Patent ID: 8152024
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispenser, comprising: a housing; a beverage dispensing valve on a front of said housing; a splash panel removably mounted on said housing front below said beverage valve; a drip tray removably mounted on said housing front beneath said beverage valve and said splash panel by releasable attaching means, such that said drip tray can be mounted on and dismounted from said housing while said splash panel remains mounted on said housing; wherein said releasable attaching means includes at least one member attached to a lower front portion of said dispenser below said splash plate and at least one latch attached to a rearward end of said drip tray, said at least one latch having at least one L-shaped slot opening at a rearward end of said at least one latch and adapted to receive said at least one member therein, such that said drip tray is detached from said dispenser by lifting said drip tray vertical relative to said dispenser and then pulling said drip tray forward away from said dispenser to move said at least one member through and out of said at least one slot, and such that said drip tray is reattached to said dispenser by moving said drip tray rearward and then vertically downward to move said at least one member into and through said at least one slot.