ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,282, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Marmon Foodservice Technologies Inc. (Osseo, Minn.).
"Drop-in beverage dispenser" was invented by Brian Mastro (Des Plaines, Ill.), Shishirdas Kasaragod Ravindran (Chicago) and Chris Coul (Geneva, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage dispenser includes a plurality of dispensing heads. A cold plates includes a plurality of fluid lines running therethrough. An ice bin is in thermal contact with the cold plate. A carbonator extends vertically from the cold plate with a lower end of the carbonator in thermal contact with the cold plate. A plurality of fluid lines extend from the cold plat...