公开(公告)号：US20110162407A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-07

申请号：US12930733

申请日：2011-01-14

申请人： David B. Gist ,  Kyle B. Elsom ,  Gregory M. Billman ,  Nikolay Popov ,  Santhosh Kumar ,  Daniel C. Leaver

发明人： David B. Gist ,  Kyle B. Elsom ,  Gregory M. Billman ,  Nikolay Popov ,  Santhosh Kumar ,  Daniel C. Leaver

IPC分类号： F25D3/00 ,  F25C1/00

CPC分类号： F25D31/002 ,  A23G9/28 ,  A23G9/281 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25B2341/0661 ,  F25B2400/075

摘要： A frozen product dispenser is characterized by at least two product freeze barrels for receiving product therein and for freezing the product for dispensing, and a refrigeration system for chilling the at least two barrels. The refrigeration system has at least two evaporators for and heat transfer coupled to each barrel, separate and controllable expansion valves each having an outlet coupled to an inlet to an inlet to an associated one of the evaporators, at least two compressors having outlets coupled to inlets to the expansion valves and inlets coupled to outlets from the evaporators, and at least one condenser in fluid circuit between outlets from the compressors and inlets to the expansion valves. The refrigeration system is controllable to selectively operate one or more of the compressors and one or more of the expansion valves in accordance with the cooling requirements of the barrels to provide an improved turndown ratio for improvements in efficiency of operation of the refrigeration system in response to changing cooling load requirements of the product barrels.

摘要翻译： 冷冻产品分配器的特征在于至少两个用于接收产品的产品冷冻桶和用于冷冻用于分配的产品，以及用于冷冻至少两个桶的制冷系统。 制冷系统具有至少两个蒸发器，其传热耦合到每个筒体，分离和可控制的膨胀阀，每个蒸发器具有连接到相关联的一个蒸发器的入口的入口的出口，至少两个压缩机，其具有与入口相连的出口 连接到从蒸发器的出口耦合的膨胀阀和入口，以及在压缩机和进口到膨胀阀的出口之间的流体回路中的至少一个冷凝器。 制冷系统是可控制的，以根据桶的冷却要求选择性地操作一个或多个压缩机和一个或多个膨胀阀，以提供改进的调节比，以提高制冷系统的运行效率，以响应于 改变产品桶的冷却负荷要求。

公开(公告)号：US20110049190A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12806897

申请日：2010-08-24

申请人： E. Scott Sevcik ,  Dusan N. Ivancevic ,  Andrew J. Sanguinet ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski ,  Andrew J. Tobler ,  Peter S. Tinucci ,  Vincenzo DiFatta

发明人： E. Scott Sevcik ,  Dusan N. Ivancevic ,  Andrew J. Sanguinet ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski ,  Andrew J. Tobler ,  Peter S. Tinucci ,  Vincenzo DiFatta

IPC分类号： B67D7/08 ,  B67D7/62 ,  B67D7/58 ,  B23P19/04

CPC分类号： G01F13/005 ,  F25C5/187 ,  F25C5/20 ,  Y10T29/49826 ,  Y10T29/53

摘要： An improved undercounter ice dispenser is disclosed that has a multiple piece auger made in sections for moving ice from the dispenser bin to its ice chute. The auger ice chute invention includes a sensor to reduce ice jamming and to detect when the ice chute is filled or needs filling and works in conjunction with a paddle on the auger to help make the transition. Proportional size ice quantities may also be selected via an interface and auger control.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种改进的地下式冰机，其具有多个分段螺旋推运器，该部分用于将冰从分配器箱移动到其冰槽。 螺旋钻滑槽发明包括一个传感器，用于减少冰块堵塞并检测冰槽何时被填充或需要填充，并与螺旋钻上的桨叶一起工作以帮助进行过渡。 也可以通过界面和螺旋钻控制来选择比例尺寸的冰量。

公开(公告)号：US07669732B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-02

申请号：US11585611

申请日：2006-10-24

申请人： David Njaastad

发明人： David Njaastad

IPC分类号： B65G59/00

CPC分类号： A47F1/085

摘要： A cup lid dispenser is characterized by a cylindrical housing for containing a stack of relatively flexible cup lids in vertical orientation with a lip of the bottommost lid supported at points around its circumference on a plurality of shelves within and around a base of the dispenser at a lower end of the housing. The base has a forward opening that exposes just a front portion of the lip of only the bottommost lid of the stack for being gripped by a user. To dispense the bottommost lid, a user grips the exposed lip and pulls the lid downward to flex it away from the overlying stack and forward to move it off of the shelves and release it from the overlying stack of lids for downward movement into an underlying pocket in the base, with continued forward pulling of the lid then moving it through and out of a forward dispense opening from the base. Upon dispense of the bottommost lid, the stack gravitationally moves downward and the lip of the next lid up moves into the support shelves and into position for dispensing.

摘要翻译： 杯盖分配器的特征在于圆柱形壳体，用于容纳垂直取向的相对柔性的杯盖堆叠，最下面的盖子的唇缘在其周围的点周围支撑在分配器的基部内和周围的多个搁架上 外壳的下端。 基座具有仅暴露仅仅堆叠的最底部的盖的唇部的前部以便用户握住的向前开口。 为了分配最底部的盖子，用户握住暴露的唇缘并向下拉盖子以使其远离上覆的叠层并向前移动以将其从搁架移出并将其从覆盖的盖子堆叠中释放，以向下移动到下面的袋中 在基座中，继续向前拉动盖子，然后将其从基座移出并从正向分配开口离开。 在分配最底部的盖子时，堆重力向下移动，并且下一个盖子的唇部移动到支撑架中并进入分配位置。

公开(公告)号：US20090278024A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-12

申请号：US12387602

申请日：2009-05-05

申请人： Shaji K.V. ,  Nishant Kulkarni ,  Douglas Anderson

发明人： Shaji K.V. ,  Nishant Kulkarni ,  Douglas Anderson

IPC分类号： F16M13/00 ,  B67D5/62 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： F25C5/182 ,  B67D2210/00034

摘要： An adapter for mounting an icemaker on top of an ice bin of an ice and beverage dispenser has a lid mounted for both sliding movement and pivotal movement relative to the remainder of the adapter. The lid normally covers an inlet to the ice bin. To expose the ice bin inlet for visually inspection of the interior of the bin and/or to accommodate manual filling of the bin with ice, the lid is manually slid forward off of and then be rotated away from the bin inlet to fully expose the inlet. The lid at all times remains connected to the adapter so that it is not lost or exposed to unsanitary conditions.

摘要翻译： 用于将制冰机安装在冰和饮料分配器的冰箱的顶部上的适配器具有安装成相对于适配器的其余部分的滑动运动和枢转运动的盖子。 盖子通常覆盖冰箱的入口。 为了露出冰箱入口以目视检查垃圾桶的内部和/或容纳用冰手动填充垃圾箱，盖子被手动地向前滑离仓，然后从垃圾箱入口旋转以完全暴露入口 。 盖子始终保持连接到适配器，使其不会丢失或暴露在不卫生的环境中。

公开(公告)号：US20090114680A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-07

申请号：US12008307

申请日：2008-01-10

申请人： Graham Frederick Williams ,  Rodney John Adams ,  Gary Underwood

发明人： Graham Frederick Williams ,  Rodney John Adams ,  Gary Underwood

IPC分类号： B67D5/06

CPC分类号： B67D1/0084 ,  B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0044 ,  B67D1/07

摘要： This invention discloses dispensing post-mix beverages, and a manually operable valve assembly for mixing a concentrate such as a syrup or flavor with a diluent to form a post-mix beverage, such as a hand-held multi-product beverage dispense valve assembly for bar guns. The present invention reduces cross-contamination of dispensed beverages, completes draining of the beverage at the end of the dispense in a short time, and improves hygiene.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了分配后混合饮料，以及可手动操作的阀组件，用于将浓缩物如糖浆或风味剂与稀释剂混合以形成后混合饮料，例如手持式多产品饮料分配阀组件，用于 酒吧枪 本发明减少了分配的饮料的交叉污染，在短时间内完成了分配结束时饮料的排水，并改善了卫生。

公开(公告)号：US07415833B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-26

申请号：US11199529

申请日：2005-08-08

申请人： Daniel C. Leaver ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski

发明人： Daniel C. Leaver ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski

IPC分类号： F25C1/12

CPC分类号： F25C5/187 ,  F25B2700/11 ,  F25C1/12 ,  F25C2600/04

摘要： A control system for an icemaker for an ice/beverage dispenser is responsive to both a sensed level of ice in an ice bin of the dispenser and to a customer ice usage profile to operate the icemaker at such times as to build ice for the ice bin just before and in sufficient time and quantity to meet an anticipated demand for ice. The control system may be programmed manually or automatically through use of adaptive algorithms, with ice usage patterns that identify the days and times of day when demands for ice will occur, and the control system then operates the icemaker in accordance with such ice usage patterns.

摘要翻译： 用于冰/饮料分配器的制冰机的控制系统响应于在分配器的冰箱中感测到的冰水平以及客户冰使用曲线，以在制冰机构造冰的时间 正好在足够的时间和数量之间，以满足预期的冰需求。 可以通过使用自适应算法手动或自动地编程控制系统，具有识别当需要冰的日期和时间的冰使用模式，并且控制系统然后根据这种冰使用模式操作制冰机。

公开(公告)号：US20080128458A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-05

申请号：US11977240

申请日：2007-10-24

申请人： David K. Njaastad ,  Dusan N. Ivancevic ,  Daniel C. Leaver ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski ,  Bassey E. Duke

发明人： David K. Njaastad ,  Dusan N. Ivancevic ,  Daniel C. Leaver ,  Thaddeus M. Jablonski ,  Bassey E. Duke

IPC分类号： B67D5/08 ,  F25C1/00 ,  G04C23/00

CPC分类号： F25C5/187 ,  F25C5/24

摘要： An ice dispense system for an ice dispenser is characterized by a chute having an ice receiving upper end in communication with an ice bin outlet passage and an ice dispensing lower end. Beginning with the chute filled with ice and its lower end closed, to dispense a selected quantity of ice, the chute lower end is opened for one of a plurality of different time periods, where each individual time period of the plurality is of a duration to dispense from the chute an associated predetermined quantity of ice. In response to dispensing ice from the chute, an agitator in the bin is operated for one of a plurality of different time periods, where each individual time period of the plurality is of a duration to move through the bin outlet passage and into the upper end of the chute an amount of ice substantially equal to that dispensed. The ice dispensing system is provided with an improved user interface and user programmable features.

摘要翻译： 用于冰分配器的分配冰的系统的特征在于具有接冰上端与冰箱出口通道和冰分配下端连通的滑槽。 从充满冰的滑槽开始，其下端关闭，为了分配选定数量的冰，滑槽下端打开多个不同时间段中的一个，其中多个的每个单独时间段的持续时间为 从滑槽分配相关的预定量的冰。 响应于从滑槽分配冰，箱中的搅拌器操作多个不同时间段中的一个，其中多个的每个单独的时间段具有移动通过箱出口通道并进入上端的持续时间 滑槽的冰量基本上等于分配的冰量。 冰分配系统具有改进的用户界面和用户可编程特征。

公开(公告)号：US07320178B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-22

申请号：US10860950

申请日：2004-06-04

申请人： Matthew J. Kirby ,  Jose L. Rodriguez ,  Miguel Angel Herrera Bucio

发明人： Matthew J. Kirby ,  Jose L. Rodriguez ,  Miguel Angel Herrera Bucio

IPC分类号： B23P17/00 ,  C21D9/08

CPC分类号： F28D1/0477 ,  B22D19/0072 ,  F28D2021/0042 ,  F28F7/02 ,  F28F2275/02 ,  Y10S148/909 ,  Y10T29/4935 ,  Y10T29/49396

摘要： A standoff for a cold plate and a cold plate using the standoff are characterized by a coil pack consisting of a plurality of individual fluid conveying tubes formed into a coil pack having a desired configuration and held in place by a plurality of retaining wires. The standoffs are slidably attached to the retaining wires and each comprises an elongate body that is triangular in cross-section, has a bottom end, an apex end opposite from the bottom end and a longitudinal bore toward the bottom end and through which a retaining wire extends. The standoffs are made of aluminum and are of sufficient size to maintain their structural integrity during a casting process in which the coil pack is placed in a mold and molten aluminum is poured around the coil pack. The standoffs support the coil pack above a lower surface of the mold and have a height between their base ends and apexes selected to create a desired thickness of cast aluminum material between the coil pack and an exterior surfaces of the finished cold plate.

摘要翻译： 使用间隔件的冷板和冷板的间隔的特征在于由多个单独的流体输送管组成的线圈组，所述多个单独的流体输送管形成为具有期望的构造并由多个保持线保持就位的线圈组。 支座可滑动地附接到保持线，并且每个包括细长主体，其横截面为三角形，具有底端，与底端相对的顶端和朝向底端的纵向孔，并且保持线 延伸。 支座由铝制成，并且具有足够的尺寸以在铸造过程中保持其结构完整性，其中线圈组放置在模具中，并且熔融的铝被倒入线圈组中。 支架将线圈组件支撑在模具的下表面之上，并且在它们的基端和顶点之间具有高度，其被选择成在线圈组和成品冷板的外表面之间产生所需的铸铝材料厚度。

公开(公告)号：US20060042298A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US11259574

申请日：2005-10-26

申请人： Kyle Elsom ,  Thaddeus Jablonski ,  Daniel Leaver ,  Michael Zizas ,  Donald Wiley

发明人： Kyle Elsom ,  Thaddeus Jablonski ,  Daniel Leaver ,  Michael Zizas ,  Donald Wiley

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  B67D5/62 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： A23G9/045 ,  B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0057 ,  B67D1/0058 ,  B67D1/0859 ,  B67D1/0861 ,  B67D1/0862 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  F25C1/12 ,  F25C5/10 ,  F25C5/187 ,  F25C2400/14 ,  F25C2600/04 ,  F25C2700/02

摘要： An ice/beverage dispenser is characterized by an ice/beverage dispensing machine having an integral ice making capacity. An icemaker of the dispenser and the ice and beverage dispensing portion share an evaporator that that is utilized both for chilling beverage water for dispensing and for making ice. The evaporator is efficiently utilized in that one side of it is used for making ice and both sides of it are used for chilling water. The present invention uses a processor based control circuit that operates the refrigeration system between ice-making and water chilling modes in such manner as to ensure that cold beverages will always be served. The ice/beverage dispenser also includes a system for quickly combining and separating the ice making and beverage dispensing water supply, water drain and electrical functions.

摘要翻译： 冰/饮料分配器的特征在于具有整体制冰能力的冰/饮料分配机。 分配器和冰饮料分配部分的制冰机共享一个蒸发器，该蒸发器用于冷却用于分配和制冰的饮料水。 蒸发器被有效地利用，其一侧用于制冰，其两侧用于冷却水。 本发明使用基于处理器的控制电路，其以制冰和冷水模式之间操作制冷系统，以便确保始终服务冷饮料。 冰/饮料分配器还包括用于快速组合和分离制冰和饮料分配供水，排水和电气功能的系统。

公开(公告)号：US6145803A

公开(公告)日：2000-11-14

申请号：US17039

申请日：1998-02-02

申请人： Kenneth J. Emody ,  Dusan Ivancevic

发明人： Kenneth J. Emody ,  Dusan Ivancevic

IPC分类号： B67D1/00 ,  F16M7/00 ,  F25C5/00 ,  F16M11/00

CPC分类号： F16M7/00 ,  F25C5/007 ,  B67D2210/00028

摘要： An ice dispensing machine includes a housing defining an ice retaining bin. The bin includes an auger/dispensing wheel releasably secured to a shaft of a motor, the shaft extending through one sidewall of the ice bin. A motor mounting panel is secured to the opposite side of the sidewall and includes a plurality of keyway slots having a key receiving hole on one end and a narrower slot portion. The motor includes a similar plurality of keys extending therefrom. A further motor retaining plate is secured to the sidewall and includes two holes. A U-shaped motor retaining rod is threaded on one end and unthreaded on the other. In operation, the plurality of motor keys are aligned with the keyways and inserted into the hole ends thereof, after which the motor is rotated so that the keys are locked and retained in the narrower slot portions. The U-shaped rod is mounted around the cylindrical exterior of the motor housing whereby the two ends thereof are inserted into and through the corresponding two holes of the second motor mounting bracket. A wing nut is secured to the threaded end of the U-shaped rod and tightened thereby pulling the motor against the second motor mount bracket and securing it there to. The non threaded end is of sufficient length to simply extend through its corresponding hole so as to prevent any rotation of the U-shaped bracket.

摘要翻译： 冰分配机包括限定冰块的壳体。 垃圾箱包括可释放地固定到电动机的轴的螺旋推送轮，该轴延伸穿过冰箱的一个侧壁。 电动机安装面板固定在侧壁的相反侧，并且包括多个键槽，其一端具有一个键接收孔，一个较窄的槽部分。 马达包括从其延伸的类似的多个键。 另一个电动机保持板固定到侧壁并且包括两个孔。 U形电机固定杆的一端是螺纹，另一端是螺纹的。 在操作中，多个电动机键与键槽对齐并插入其孔端，之后电动机旋转，使得键被锁定并保持在较窄的狭槽部分中。 U形杆安装在电动机壳体的圆柱形外部周围，由此其两端插入并穿过第二电动机安装支架的相应的两个孔。 翼形螺母固定在U形杆的螺纹端并拧紧，从而将电动机拉向第二电动机安装支架并固定在其上。 非螺纹端部具有足够的长度以简单地延伸通过其相应的孔，以防止U形支架的任何旋转。