Carbonated liquid refrigeration system
CA 2002505 C · Owner: Coca-Cola Company (The) · Inventors: Rudick, Arthur G.
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A separate refrigeration system in a conventional refrigerator for dispensing a chilled carbonated liquid such as water or a beverage from the front door of the refrigerator and is comprised of a refrigerator having a freezer compartment wherein there is located a condenser. The condenser is interconnected with a combined evaporator-carbonator unit located in the front door. The freezer compartment accordingly acts as a heat sink for the condenser. The evaporator unit being integral with the carbonator, operates to chill the carbonator. When desirable, the condenser and evaporator can be replaced by a liquid heat transfer system having a heat absorbing coil assembly located in the …
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- Filed November 8, 1989 and granted June 22, 1993. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 8, 2011.
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