Patent ID: 7743624

Claim:
In combination, a beverage dispense font and a beverage dispense system comprising: a housing having a central opening and an interior cavity defined by an inner surface; a base secured to said housing; an interior shell having a portion thereof placed inside said housing, and said interior shell having an exposed exterior face and an exterior cavity formed on the exterior face; cooling means including at least one cooling line routed through said interior cavity and placed in a heat exchange relationship with said housing in order to cool said housing; a portable cooling unit connected to said cooling line wherein a coolant circulates through said cooling line from said portable cooling unit; a dispense reservoir placed adjacent to said housing and having a portion thereof disposed in said exterior cavity; a beverage supply line providing a supply of beverage to said dispense reservoir; a tap placed in fluid communication with said dispense reservoir; a tap handle for operating said tap to selectively dispense a beverage from said tap; a cooling system placed in heat exchange relationship with said beverage supply line for cooling a beverage in the supply line, said cooling system comprising at least one heat exchanger enabling heat transfer from said beverage supply line to a coolant supply incorporated in said cooling system.