Refrigeration – With indicator or tester – Operatively correlated with automatic control
Patent
1996-08-14
1998-11-24
Tanner, Harry B.
Refrigeration
With indicator or tester
Operatively correlated with automatic control
62127, 62393, F25B 4902
Patent
active
058392912
ABSTRACT:
A cooling/dispensing system for cooling and dispensing a beverage. A refrigeration system having an evaporator in a cooling tank cools the fluid in the tank and has a compressor connected to the evaporator for cooling the evaporator. A beverage dispensing system includes a carbonator tank in heat exchange relationship with the fluid in the cooling tank, the carbonator having a first input port connected to a gas supply, having a second input port connected to a liquid supply and having a output port, the carbonator for carbonating the liquid from the liquid supply flowing through the carbonator to produce a carbonated liquid product. A dispenser dispenses the beverage and a beverage conduit connected to the output of the carbonator and connected to the dispenser provides the carbonated liquid product to be dispensed as the beverage. A condition sensor senses a condition of the refrigeration system or of the beverage dispensing apparatus. A controller responsive to the condition sensor controls operation of the refrigeration system and the beverage dispensing system during periods when the condition sensor indicates that the sensed condition is acceptable, the controller inhibiting operation of the refrigeration system and the beverage dispensing system during periods when the condition sensor indicates that the sensed condition is unacceptable. A diagnostic message display connected to the controller displays an error message when a sensed condition is unacceptable.
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Multiplex Company, Inc.
Tanner Harry B.
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