Beverage dispense font incorporating portable cooling device
US7743624B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67D1/0877
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A beverage dispense font incorporating a portable cooling device is provided wherein the portable cooling device cools an outer housing of the dispense font in order to encourage ice formation on the dispense font. Unique visual effects can be obtained with ice formation on the outer housing of the dispense font, and the portable cooling device therefore enables independent cooling of the outer housing without redesign or modification of the existing glycol cooling system used to cool the dispensed beverage.The portable cooling device can be inherently small in size due to relatively minimal cooling capacity requirements for cooling just the outer housing of the dispense font. The dispense font and portable cooling device may be moved from location to location thereby greatly enhancing the capability to provide a frozen-appearing dispense font to many locations.
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