Beverage dispense font incorporating portable cooling device

Details Beverage dispense font incorporating portable cooling device Beverage dispense font incorporating portable cooling device

2007-01-30

2010-06-29

Tapolcai, William E (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Withdrawable liquid, e.g., dispenser

C222S146600

Reexamination Certificate

active

07743624

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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