Patent ID: 6766656
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B67D,F25D,G06Q

Abstract:
A beverage dispensing apparatus comprising:a refrigerator; a drink supplier mounted in the refrigerator, said drink supplier adapted to selectively dispense drink supply into a beverage collector from one of a plurality of drink supply canisters removably received by the drink supplier, each of the drink supply canisters having a drink supply discharge end; a water supplier mounted in the refrigerator adjacent to the drink supplier, said water supplier including a plurality of water rings connected to a carbonated water line and a non-carbonated water line each of the water rings defining a generally central aperture, a plurality of orifices formed in each of said water rings and disposed about the generally central aperture of each said ring, each of said water rings being positioned at or below the drink supply discharge end of one of the drink supply canisters, wherein said water supplier is adapted to selectively direct carbonated water from said carbonated water line and non-carbonated water from said non-carbonated water line through the orifices of one of said plurality of water rings into the beverage collector; and at least one beverage requester connected to the water supplier and the drink supplier, the beverage requester operable to cause drink supply to flow from at least one of the drink supply outlet valves, through air and through the generally central aperture of one of the water rings.