Refrigeration – Withdrawable liquid – e.g. – dispenser – With plural liquid outlets or sources – e.g. – distributing...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2010-11-02
Tapolcai, William E (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Withdrawable liquid, e.g., dispenser
With plural liquid outlets or sources, e.g., distributing...
C222S146600
Reexamination Certificate
active
07823411
ABSTRACT:
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle. The dispenser includes a first housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface closer to the beverage source and a second surface further from the beverage source. The dispenser also includes a beverage cooler including a second housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, and sides defining an interior volume. A first circuit is disposed within the interior volume of the second housing and forms a first set of fluid flow paths. A second circuit is disposed within the interior volume of the second housing and forms a second set of fluid flow paths in parallel with the first set of fluid flow paths. A third circuit is disposed within the interior volume of the second housing and forms a third set of fluid flow paths in parallel with the first and second sets of fluid flow paths, wherein, the first, second, and third circuits defines an inlet and an outlet. The beverage dispenser also includes a first tubing in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the second housing and coupled to the inlet of the first, second, and third circuits. In addition, the beverage dispenser includes a second tubing coupled to the outlet of each of the first, second, and third circuits and entering the first surface of the first housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the first housing. The beverage dispenser also includes a multi-nodal flow rate controller disposed within the interior volume of the first housing in contact with the second tubing, and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the second tubing.
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PCT/US2006/062186, Notification of Transmittal
Gagliano Thomas
Phallen Iver J.
Vogt Douglas
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Niagara Dispensing Technologies, Inc.
Tapolcai William E
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