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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079496 | Combination of a dispenser and container for carbonated drink Combination of a dispenser (1) and container (7) for carbonated drink, the container being provided at the top with an outflow channel (10), extending in the direction of the central axis of the container, and a dispensing valve (11), clo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066152 | Liquid cooling and dispensing device A device that attaches to a bottle's neck has a base that secures to the bottle's neck and has two passages that traverse the base. The first passage leads to an enclosure located above the base that holds cooling material and optionally has a conduit that improves ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8042708 | Dispenser and refrigerator including the same A dispenser for a refrigerator is provided that increases a usable space of a storage compartment of the refrigerator. The dispenser includes a chute which receives contents from an inside of the refrigerator and discharges the contents to an outside through an open... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025186 | Refrigerator and method of controlling the same Disclosed are a refrigerator for discharging water contained in a water tank when a predetermined time has passed to supply fresh water to a user and a method of controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a main body, a door pivotally mounted to the main body, ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002148 | Drink dispenser with dispensing line that can be hinged open The invention relates to a drink dispenser provided with a chamber with an opening for accommodating a container containing carbonated drink. The container is provided with an outlet closed by a shut-off valve and a tap head that during use is connected via a line t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975879 | Temperature controlled liquid dispenser, containers therefore, and bag-in-box container construction A dispenser for relative rapid cooling or heating of the contents of a liquid storage container provides a receptacle for receiving the liquid storage container therein and positioning a thermal transfer portion of the liquid storage container in thermal conductive ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967170 | Method and apparatus for a front access removable agitator motor An agitator motor assembly is removable from a front of an ice dispenser for servicing, thereby eliminating the need to gain entrance into a storage bin to uncouple the agitator motor assembly from an agitator bar assembly. The ice dispenser includes the storage bin... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7946454 | System and method for dispensing of viscous food product A system and method that portably stores, refrigerates, and dispenses a viscous, semi-solid food product. Cannoli cream is held in an open-top hopper with a lower outlet tube that is removably received inside an insulated and cooled portion of the dispenser housing ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7874460 | Refrigerator with a dispenser A refrigerator dispenser includes an ice dispensing actuator, an ice dispensing chute, an ice dispensing housing positioned within a refrigerator door cavity and configured to define an ice dispensing cavity through which ice dispensed by the ice dispensing chute pa... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874459 | Dispensing system for blended frozen food compositions An apparatus for dispensing soft serve frozen food product, such as soft serve ice cream and the like, provides the ability to select the fat content or other characteristic of the ice cream dispensed from the machine. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7762431 | Refrigerated liquid product dispenser A refrigerated liquid dispenser is disclosed. The dispenser has a pump configured for being in fluid communication with a source of a liquid product; a dispensing faucet configured for being in fluid communication with the pump, the dispensing faucet including a col... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7748571 | Method and apparatus for a front access removable agitator motor An agitator motor assembly is removable from a front of an ice dispenser for servicing, thereby eliminating the need to gain entrance into a storage bin to uncouple the agitator motor assembly from an agitator bar assembly. The ice dispenser includes the storage bin... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7681761 | Apparatus for processing, storing, and dispensing soft serve frozen food product Soft serve frozen food such as ice cream and frozen yogurt is pumped from a sanitary reservoir into a closed loop flow path that includes an emulsion barrel assembly that intimately mixes the ingredients in the food composition into a smooth consistency frozen food ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7490739 | Portable bottled water dispenser A beverage dispenser for gravitationally dispensing a liquid from a bottle such as standard sized bottles commonly used in the drinking water industry. The dispenser preferably includes a removable top closeable over a space large enough to hold and fully enclose th... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7448516 | Ice cream vending machine A soft serve ice cream vending machine is disclosed. The vending machine includes a machine cabinet; a door pivotably connected to he machine cabinet; the door including a cup dispensing slot and an ice cream dispensing slot; a product dispensing button connected to... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437879 | Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop flu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418828 | Refrigerator A refrigerator includes water storage tank (17) disposed at a higher place inside the door, water feeder (16) placed on a front face of the door, and water feeding tube (18) coupling tank (17) to feeder (16). Tube (18) slant... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418831 | Refrigerator with diagonal ice chute dispenser A refrigerator having a dispenser in a front panel of the door. The door has an outer door pan with an outer door cavity and an inner liner having an inner liner cavity. An angled ice chute may be placed through both the inner liner cavity and the outer door cavity ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419073 | Refrigerator having a fluid director access door A refrigerator having a water supplier, fluid director and fluid director access door. The fluid director is removable. The fluid director access door enables users to remove, clean and replace the fluid director. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418830 | Refrigerator with forward projecting dispenser A refrigerator having a forward projecting dispenser that extends forward a front panel of the door. The door has an outer door pan with an outer door cavity and an inner liner having an inner liner cavity. An ice chute may be placed through both the inner liner cav... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415834 | In-door water dispenser with door reversibility A refrigerator with at least one openable door has a hinge at a pivoting edge of the door allowing the door to open about the pivoting edge. A water dispenser, positioned on the door, has a paddle which is moved horizontally by a user to cause water to be dispensed.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406987 | Apparatus and method for filling fuel A fuel filling apparatus is provided. The fuel filling apparatus comprises an overfilling protective valve arranged in a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to an automobile. The overfilling protective valve further comprises a fuel gas path, a valve unit ... | 08/05/2008 |
| RE40393 | Method and apparatus for controlled ice crystal formation in a beverage A method for producing a desired amount of ice crystal formation in a beverage comprising the steps of cooling said beverage to a temperature below its ordinary freezing temperature at atmospheric pressure to form a cooled beverage; maintaining said beverage at a pr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383690 | Ice harvest prevention mechanism in a refrigerator An ice harvesting prevention mechanism, including an actuator, is provided for an ice maker. The ice maker is arranged to make, harvest and dispense ice to an ice bucket located in an ice receiving position. An ice harvesting prevention device is arranged to prevent... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373784 | Methods and apparatus for beer dispensing systems A multiple-temperature beer dispensing system (10) (and related methods) is provided in which a plurality of beer sources (12) are coupled to a plurality of taps (16). Heat exchangers (18) may be disposed between one or more of the beer s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374067 | Handheld extruder welding device Handheld extruder welding device for welding thermoplastic synthetic materials, including an extruder screw, a drive system for the extruder screw in an axial extension of the extruder screw, and a hot air unit with a blower, where the blower and the drive system ar... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370776 | Table for supplying liquid for drinking The present invention discloses a table for supplying a liquid for drinking which can accurately measure the amount of discharged liquid for drinking. The invention provides a table for supplying liquid for drinking provided with a table, a liquid discharging server... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363949 | Hydrogen station, method of charging hydrogen, and vehicle A hydrogen station includes gas storage equipment for storing hydrogen, a dispenser for charging hydrogen gas supplied from the gas storage equipment into a hydrogen tank of a vehicle, and a blower. When charging hydrogen, the blower blows air towards a radiator of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363962 | Cold plate for beer dispensing tower A cold plate for a beverage chilling apparatus comprising a plurality of beverage conducting tubes sinuously arranged within a cast aluminum jacket. Interleaved between the beer conducting tubes are coolant conducting lines arranged in heat exchanging relation. The ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360670 | Under counter dispenser A dispenser for liquid consumables locates a store of the particular liquid at a location remote from the dispensing location. The dispensing location is typically located above a counter and may include a relatively narrow stem that brings a flexible liquid deliver... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356381 | Refrigerator operable to display an image and output a carbonated beverage A refrigerator having a housing supporting a display device. The housing is configured to support at least one drink supply container which can contain a drink syrup associated with a carbonated beverage. The refrigerator has an input device coupled to the drink sup... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354255 | Piston vibratory pump The present invention is an improved vibratory pumping mechanism that increases the efficiency of utilization of the vibratory motion within a mechanism. More specifically, the mechanism includes a central chamber within which a piston is oscillated to draw fluid in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340914 | Refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser having a retractable ledge A refrigerator having an ice and water dispenser that extends forwardly from the refrigerator door. The dispenser includes a retractable ledge to support a container, a sloped back wall to provide increased storage space in the door, a lighted target ring to facilit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337627 | Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop flu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337618 | Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop flu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334706 | Method and apparatus for cleansing a mixing device during a dispense A reconstituting device including a control system reconstitutes product concentrates. The reconstituting device is further able to pre-wet a mixing device of the dispense circuit, dispense the reconstituted product, and rinse the mixing device during a dispense int... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328818 | Portable bottled water dispenser The present invention provides a compact and short profile portable bottled beverage dispenser for gravitationally dispensing a liquid from an inverted standard sized bottle such as the 3- or 5-gallon bottles commonly used in the drinking water industry. In one embo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305847 | Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop flu... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302809 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a shaved ice discharger to discharge shaved ice produced within the refrigerator to an outside of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body having a freezing compartment defined therein, a freezing compartment door to open and close th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290682 | Dispensing system for blended frozen food compositions An apparatus for dispensing soft serve frozen food product, such as soft serve ice cream and the like, provides the ability to select the fat content or other characteristic of the ice cream dispensed from the machine. ... | 11/06/2007 |
