Patent ID: 11952259
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 7:
8. A beverage dispensing system configured to give the illusion it dispenses aquarium water, comprising:
(i) a plurality of supply containers, each configured to hold a respective beverage for dispensing;
(ii) an aquarium tank comprising a top, a bottom, and a sidewall extending between the top and bottom; wherein the sidewall comprises a front portion and a rear portion; and wherein the aquarium tank is liquid-tight for holding water;
(iii) a manually operable dispensing valve supported externally on the front portion of the sidewall of the aquarium tank; and,
(iv) an elongate conduit that extends through the rearward portion of the sidewall of the aquarium tank, traverses an interior region of the aquarium tank, and extends through the forward portion of the sidewall for fluid communication with the dispensing valve; wherein the elongate conduit and the dispensing valve together define a beverage flow line that is fluidically isolated from the interior of the aquarium tank and any aquarium water held therein; and
(v) a respective beverage supply line extending from each of the supply containers to an end of the elongate conduit that is distal from the dispensing valve, for fluidically coupling the beverage supply lines to the beverage flow line;
whereby, upon operating the dispensing valve, (a) a beverage held in one of the containers flows from such container, through the beverage supply and flow lines, and out of the dispensing valve, and (b) any aquarium water held in the aquarium tank remains undispensed therein.