公开(公告)号：US09987602B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US15004401

申请日：2016-01-22

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Steven John Kuehl ,  Alexandre Azevedo ,  Nihat O. Cur ,  Alisson Costa DaSilva ,  Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona ,  Marcos Heinzle ,  Leandro Berno Lidio ,  Verne H. Myers

IPC: B01F3/04 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B01F15/06 ,  B67D1/04 ,  F25D31/00 ,  B67D1/00

CPC classification number: B01F3/04815 ,  B01F15/065 ,  B01F2015/061 ,  B67D1/0004 ,  B67D1/0014 ,  B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0057 ,  B67D1/0406 ,  B67D1/0857 ,  B67D1/0861 ,  F25D31/002

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.

公开(公告)号：US09272892B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-01

申请号：US13952693

申请日：2013-07-29

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Steven John Kuehl ,  Alexandre Azevedo ,  Nihat O. Cur ,  Alisson Costa Dasilva ,  Gustvo Lazzaris Debona ,  Marcos Heinzle ,  Leandro Berno Lidio ,  Verne H. Myers

IPC: F25D3/00 ,  B67D1/08 ,  F25D31/00 ,  B67D1/00

CPC classification number: B01F3/04815 ,  B01F15/065 ,  B01F2015/061 ,  B67D1/0004 ,  B67D1/0014 ,  B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0057 ,  B67D1/0406 ,  B67D1/0857 ,  B67D1/0861 ,  F25D31/002

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.

Abstract translation: 一种饮料分配装置，其包括罐，液体入口和流体分配系统，其包括分配流体导管，所述分配流体导管具有至少基本垂直地定向在所述罐的内部容积内的螺旋部分。 饮料分配装置还包括流体循环系统，该流体循环系统包括至少一个流体循环管道，该流体循环管道具有靠近罐的底部部分定位的入口部分和至少一个出口。 流体循环装置也包括在饮料分配装置中并且构造成将流体从罐的底部移动到流体循环管道。 所述至少一个出口构造成产生与分配流体导管配置的取向相切的流体流。 蒸发器线圈围绕罐的外侧壁表面的周边延伸并且被配置为使罐内的流体冷却。