Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444831 | Method and apparatus for cooling beverages A beverage cooling container comprising a container body comprising a floor and a wall; a water level limiter, for limiting a water level in the contained area to a water level limit positioned between the floor and the filling opening, the water level limit definin... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7367480 | Drink supply canister having a self-closing pressurization valve operable to receive a pressurization pin A drink supply canister for beverage dispensing apparatus for a residential refrigerator. The beverage dispensing apparatus includes a drink supplier including a drink supply canister holder for holding a plurality of the drink supply canisters, and a plurality of v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7281392 | Beverage-cooling device A beverage-cooling device includes a refrigeration unit, a position unit and a switch unit. The refrigeration unit has a housing with a cavity formed therein and a tube disposed inside the cavity. The tube has an inlet and an outlet both secured to the housing, and ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7166139 | Compact steam reformer A reformer which enables rapid load changes of up to 100% within a few seconds and is intended to produce hydrogen from hydrocarbons by steam reformation, comprises an evaporator cooler for cooling the reformate and for generating steam. The evaporator cooler is dis... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146818 | Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit into the cooling chamber, freezes the cooling fluid into a frozen co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140420 | Thermal management apparatus and uses thereof In one aspect, the present invention is a cooling assembly for an electrical component. The assembly includes a non-magnetic, thermally conducting spreader substrate, and at least one serpentine cooling tube disposed on and in thermal contact with the thermally cond... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6966176 | System and fabrication method for actively cooling high performance components The present invention is directed toward a coolant system and method for fabricating a coolant system for actively cooling high performance components utilizing a plurality of feed channels that receive coolant from a manifold through coolant feed tubes and supply c... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6438989 | Juice dispenser with removable cooled cabinet A juice dispenser is shown that includes a water bath tank, a mechanical refrigeration system and a beverage containing cabinet. These three primary components are designed to be separable modular units that are easily assembled together and disassembled.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434967 | Process for forming copper containing components providing water effluent with lowered copper concentrations A process for annealing copper or copper-containing components, such as copper tubing, and/or for selecting copper with an appropriate grain size, such that potable water in contact with the properly treated and/or selected copper, has substantially decre... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6230513 | Water cooler and dispenser A semi-portable water cooler suitable for outdoor use on a sports playing field includes a thermally insulated container supplied with water such as from a municipal water supply by way of a feeder hose. A spiraled water conduit tube is emplaced within th... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6158235 | Evaporator coil A component configuration for enhancing the serviceability of a dispenser includes a platform positionable on the housing of the dispenser. A refrigeration unit mounts at a center and rear portions of the platform. An electronic control is disposed within... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6105825 | Ice-cooled server An ice-cooled server installed on a drink container has an outer shell body having a truncated-cone shaped step bottom portion. A spiraled cooling pipe is fixedly set in a refrigerant receiver which is fixedly set inside of the outer shell body. A dispens... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098418 | Apparatus for cooling fluids An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes at least one fluid system comprising at least one fluid line, and a metallic unit. The fluid system is arranged in the shape of a concavely depressed coil with a top and a bottom. At the bottom of the c... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5974825 | Beverage dispenser with enhanced cooling efficiency A beverage dispenser includes a product source, a housing that defines a cooling chamber and has dispensing valves mounted thereon, helically-shaped product lines for communicating product from the product source to the dispensing valves, a water line pos... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5715700 | Round drink dispenser A round post-mix beverage dispenser includes a cylindrical carbonator, still water conduits for supplying water to be carbonated, and carbonated water output coils in the form of circular courses of tubing which surround the carbonator tank in a surroundi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5553463 | Efficiency directed evaporative type supplement condensing system for high ambient refrigeration operation The insertion of a specifically designed evaporative cooled supplemental condenser in a refrigeration system, working in operative relation with the air cooled condenser of the system, enhances the system operation. The objective of this evaporative type ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5415002 | Thermal exchanger for beverages Thermal Exchanger for Beverages is a reusable, attachable cover for a cup type or can type beverage container. The container's contents can be almost any kind of beverage. The contents in the beverage container can be at room temperature or even hot. The ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5297397 | Efficiency directed supplemental condensing for high ambient refrigeration operation The insertion of a specifically designed liquid cooled supplemental condenser in a refrigeration system, working in operative relation with the air cooled condenser of the system, enhances the system operation. The objective of this supplemental condenser... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5282561 | Portable beverage dispenser A beer dispenser for use without electric power facilities. The dispenser includes a thermally insulated cabinet for receiving a beer barrel. The cabinet has an opening in the front provided with an insulated door through which the barrel is inserted. An ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5249710 | Beverage dispenser having cold plate with evaporative cooling An ice cooled beverage dispensing apparatus including an L-shaped cold plate having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The cold plate includes a plurality of beverage lines extending therethrough and, in particular, extending vertically through ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5129552 | Multi-purpose keg tapper A multi-purpose, generally cylindrical, multi-compartmented device for disposition and support by the upper portions of a beer keg such that beer may be dispensed therefrom. The various compartments provide the space for the tapping, cooling and gas conta... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5101637 | Refrigerant recovery device A lightweight, portable, unmotorized apparatus for recovering condensable halocarbons is described. The device is comprised of two containers. The first container, which is substantially cryogenic, is adapted to hold refrigerant; this container is compris... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5079927 | Beer cooling apparatus A method and apparatus is provided for dispensing beer from a keg without excess foaming wherein the keg and beer temperatures and fluid pressures are controlled such that beer is dispensed at predetermined temperatures at substantially atmospheric pressu... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5063751 | Apparatus for refrigerating drinking water An apparatus for cooling drinking water in combination with a conventional refrigeration system of a type including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. A container having insulated walls and a sealed chamber is provided and has the evaporator the... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5031831 | Device for cooling potable liquids A device is disclosed herein which will cool potable liquids by running the material through capillary tubes which themselves are cooled by various cooling materials. As a result, by the time the liquid is sipped from the straw and through the wound capil... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5004046 | Heat exchange method and apparatus A compact and efficient heat exchanger is defined by three coaxial tubes, the intermediate tube being spirally fluted and in intimate contact with inner and outer tubes. The resulting three walled tubular structure defines a spiral vent passage and double... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4979647 | Method and apparatus for cooling and dispensing beverage A beverage cooling, carbonating and dispensing apparatus has a refrigerator cabinet having a cold air cooling chamber, a cold beverage reservoir and carbonator in the cooling chamber, an outlet from the reservoir to a dispensing valve, and a spring-like h... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4949552 | Cooling system for remotely dispensed beverages A refrigeration unit and a glycol unit are integrated to provide a cooling system for beer being delivered through a line run to dispensing stations remote from the beer storage cooler. A chiller coil of the glycol unit is coaxial within the evaporator co... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4888961 | Cold plate apparatus A cold plate apparatus for use as a part of a beverage dispensing machine with an ice storage container. The apparatus is designed to be placed in the bottom of the ice storage container where ice may reside on the top surface of the apparatus. The appara... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4860923 | Postmix juice dispensing system A postmix juice dispensing system for reconstituting and dispensing pliable 5+1 orange juice at freezer temperatures of from about -10° F. to 0° F., including a pressurizable canister for pressurizing concentrate in a flexible bag and for forcing the co... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4841741 | Liquid coolers A fluid cooler comprises a housing, a chamber located in the housing, a conduit for the fluid to be cooled and a float controlled valve for controlling the flow of liquid refrigerant into the chamber.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4754609 | High efficiency method and apparatus for making and dispensing cold carbonated water A method of and apparatus for making, cooling and dispensing carbonated water or beverage wherein the method has the steps of providing a single supply of condensed refrigerant, discretely routing a first portion of the refrigerant to a precooler and prec... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4730463 | Beverage dispenser cooling system A beverage dispensing system further cools the beverage where it is dispensed at a considerable distance from the beverage storage container. The beverage conduit between the storage and dispensing sites is carried in a bundle located within an insulated ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4676400 | Liquid dispensing system A method and apparatus for dispensing beverages permit the use of water as a coolant and utilize parasitic cooling from a walk-in cooler. At least one supply tube for a beverage leads from a container for that beverage through a cooling manifold to a disp... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4651538 | Beverage cooler having a cold plate and plastic ice bin A beverage cooler has a cold plate and a plastic ice cube bin secured to the cold plate by an adaptor which is permanently adjoined to plastic walls of the hopper. The adaptor has a tongue, a plate arm which fits into a rabbet on the cold plate, a foam fl... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4617807 | Involute coil cold plate An improved cold plate (10) is disclosed for use in cooling carbonated water and syrup which is mixed to form a beverage. The cooling coil (10) employs a plurality of involute carbonated water cooling coils (12-16) formed of tubing through which is flowed... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4599872 | Pour through beverage chiller Cooling beverages by the addition of ice cubes, dilutes the beverage as the ice melts. The present device comprises an insulated container having a low freezing temperature material such as a liquid or semi-liquid, sealed therein. A pouring funnel is prov... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4437319 | Beverage dispensing device A beverage cooling device which mounts on top of a cabinet so that a warm beverage, such as beer carried in a keg is cooled prior to flowing out of a faucet. The apparatus includes a cylindrical container having an evaporator coil positioned closely adjac... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4407356 | Portable quick chilling and heating appliance A portable appliance for quick chilling and heating of fluids, such as beverages, without dilution. The appliance comprises a pour-through, gravity operated heat exchanger, an intake reservoir connected to its upper end, and a discharge tap connected to i... | 10/04/1983 |
