Complete soda system
CA 2113994 C · Owner: Lancer Corporation · Inventors: Brown, Samuel E.; Strohmeyer, Darwin L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The invention relates to a dispenser for ice and chilled beverages that is self-contained and capable of furnishing all the dispensing needs of any server. The dispenser includes an ice maker (34) a, bin (33) for storing ice, an ice dispenser (57) pumps (14-19) for, pumping product from a product source to a cooling mechanism (26), and a carbonator (21) interposed between a water source (23) CO2 source (24) and the cooling mechanism. Dispensing and mixing valves (39-44) receive carbonated water and product where the two are mixed and dispensed. The ice bin (33) includes a first auger (72) and ice mixer (73) powered by motor (77) and a second auger (71) which receives ice from the first …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 6, 1992 and granted June 23, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 6, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 6, 2014.
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