Abstract: A post-mix beverage dispenser of the type that dispenses beverage components in predetermined proportions on demand from a dispensing outlet is provided to dispense the actual beverage, and a visible display simulating a transparent display container having the beverage therein and comprising materials resistant to organic growth is arranged with respect to the dispensing outlet to effect the appearance that the display is the source of the dispensed beverage.

Abstract: A beverage dispenser provides a housing supporting a sealed transparent display bowl containing a permanent sterile and stable fluid simulating the color and texture of a beverage to be dispensed. A generally conventional post-mix system supplies pressurized water and beverage concentrate to a cylindrical mixing chamber that is closed at one axial end and has an outlet at the opposite end for dispensing the mixed beverage. The pressurized water and concentrate are directed chordally against each other within the mixing chamber such that they impinge and mix in a spiral flow around the cylindrical periphery of the mixing chamber in the general direction of the water and toward the outlet. The display bowl is mounted on the housing and is partially filled by a hollow spacer having a bottom opening. A refrigerator tower for cooling the water flowing therethrough prior to mixing is supported by the housing and extends upright through the bottom opening into the hollow spacer.