Patent · US Expired

Storage container with an electrically operable circulating pump

US5184942A · kind A · utility

11Cited by

3References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Anton Deininger · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Karlheinz Farber · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Heinz-Werner Giefer · Sontheim, DE
Egon Galler-Benker · Burgau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 1991
Grant date	Feb 9, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S261/07
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A carbonator tank in a post-mix beverage dispenser is provided with an electrically powered circulating pump. The pump is mounted in an opening in the bottom of the tank and includes a flow-through channel for dispensing carbonated liquid from the tank through the housing of the pump. The tank includes a cooling coil for forming an ice bank around the interior walls. The heat generated by the pump motor precludes the freezing of the carbonated water in the flow-through channel.

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