Patent ID: 6763675
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B67D,F25C,F25D

Abstract:
An apparatus for preparing, chilling and dispensing a beverage comprising:a plate comprised of a frozen plate material and having an outer plate surface and an inner plate surface, said plate arranged in a slope having a downward slope angle when the apparatus is oriented for use; a base block having a base block surface, said base block surface disposed so as to contact and support the inner plate surface; and a conduit having a conduit surface comprising a portion of the frozen plate material, said conduit so disposed within the plate so as to flow a beverage through the plate, and said conduit having a beverage entry disposed at the outer plate surface and having a beverage exit disposed at the outer plate surface, wherein said beverage entry is up-slope of said beverage exit, wherein a beverage flowed into the beverage entry directly contacts the frozen plate material disposed in the surface of the conduit, is chilled thereby and is flowed out the beverage exit.