Patents Assigned to Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
  • Apparatus for cooling fluids
    Patent number: 6412299
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes separable cold plate and dispenser units. The cold plate unit includes a coolant system, a fluid system and a metallic unit. The coolant system defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion. The cold plate portion of the coolant system has a primary inlet manifold and a primary outlet manifold, and the tower portion has a secondary inlet manifold and a secondary outlet manifold. The coolant system further includes a first plurality of coolant line segments connecting the primary and secondary inlet manifolds and a second plurality of coolant line segments connecting the secondary and primary outlet manifolds. The fluid system also defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion, the portions being in heat exchange relationship with the coolant system. The metallic unit includes unitary cold plate and tower portions which respectively incorporate the cold plate and tower portions of the coolant system and fluid system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Melvin D Kyees
  • Apparatus for cooling fluids
    Publication number: 20020078706
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes separable cold plate and dispenser units. The cold plate unit includes a coolant system, a fluid system and a metallic unit. The coolant system defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion. The cold plate portion of the coolant system has a primary inlet manifold and a primary outlet manifold, and the tower portion has a secondary inlet manifold and a secondary outlet manifold. The coolant system further includes a first plurality of coolant line segments connecting the primary and secondary inlet manifolds and a second plurality of coolant line segments connecting the secondary and primary outlet manifolds. The fluid system also defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion, the portions being in heat exchange relationship with the coolant system. The metallic unit includes unitary cold plate and tower portions which respectively incorporate the cold plate and tower portions of the coolant system and fluid system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Melvin D. Kyees
  • Low volume beverage dispenser
    Patent number: D462225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin D. Kyees, David C. Hobson, Jerry L. Landers, Richard K. Renken, Timothy B. Strandell