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Convertible beverage dispenser

CA 1338247 C · Owner: Credle, William S. Jr. · Inventors: Credle, William S. Jr.

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A low cost, multiflavor, compact, versatile convertible beverage dispenser that can be installed in any one of several different orientations so as to be able to fit in almost any available space. This dispenser can operate frontways or sideways and has a dispense module separable from a refrigeration module to go on top of a counter with the refrigerations module going below. The dispenser can use either figals or bag-in-box (with built-in syrup pumps) and can be easily modified to dispense different numbers of beverages.

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  • Granted April 16, 1996. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 16, 2013.
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FiledDecember 2, 1988
GrantedApril 16, 1996
Term endedApril 16, 2013
Patent numberCA 1338247 C
Classification (IPC)B67D1/06 +1 more

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198919921995199820012004200720102013Application filedDec 2, 1988Patent grantedApril 16, 1996Term endedApril 16, 2013

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