Patent ID: 6915925

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a housing including a refrigeration compartment and at least one door which allows access to the refrigeration compartment; a drink supply apparatus connected to the housing, the drink supply apparatus configured to removably hold a plurality of removable pressurizable drink supply containers, each of the pressurizable drink supply containers having a drink supply outlet valve and a gas inlet valve, wherein each of the pressurizable drink supply containers can contain a variable volume of drink syrup, and the drink syrup in each of the pressurizable drink supply containers can have a different flavor; at least one drink supply outlet valve actuator connected to the housing and operable to selectively actuate the drink supply outlet valves of the pressurizable drink supply containers; a water supply apparatus connected to the housing, the water supply apparatus including a carbonated water line, a carbonated water valve connected to the carbonated water line, a water dispenser connected to the carbonated water valve and at least one water valve actuator operable to actuate the carbonated water valve; a gas supply apparatus connected to the housing, the gas supply apparatus configured to hold at least one gas supply container which can contain a variable volume of carbon dioxide gas, the gas supply apparatus including: (a) at least one gas line in fluid communication with the at least one gas supply container, said gas line fluidly connected to the water supply apparatus, wherein the carbon dioxide gas of the gas supply container is used to produce carbonated water flowing through the carbonated water line of the water supply apparatus; and (b) at least one other gas line in fluid communication with the gas supply container, said at least one other gas line in fluid communication with the gas inlet valves of the drink supply containers, such that the carbon dioxide gas from the at least one gas supply container pressurizes the drink syrup in the drink supply containers; and a beverage dispensing apparatus supported by the housing and operable to dispense a plurality of servings of beverages into beverage collectors, each of the beverages having: (a) at least one of the drink syrups supplied by the drink supply apparatus; and (b) the carbonated water supplied by the carbonated water line.