Table top water dispenser having a refrigerator-cooled cold plate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8938987
SERIAL NO

13234789

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Applicants provide a portable, modular table top system for dispensing chilled carbonated water, chilled non-carbonated water, and ambient (non-chilled) non-carbonated water therefrom. The table top water dispenser includes a cold plate that is chilled by evaporation of a refrigerant, which is part of a cold plate cooling circuit, which includes a compressor and a condenser. A pump and a motor move non-carbonated water through the cold plate to a dispensing valve engaged therewith. The same motor and pump typically drive non-carbonated water through the cold plate, through the carbonator where it becomes carbonated, and through the cold plate again, and out a second dispensing valve. A third dispensing valve is engaged to the remote source of pressurized water and bypasses the cold plate and, also, typically the pump for dispensing from a third dispensing valve.

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CLELAND SALES CORPORATION11051 VIA EL MERCADO LOS ALAMITOS CA 90720

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Edwards, William Selma, US 41 391
Schroeder, A A “Jud” San Antonio, US 2 3

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