douglas J. McDougall, Marietta, GA (US);
Daniel S. Quartarone, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Samuel L. Orr, Jr., Hoschton, GA (US);
Lancer Partnership, Ltd., San Antonio, TX (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A dispenser including a plurality of tower sections allows an operator to remove one or more tower sections from the fluid dispenser without removing the fluid dispenser from a dispensing location. A housing of the dispenser includes multiple arrays of outlets from a housing fluid circuit that is connectable to fluid sources. Separate tower sections including complementary arrays are then coupled to arrays of the housing, thereby extending the housing fluid circuits to the dispense points disposed on the tower sections. The tower sections are secured to the fluid dispenser housing. The tower sections may further include mounting members that mate together to provide additional restraint and to ensure that the dispense points of the attached tower sections are aligned, thereby providing a clean, uniform appearance.