Patent ID: 6442960
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B67D,F25D

Abstract:
A gravity-feed chilled beverage dispenser based on a necked carboy having a percussive inner seal, characterized in that such means comprises means for support of the carboy (2) in inverted position on a striker (8) which has a passage (10) for discharge of the carboy (2) communicating with a coiled pipe (22) for conducting the beverage through a secondary exchanger (20) the heat transfer agent of which has previously been refrigerated in a primary exchanger (26) and which is delivered to the secondary exchanger (20) by means of a pump (36) activation of which is controlled by thermostatic means (38) for measurement of the temperature of the transfer agent in the secondary exchanger (20), the primary exchanger (22) having a heat source (42) for maintaining uninterrupted passage of the transfer agent inside the closed circuit connecting the primary (26) and secondary (20) exchangers to each other, even when the pump (36) is not in operation.