Dispenser for dispensing elongate beverage containers
US12098881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2331/805
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing chilled beverage containers having: a housing with a rear-side insertion opening for inserting beverage containers and a front-side removal element which has a support surface for the frontmost beverage container, an inner wall projecting upwards from the surface and comprising a curved contact region for the outer wall of the frontmost beverage container, and an upper removal opening for removing the frontmost beverage container; a guide channel with two lateral surfaces and a sliding surface sloping downwards towards the front for conveying the upright beverage containers from the rear-side receiving opening into the front-side removal element; and a chiller device having two lateral chiller surfaces substantially parallel with the lateral surfaces of the guide channel, and the chiller device having a curved chiller surface substantially parallel with the curved contact region for the frontmost beverage container on the inner wall of the removal element.
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