BEVERAGE DISPENSER

• US 20190347891A1
• Filed: 07/23/2019
• Published: 11/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grupo Gallegos
• Original Assignee: Grupo Gallegos
• Inventors: Lucker, Paul, Chozas, Domingo, Escobar, Saul
• Granted Patent: US 10,685,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0409 the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation B65D83/0445 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/08222 Shape of the element
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/805 Cans
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/06 Movable containers
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/007 Bottles or cans
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/10 with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0071 Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a cold condition, e.g. ice and ice cream
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/105 Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage dispensers for food articles requiring a processing by temperature treatment or conditioning before they are ready for dispensing G07F17/0064

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.

Claims

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.

2. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer shell is constructed of at least one of styrene and metal.

3. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, where the outer shell comprises a beer keg-type shape.

4. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, further comprising:

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.

5. The beverage dispenser of claim 4, wherein the beverage container open dispensing area is configured to dispense beverage containers from the internal dual track assembly simultaneously based on turning either roller.

6. The beverage dispenser of claim 4, wherein the beverage container open dispensing area is configured to dispense beverage containers from the internal dual track assembly in an alternating manner from each track based on turning either roller.

7. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of water-resistant liners and liner openings providing a plurality of hollow ice-holding spaces.

8. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer shell is constructed of at least one of styrene and metal.

9. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein the dispenser is portable and includes one or more handles.

10. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein the internal dual track assembly has a capacity of 36 beverage containers.

11. A beverage dispenser, comprising:

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.

12. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the plurality of water resistant ice liners comprises four ice liners.

13. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the outer shell is constructed of at least one of styrene and metal.

14. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, where the outer shell comprises a beer keg-type shape.

15. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, further comprising:

at least two rotatable rollers, each located on the outer shell proximate the beverage container open dispensing area and each rotatable roller coupled to one or more escapement holders such that turning either roller causes at least one beverage container to be moved into the beverage container open dispensing area.

16. The beverage dispenser of claim 15, further comprising:

an upper roller and a lower roller located on each side of the outer shell proximate the beverage container open dispensing area and configured such that each upper and lower roller is coupled to one or more escapement holders and actuated by at least one of the at least two rotatable rollers.

17. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, further comprising:

at least two rotatable rollers, each located on the outer shell proximate the beverage container open dispensing area and each rotatable roller coupled to one or more escapement holders

an upper roller and a lower roller coupled through a system of gears to the one or more escapement holders and configured to be actuated by one of the at least two rotatable rollers.

18. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the beverage container open dispensing area is configured to dispense beverage containers from the internal track assembly simultaneously.

19. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the outer shell is constructed of at least one of styrene and metal.

20. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the dispenser is portable and includes one or more handles.

21. The beverage dispenser of claim 11, wherein the internal four track assembly has a capacity of 48 beverage containers.