Title: Apparatus for preparing beverages

Abstract: A machine for preparing and dispensing artificial mineral water is disclosed, of the kind in which water is previously demineralized by fractional crystallization of ice, the improvement consisting in the provision of shower diffusion means for spreading the water to be demineralized onto the surface of the principal evaporator, water collecting means beneath the evaporator, chute means for collecting the ice as formed on the evaporator and for sending it to a container where the ice is melted and means to transfer at least a portion of the molten ice to a mineralizing and possibly to a carbonating device.

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Inventors: Pollastri, Livio (Pordenone, IT)
Tessarolo, Franco (Pordenone, IT)

Application Number: 443103
Filing Date: 1974-02-15
Publication_date: 1976-01-20
Assignee: Industrie A. Zanussi S.p.A. (Pordenone, IT)
Primary Class(es): 210/149 62/347, 210/248, 261/DIG7
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US Patent Ref:

2752230	Jun, 1956	Lindlay	210/181.
3045446	Jul, 1962	Thomas	62/347.
3220214	Nov, 1965	Cornelius	62/347.
3254501	Jun, 1966	Brysselbout	62/347.
3407621	Oct, 1968	Dedwcks et al.	62/347.
3454491	Jul, 1969	Colburn	210/149.
3499530	Mar, 1970	McKay	210/149.
3785492	Jan, 1974	Mazza	210/149.

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Primary Examiner: Granger, Theodore A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Holman & Stern