US PATENT SUBCLASS 222 / 129.1
.~ Cabinet-type dispenser for single mixed drinks

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222 /   HD   DISPENSING

129  DF  PLURAL SOURCES, COMPARTMENT, CONTAINERS AND/OR SPACED JACKET {11}
129.1.~ Cabinet-type dispenser for single mixed drinks {2}
129.2  DF  .~.~> One ingredient operates dispensing means for another
129.3  DF  .~.~> With ingredient charge measuring {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 222/129.1

(under subclass 129) Dispensers for supplying a mixed beverage, comprising a cabinet or counter associated installation, plural sources of supply for the ingredients of the beverage, and means for dispensing the constituent parts of a single drink and intermingling such parts, within the apparatus, either before or during discharge.

(1) Note. These subclasses are limited to drink mixers as an art collection, as distinguished from dispensers for other materials, since the special problems of temperature conditioning, sanitation, attractive housing and ingredient mixing led to the development of peculiar associations of subcombinational features which appear best classified together. As examples, patents included in this group

include claimed disclosures of heat exchange or cooling means (Classes 62 and 257), cabinet structures (Class 312) mixing nozzle means (Classes 137 and 299), and other fluid handling systems of the types classified in Class 137 and in later subclasses of Class 222.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

145, for dispensers having plural material sources in which the plural materials are dispensed from a single, common discharge outlet, but not having the cabinet or counter associated installation required for classification in this subclass.

146, for dispensers having heating or cooling means, and see the search notes to that subclass for other related search fields.

173+, for dispensers having supports, casings, etc., and see the search notes thereto. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

62, Refrigeration, appropriate subclasses, particularly

336, 338+ and 389+ (particularly subclass 390), and see the reference to Class 62 in the class definition, References to Other Classes, in this class (222).

99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,

275, for similar beverage making and mixing combinations including specific material treatment means, as carbonating or cooking.

137, Fluid Handling,

170.5+, for drink dispensing of the type involving foam control in handling gas charged liquids; subclass 263 for a tank or trap receiving flowable material from at least two tanks or compartments; subclass 268 for holders having a supply of solid, flaky or pulverized material to be dissolved or entrained; subclasses 571+ for fluid handling systems comprising serial flow tanks or compartments; subclasses 583+ for fluid handling systems having plural openings, one a gas vent or access opening; subclasses 602+ for fluid handling systems having multiple inlets and a single outlet, especially subclasses 888+ and 896+ for those with means for mixing or combining plural diverse fluids.

141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means,

174, for drink dispensers combined with cup dispensers, and subclasses 105+ for those having plural materials which are discharged through a common outlet.

165, Heat Exchange,

75, for a coil in an enclosure with a removable cover giving access to the space about the coil; and subclasses 140+ for a device providing heat exchange between three or more noncommunicating fluids. 239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate subclasses, especially

302+, 398+ and 549 for spray apparatus or nozzles which mix and then discharge plural materials.

312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses for cabinet structures not involving specific fluid dispensing means.

366, Agitating, for dispensers including mixed drink cabinet type dispensers having agitating means of the type classifiable in Class 366. The line between Classes 222 and 366 is set forth in Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class in the class definition of Class 366.