US 12,304,799 B2
Beverage-dispensing appliance having a chilled carbonator
Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US); Danister Abeygunawardana, Jeffersonville, IN (US); Gregory Scott Carr, Louisville, KY (US); Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US); and Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,670.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108527 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); F25D 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0068 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0069 (2013.01); B67D 1/0857 (2013.01); F25D 1/02 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00104 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage-dispensing appliance comprising:
a carbonation tank defining a tank volume, a water inlet upstream from the tank volume, a carbon dioxide inlet upstream from the tank volume, and a carbonated water outlet downstream from the tank volume;
a carbonator jacket defining a jacket volume disposed about the carbonation tank;
a cold water line extending to the carbonator jacket in upstream fluid communication with the tank volume to direct a cold water flow to the tank volume; and
an ice bin spaced apart from the carbonation tank, the ice bin defining a drain aperture upstream from the cold water line to direct melt water thereto.