Beverage dispensing system
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1. A beverage storage and dispensing system for dispensing fluids from a pressurized container and able to dispense said fluids at a near freezing temperature, comprising:
- (a) a refrigerator having an integral freezer and a storage compartment of sufficient size to contain at least one beverage reservoir,(b) a tower attached to the refrigerator adjacent to the freezer and extending outward from the refrigerator, said tower having an interior cavity of sufficient size to contain fluid lines and an ice strip,(c) at least one dispensing valve attached to the tower,(d) at least one fluid line connected to said at least one dispensing valve running through the tower and into the refrigerator and of sufficient size and length to be connected to at least one beverage reservoir within the refrigerator storage compartment, and(e) an ice strip immediately adjacent to the fluid lines and extending from within the interior cavity of the tower into the freezer in a manner which permits the artificial ice strip to be frozen by the freezer and to cool the at least one fluid lines in the tower.
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A beverage dispensing system is provided which utilizes a modified refrigerator/freezer unit, and a tower mounted on top of the refrigerator. Fluid lines run from pressurized bottles inside the refrigerator to dispensing valves mounted on the tower. Artificial ice extends from the freezer unit into the tower. The dispensing system utilizes the refrigerator section of the refrigerator/freezer to chill the beverage lines and reservoirs contained within the refrigerator, and the freezer section to chill the beverage lines extending into the tower.
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1. A beverage storage and dispensing system for dispensing fluids from a pressurized container and able to dispense said fluids at a near freezing temperature, comprising:
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(a) a refrigerator having an integral freezer and a storage compartment of sufficient size to contain at least one beverage reservoir, (b) a tower attached to the refrigerator adjacent to the freezer and extending outward from the refrigerator, said tower having an interior cavity of sufficient size to contain fluid lines and an ice strip, (c) at least one dispensing valve attached to the tower, (d) at least one fluid line connected to said at least one dispensing valve running through the tower and into the refrigerator and of sufficient size and length to be connected to at least one beverage reservoir within the refrigerator storage compartment, and (e) an ice strip immediately adjacent to the fluid lines and extending from within the interior cavity of the tower into the freezer in a manner which permits the artificial ice strip to be frozen by the freezer and to cool the at least one fluid lines in the tower. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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