Patent ID: 8459507

Claim:
A hot beverage dispensing device for heating and dispensing a beverage comprising a cabinet having a beverage storage area for storing a beverage to be heated; a hot beverage housing that is insulated from or separated from the beverage storage area; a flat plate heat exchanger disposed in the hot beverage housing; a heat exchange fluid reservoir for retaining and heating a heat exchange fluid; a heating element disposed within the heat exchange fluid reservoir for contact with and heating the heat exchange fluid to a desired temperature; a heat exchange fluid pump for circulating heated heat exchange fluid into the flat plate heat exchanger and from the flat plate heat exchanger back to the heat exchange fluid reservoir for further heating; a beverage pump for pumping beverage from the beverage storage area of said cabinet into the flat plate heat exchanger in the hot beverage housing, and for pumping heated beverage from the flat plate heat exchanger to a dispensing spigot; and a dispensing spigot in fluid communication with heated beverage that exits the flat plate heat exchanger.