Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced heat transfer to water
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Application No.: US15004401Application Date: 2016-01-22
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Publication No.: US09987602B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Steven John Kuehl , Alexandre Azevedo , Nihat O. Cur , Alisson Costa DaSilva , Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona , Marcos Heinzle , Leandro Berno Lidio , Verne H. Myers
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
- Main IPC: B01F3/04
- IPC: B01F3/04 ; B67D1/08 ; B01F15/06 ; B67D1/04 ; F25D31/00 ; B67D1/00

Abstract:
A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160136593A1 ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER TO WATER Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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