Beverage dispenser
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1. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
- an outer shell having a top and bottom;
a water-resistant ice liner with a liner opening providing a hollow ice-holding space in a portion of and extending unobstructed from the top to the bottom of the outer shell;
an internal dual track assembly, each internal track of the internal dual track assembly comprising a descending and inclined ramp inside the outer shell and adjacent to the ice liner, wherein said ramp is shaped with multiple direction-reversing bends that avoids traversing the hollow ice-holding space; and
a beverage container open dispensing area at a bottom end of the internal dual track assembly; and
two rotatable rollers, one each located on the outer shell on opposite sides proximate the beverage container open dispensing area, and each coupled to one or more escapement holders such that turning either roller causes a beverage container to be moved into the beverage container open dispensing area.
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Abstract
A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverage containers includes an outer shell with an internal track that dispenses rolling beverage containers from the track and one or more internal ice liners that retain ice to keep the beverage containers chilled.
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1. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
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an outer shell having a top and bottom; a water-resistant ice liner with a liner opening providing a hollow ice-holding space in a portion of and extending unobstructed from the top to the bottom of the outer shell; an internal dual track assembly, each internal track of the internal dual track assembly comprising a descending and inclined ramp inside the outer shell and adjacent to the ice liner, wherein said ramp is shaped with multiple direction-reversing bends that avoids traversing the hollow ice-holding space; and a beverage container open dispensing area at a bottom end of the internal dual track assembly; and two rotatable rollers, one each located on the outer shell on opposite sides proximate the beverage container open dispensing area, and each coupled to one or more escapement holders such that turning either roller causes a beverage container to be moved into the beverage container open dispensing area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
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an outer shell having a top and bottom; a plurality of water-resistant ice liners, each with a liner opening providing a hollow ice-holding space in a portion of and extending unobstructed from the top to the bottom of the outer shell; an internal track assembly, comprising four tracks, each internal track of the internal track assembly comprising a descending and inclined ramp inside the outer shell and adjacent to the ice liners, wherein said ramp is shaped with multiple direction-reversing bends that avoids traversing the hollow ice-holding space and the four tracks arranged in a configuration comprising two sets of dual tracks with one track stacked on top of the other in each dual track set; and a beverage container open dispensing area at a bottom end of the internal four track assembly. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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