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Postmix juice dispenser

  • US 5,842,603 A
  • Filed: 05/18/1995
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A postmix juice dispenser comprising:

  • (a) a dispenser housing;

    (b) an ice-water bath tank in said housing;

    (c) a refrigeration system in said housing including an evaporator coil located in said tank;

    (d) a package chamber for receiving and holding a plurality of separate juice concentrate packages, one in each of a plurality of separate package stations;

    (e) a door for providing access to said chamber for inserting into and/or removing concentrate packages from said chamber;

    (f) a plurality of separate concentrate pump drive motors mounted in said housing;

    (g) a plurality of separate drive shaft couplings, one connected to each of said motors, and mounted one in each of said package stations;

    (h) a water line in said housing including a water inlet line connected to a water cooling coil located in said ice-water bath tank, connected in turn to a separate water connection tube for each of said stations, each of said tubes terminating in a nipple located one in each of said stations;

    (i) a solenoid valve and a flow meter located one in each of said water connection tubes;

    (j) control means responsive to signals from each one of said flow meters for controlling the speed of the respective one of said motors, to provide the desired ratio of water to concentrate;

    (k) means, in heat exchange relationship with said ice-water bath tank, for cooling said chamber; and

    (l) means, in said housing, for automatically identifying the water to concentrate mixing ratio of the juice contained in a package inserted into any of said package stations.

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