Abstract: A beverage tower having a solid cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap/valve is built into the cold block and is integral and fused thereto, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The coolant lines within the cold block pass entirely around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. In particular, the entire valve stem and parts of the tap containing it are integral with and surrounded by the cold block. A method of construction is provided for an improved unitary integrated fused tapped cold block.

Abstract: A beverage tower having a solid cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap/valve is built into the cold block and is integral and fused thereto, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The coolant lines within the cold block pass entirely around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. In particular, the entire valve stem and parts of the tap containing it are integral with and surrounded by the cold block. A method of construction is provided for an improved unitary integrated fused tapped cold block.

Abstract: A beverage tower having a cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap/valve is built into the cold block, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The glycol lines within the cold block pass around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. Serpentine channels may further be used so that the beverage passing through the beverage supply channels has a longer run in contact with the conductive material of the cold block and more opportunity to reject heat. Various types of towers may benefit from the present invention: traditional, hand-operated, automated, multiple-tap, towers also otherwise cooled, decorative towers and so on.

Abstract: A beverage tower having a cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap/valve is built into the cold block, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The glycol lines within the cold block pass around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. Serpentine channels may further be used so that the beverage passing through the beverage supply channels has a longer run in contact with the conductive material of the cold block and more opportunity to reject heat. Various types of towers may benefit from the present invention: traditional, hand-operated, automated, multiple-tap, towers also otherwise cooled, decorative towers and so on.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a beverage tower of the type having a cold block with glycol recirculation, however, the traditional tap is actually built into the cold block, so as to keep the entire beer tap or other type of tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The glycol lines within the cold block are then arranged so as to pass around the tap in the cold block, resulting in a tap which remains cooled so long as the glycol recirculation system keeps the block cold. Serpentine channels may be used so that the beverage passing through the beverage supply channels has a longer run in contact with the conductive material of the cold block and thus more opportunity to reject heat thereinto.