Patent ID: 7363962
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B67D,F25D,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A cold plate for a beverage chilling apparatus comprising: a plurality of beverage conducting tubes each having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an intermediate portion constituting a sinuous pattern between said inlet end and said outlet end; a coolant heat exchanging unit comprising an inlet having a first inner diameter, a first Y-coupling connected to the inlet at a first stage, first and second upstream intermediate segments in fluid communication with first Y-coupling, said first and second upstream intermediate segments having an inner diameter less than the inlet inner diameter, a second Y-coupling connected to the first upstream intermediate segment at a second stage and a third Y-coupling connected to the second upstream intermediate segment at the second stage, four heat exchanging lines connected to respective outlets of the second and third Y-couplings and each heat exchanging line having an inner diameter less than the inner diameter of the first and second upstream intermediate segments, the four heat exchanging lines arranged in a heat exchanging relationship with the beverage conducting tubes at their respective intermediate portions, fourth and fifth Y-couplings connecting the four heat exchanging lines with first and second downstream intermediate segments, and a sixth Y-coupling connecting the first and second downstream intermediate segments with an outlet; a metal jacket encasing the beverage conducting tubes and the coolant heat exchanging unit between their respective inlets and outlets.