POSTMIX BEVERAGE DISPENSER AND A METHOD FOR MAKING A BEVERAGE DISPENSER

摘要

A beverage dispenser (10) provides uniformly chilled carbonated beverages during peak demand and off-peak demand. The dispenser includes a soda and syrup chiller (12), beverage dispensing heads (20) and an insulated tower (22) assembly between the chiller and the dispensing heads. The syrup and soda conduits from the cooler to the beverage dispensing heads are preassembled into a body (60) of foam insulation prior to assembly of the finished beverage dispenser. The modular dispenser comprises an ice chest assembly and a tower assembly which are easily mated to one another to provide a well insulated whole. The ice chest assembly has a body of foamed in place insulation protecting the syrup and the soda tubes and a top surface from which the tubes protrude. The tower assembly has a body of foamed in place insulation protecting syrup and soda conduits having connector receptacles (63) on their lower ends which receive the tubes from the ice chest assembly providing a well insulated whole. Bellows portions (37, 61) are provided in the syrup and soda conduits within the preassembled tower insulation allowing a certain amount of mismatch in connection to the tubes exiting the cooler.