WO1990009954A1 - Drinks dispenser for motor vehicles - Google Patents

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WO1990009954A1
WO1990009954A1 PCT/IT1989/000042 IT8900042W WO9009954A1 WO 1990009954 A1 WO1990009954 A1 WO 1990009954A1 IT 8900042 W IT8900042 W IT 8900042W WO 9009954 A1 WO9009954 A1 WO 9009954A1
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Giorgio Frazzoni
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/005—Portable or compact beverage making apparatus, e.g. for travelling, for use in automotive vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/40—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea
    • A47J31/401—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea whereby the powder ingredients and the water are delivered to a mixing bowl
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
    • B60N3/18—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of drinking-water or other beverage dispensing devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0009—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with cooling arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0022—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with heating arrangements

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  • Subject of the invention is a drinks dispensing apparatus for mot'or vehicles comprising one or more devices, each in turn comprising a container for the beverage, means for cooling or heating said beverage and semi-automatic means for running off the required quantity.
  • the means for cooling the beverage consist of a metal block in contact with the beverage container into which block are fitted a number of parallel fins forming channels be ⁇ tween them, air being blown by a fan through said channels.
  • the means for heating the beverage consist of electric ele ⁇ ments placed inside a metal block which lies close against the beverage container.
  • Said metal block can be the same one as that on which the fins are mounted and subjected to the draught created by the fan when the beverage is to be chilled.
  • the semi-automatic means for running off the drink consist of a valve on the bottom of the container, which valve can be opemed at will by pressing a lever against the resistance set up by the weight of the liquid, it being possible to exert pressure on said lever by the fingers or by the cup itself into which the beverage will flow.
  • an electronic circuit connected to means for reading emperatures, turns off the fan or the heating elements and turns them on again as soon as temp ⁇ erature of the beverage is no longer at the set value.
  • the temperature reading means are probes placed inside the metal blocks in contact with the beverage containers , their purpose being to ensure that the liquid is warmed by the heating elements or chilled by air from the fan.
  • the apparatus also comprises a dispenser of piled up paper cups kept under pressure by a spring. When a cup project ⁇ ing upwards from the dispenser is taken out, the spring causes another cup to rise in its place. Said cup dispen- ser is associated to one or other of the containers or, in any case, to the main body of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus preferably comprises two beverage dispensing containers placed side by side, one larger than the other so that, for example, the larger container can be used to dispense a suitable quantity of a longer drink and the smal ⁇ ler container for a smaller quantity of a short drink.
  • the apparatus can be filled up with the right amounts of the preferred beverages according to need.
  • a single fan can cool both metal blocks , respectively in contact with the two adjacent beverage containers, by means of a device for directing the draught of air, said device being moveable as required over one or other of the entry points for cooling air on said metal blocks.
  • Said device can be worked from outside the apparatus by a knob or other suitable means.
  • hot or cold drinks can be taken from the dispenser as pre- ferred, at the desired temperature and quantity.
  • the apparatus By switching on the heating or cooling means according to whether the drink is to be hot or cold, the apparatus will function automatically keeping temperatures to those set.
  • Fig. 1 Perspective view of the apparatus.
  • Fig. 2 Partial internal perspective of the apparatus with ⁇ out the beverage containers.
  • Fig. 3 Detail of the dispensing valve.
  • Fig. 4 Partial internal perspective of the apparatus with ⁇ out the beverage containers show the cooling fan.
  • the dispensing apparatus 10 comprises a box-like parallele ⁇ piped body 11 which can be mounted, by a hooking arrangement not shown for simplicity in the figures, at various posi- tions inside the motor vehicle according to its shape and to user convenience.
  • dispenser 16 is larger than dispenser 15 and its container can hold a greater quantity of beverage.
  • Dispenser 15 is formed of a substantially parallelepiped metal block 20 whose front surface 21 is curved to fit close against the cylindrical drink container 22 of equivalent curvature .
  • Said container can be filled to its top lid 23 while its base 24 is tapered with a central hole 17 to allow the bev ⁇ erage to run out.
  • Said hole 17 has a dispensing device 18 comprising the closing sphere 46 onto which presses the tip 30 of a lever 25 moving at its articulation 26 on the bracket 27 fixed to the container 22 (Fig. 3).
  • Said lever 25 comprises an arm 31 that fits into the groove 32 of a bar 33 with articulation 28 in the bracket 27 al ⁇ ready described. The corner 29 of bar 33 presses against the tapered surface of the base 24 of container 22.
  • Dispenser 16 comprises a substantially parallelepiped metal block 50 whose front surface is so curved as to lie close against the cylindrical beverage container 52.
  • Beverage dispensing is procured by a device 19 , substan ial ⁇ ly the same as device 18 already described mounted onto device 15,and comprising the operating bar 55.
  • the beverage 77 flows down into it as explained in the case of dispenser 15.
  • the container 52 is filled from above and closed with the lid 56.
  • the package 66 of electric heating elements is housed in the space 65 made in the metal body 50.
  • a structure 43 is placed at the top of the unit formed by metal block 20 and metal block 50, said structure carrying the electric motor 44 onto whose shaft 45 the fan 37 with its vanes 38 is mounted (Figure 4).
  • At the top of said structure 43 there are apertures 63 through which, when the fan 37 is working, air passes inside and in ⁇ to the channels 36 formed between fins 35 of the block 20, or into the channels 61 formed between fins 60 of the block 50, according to the position given to the horizontal plate 80 ( Figure 4).
  • the front longitudinal edge of said plate consists of teeth 81 into which fit the teeth of crown wheel 82 mounted at the base of the shaft 83.
  • Said shaft has a knurled knob 84 mounted at its upper end.
  • the plate 80 By turning said knob to the right or left the plate 80, as shown in Figure 4, can be moved to close entry to channels 61, or else entry to channels 36.
  • air blown by the fan passes into chan ⁇ nels 61 and cools block 50 together with container 52, while in the second case air passes into channels 36 so cooling block 20 and therefore container 22.
  • the electronic circuit 70 controls the entire dispensing apparatus, current reaching it along the wire 71 with plug 72 that can be plugged into the socket for cigarette• 1ighters in any motor vehicle .
  • the switch 90 for operating the fan motor, switch 91 for turning the heating elements 42 in block 20 on and off, switch 92 for turning the heating elements 66 in block 50 on and off, and the grating 64 through which cooling air enters the appratus.
  • the dispensing means 96 is held against the cylindrical container 52, said means dispensing a pile 97 of paper cups 98 kept under pressure by the disc-shaped slider 99 continuously thrust upwards by the compression spring '101 on the bottom 102 of said dispenser 96.
  • the disc 99 is held in position by cylindrical sides 100.
  • the last of the pile 97 of cups 98 is held firm on the upper edge 103 of the dispenser 96 by a pair of clips 105 fixed to the side of the device at 106.
  • the edge 104 of the top cup 98 presses against said clips.
  • thermostats 93, 94 for regulating temperature of the two blocks 20, 50 and therefore of the beverages in con ⁇ tainers 22, 52.
  • the probes 48, 49, inserted respectively inside blocks 20 and 50, are connected to the electronic circuit 70 which, according to how the thermostats 93, 94 are set, bring the beverages to the desired temperature and keep them at that temperature .
  • the coffee thermostat 93 Having mounted the dispenser apparatus inside the motor ve hicle and having filled container 22 of dispenser 15 and container 52 of dispenser 16 with beverages such as coffee 76 in container 15 and Coca-cola 77 in container 16, in or der to heat the coffee thermostat 93 must be set to the re quired temperature and the heating elements 42 turned on by means of switch 91.
  • theremostat 94 must be set to the required temperatu and the horizontal plate 80 must be moved by knob 84 onto block 20 leaving the channels 61 between fins 60 on block 50 open at the top, after which the fan motor is started b means of switch 90.
  • the electronic circuit 70 turns off the fan motor when pro 48 indicates that the metal block 50 is cold and therefore when the beverage in container 52 has been duly chilled. Similarly the above electronic circuit will switch off th heating elements 42 when the probe 49 signals that block has reached the required temperature.

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Abstract

Apparatus (10) for dispensing drinks (76, 77) in motor vehicles comprising two devices (15, 16) of different sizes each composed of a container (22, 52) of beverages (76, 77), of means for cooling or heating said beverages consisting of a metal block (20, 50) in contact with the container (22, 52) of the beverage (76, 77) and provided both with fins (35, 60) subjected to the effect of air generated by a fan, and with electric heating elements, the fan being made to function if it is desired to chill the beverage (76, 77), or the electric heating elements being turned on if it is desired to heat the beverage (76, 77), as well as with means (18, 19) for semi-automatically drawing off the beverage (76, 77) by pressing a lever (33, 55) placed there for the purpose, even directly with the cup (54) taken from a dispenser (96) associated to one or other of the containers (22, 52) of the apparatus (10).

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DRINKS DISPENSER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
Subject of the invention is a drinks dispensing apparatus for mot'or vehicles comprising one or more devices, each in turn comprising a container for the beverage, means for cooling or heating said beverage and semi-automatic means for running off the required quantity.
The means for cooling the beverage consist of a metal block in contact with the beverage container into which block are fitted a number of parallel fins forming channels be~ tween them, air being blown by a fan through said channels.
The means for heating the beverage consist of electric ele¬ ments placed inside a metal block which lies close against the beverage container.
Said metal block can be the same one as that on which the fins are mounted and subjected to the draught created by the fan when the beverage is to be chilled.
The semi-automatic means for running off the drink consist of a valve on the bottom of the container, which valve can be opemed at will by pressing a lever against the resistance set up by the weight of the liquid, it being possible to exert pressure on said lever by the fingers or by the cup itself into which the beverage will flow.
On reaching the degree of heat or cold set by adjusting the thermostats provided, an electronic circuit, connected to means for reading emperatures, turns off the fan or the heating elements and turns them on again as soon as temp¬ erature of the beverage is no longer at the set value.
The temperature reading means are probes placed inside the metal blocks in contact with the beverage containers , their purpose being to ensure that the liquid is warmed by the heating elements or chilled by air from the fan. The apparatus also comprises a dispenser of piled up paper cups kept under pressure by a spring. When a cup project¬ ing upwards from the dispenser is taken out, the spring causes another cup to rise in its place. Said cup dispen- ser is associated to one or other of the containers or, in any case, to the main body of the apparatus.
The apparatus preferably comprises two beverage dispensing containers placed side by side, one larger than the other so that, for example, the larger container can be used to dispense a suitable quantity of a longer drink and the smal¬ ler container for a smaller quantity of a short drink.
In this way the apparatus can be filled up with the right amounts of the preferred beverages according to need.
In one advantageous execution a single fan can cool both metal blocks , respectively in contact with the two adjacent beverage containers, by means of a device for directing the draught of air, said device being moveable as required over one or other of the entry points for cooling air on said metal blocks. Said device can be worked from outside the apparatus by a knob or other suitable means.
The advantages of the apparatus are evident.
At any time when the motor vehicle is moving or stationary, hot or cold drinks can be taken from the dispenser as pre- ferred, at the desired temperature and quantity.
By switching on the heating or cooling means according to whether the drink is to be hot or cold, the apparatus will function automatically keeping temperatures to those set.
Users can thus be refreshed and solaced to their great sat- isfaction and wellbeing especially in trying situations such as long journeys, if waiting in queues, under the sun or in adverse weather conditions of any kind. Characteristics and purposes of the invention will be made even clearer by the following example of its execution il¬ lustrated by diagrammatic drawings. Example of execution
Fig. 1 Perspective view of the apparatus.
Fig. 2 Partial internal perspective of the apparatus with¬ out the beverage containers. Fig. 3 Detail of the dispensing valve. Fig. 4 Partial internal perspective of the apparatus with¬ out the beverage containers show the cooling fan.
The dispensing apparatus 10 comprises a box-like parallele¬ piped body 11 which can be mounted, by a hooking arrangement not shown for simplicity in the figures, at various posi- tions inside the motor vehicle according to its shape and to user convenience.
The substantially similar dispensers 15 and 16 are fitted into the recesses 13 and 14 on the front panel 12 of the body 11 Dispenser 16 is larger than dispenser 15 and its container can hold a greater quantity of beverage.
Dispenser 15 is formed of a substantially parallelepiped metal block 20 whose front surface 21 is curved to fit close against the cylindrical drink container 22 of equivalent curvature .
Said container can be filled to its top lid 23 while its base 24 is tapered with a central hole 17 to allow the bev¬ erage to run out. Said hole 17 has a dispensing device 18 comprising the closing sphere 46 onto which presses the tip 30 of a lever 25 moving at its articulation 26 on the bracket 27 fixed to the container 22 (Fig. 3). Said lever 25 comprises an arm 31 that fits into the groove 32 of a bar 33 with articulation 28 in the bracket 27 al¬ ready described. The corner 29 of bar 33 presses against the tapered surface of the base 24 of container 22.
To run off a beverage all that needs to be done is to press against the bar 33, as shown by the arrow 67, either with the fingers or else with the cup to be used. When thus pressed the bar 33 rotates on articulation 28 and, by pressure of its groove 32 on arm 31 of lever 25, causes rotation of this latter round articulation 26 and therefore applies pressure by the tip 30 on the sphere 46 which is forced up inside the cone 24, shown in its new position by 46', leaving the hole 17 free and allowing the beverage 76 to run out from the container 22 straight into the cup held underneath to receive it.
At the back__of the metal block 20 a series of parallel fins 35 fit into longitudinal slots 37 in said bloc.k forming vertical channels 36.
In one longitudinal half - in relation to its axis of sym- metry - of said metal block 20 there is a space 41 made to house a package 42 of electric heating elements that extend for the whole length of said block.
Dispenser 16 comprises a substantially parallelepiped metal block 50 whose front surface is so curved as to lie close against the cylindrical beverage container 52.
Beverage dispensing is procured by a device 19 , substan ial¬ ly the same as device 18 already described mounted onto device 15,and comprising the operating bar 55. When pressing the cup 54 against said bar, the beverage 77 flows down into it as explained in the case of dispenser 15.
In Figure 1 the bar 55 is drawn to show how it is moved bac by the cup 54 while the sphere 57 is shown already moved away from the hole 59 by lever 58 similar to lever 25 in device 18.
Through the hole 59 in the tapered base of container 52 the beverage 77 flows down as marked by 77'.
When the bar 55 is released the sphere 57 returns to its stationary position closing the hole 59 and thus stopping the flow.
The container 52 is filled from above and closed with the lid 56.
At the back of the metal block 50 there are vertical fins
60 between one and another of which vertical channels 61 are formed.
The package 66 of electric heating elements is housed in the space 65 made in the metal body 50.
A structure 43 is placed at the top of the unit formed by metal block 20 and metal block 50, said structure carrying the electric motor 44 onto whose shaft 45 the fan 37 with its vanes 38 is mounted (Figure 4). At the top of said structure 43 there are apertures 63 through which, when the fan 37 is working, air passes inside and in¬ to the channels 36 formed between fins 35 of the block 20, or into the channels 61 formed between fins 60 of the block 50, according to the position given to the horizontal plate 80 (Figure 4). The front longitudinal edge of said plate consists of teeth 81 into which fit the teeth of crown wheel 82 mounted at the base of the shaft 83.
Said shaft has a knurled knob 84 mounted at its upper end. By turning said knob to the right or left the plate 80, as shown in Figure 4, can be moved to close entry to channels 61, or else entry to channels 36. In the first case air blown by the fan passes into chan¬ nels 61 and cools block 50 together with container 52, while in the second case air passes into channels 36 so cooling block 20 and therefore container 22. Mounted in the box-like body 11 the electronic circuit 70 controls the entire dispensing apparatus, current reaching it along the wire 71 with plug 72 that can be plugged into the socket for cigarette• 1ighters in any motor vehicle . The following can be seen on the top surface 75 of the box - like body 11 : the switch 90 for operating the fan motor, switch 91 for turning the heating elements 42 in block 20 on and off, switch 92 for turning the heating elements 66 in block 50 on and off, and the grating 64 through which cooling air enters the appratus.
By means of clips 95 the dispensing means 96 is held against the cylindrical container 52, said means dispensing a pile 97 of paper cups 98 kept under pressure by the disc-shaped slider 99 continuously thrust upwards by the compression spring '101 on the bottom 102 of said dispenser 96.
The disc 99 is held in position by cylindrical sides 100. The last of the pile 97 of cups 98 is held firm on the upper edge 103 of the dispenser 96 by a pair of clips 105 fixed to the side of the device at 106. The edge 104 of the top cup 98 presses against said clips.
Also on the upper surface 75 of the box-like body 11 are the thermostats 93, 94 for regulating temperature of the two blocks 20, 50 and therefore of the beverages in con¬ tainers 22, 52. The probes 48, 49, inserted respectively inside blocks 20 and 50, are connected to the electronic circuit 70 which, according to how the thermostats 93, 94 are set, bring the beverages to the desired temperature and keep them at that temperature .
This because when the probes 48, 49 signal to the electro- nic circuit that the pre-set temperatures are being excee¬ ded, said circuit switches off the fan motor or electric heating elements, starting them up again when temperatures tend to depart from those desired, namely when the chillin effect created by the fan tends to diminish or when the heat created by the electric heating elements similarly tends to diminish. Operat on
Having mounted the dispenser apparatus inside the motor ve hicle and having filled container 22 of dispenser 15 and container 52 of dispenser 16 with beverages such as coffee 76 in container 15 and Coca-cola 77 in container 16, in or der to heat the coffee thermostat 93 must be set to the re quired temperature and the heating elements 42 turned on by means of switch 91. To chill the Coca-cola at the same time, theremostat 94 must be set to the required temperatu and the horizontal plate 80 must be moved by knob 84 onto block 20 leaving the channels 61 between fins 60 on block 50 open at the top, after which the fan motor is started b means of switch 90. The electronic circuit 70 turns off the fan motor when pro 48 indicates that the metal block 50 is cold and therefore when the beverage in container 52 has been duly chilled. Similarly the above electronic circuit will switch off th heating elements 42 when the probe 49 signals that block has reached the required temperature.
As already stated, both the fan and the electric elements will be turned on again when temperatures depart from those previously set.
It is clear therefore that the described apparatus enables hot or cold beverages to be provided either in the larger container 52 or in the smaller one 22 at the chosen pre-set temperatures .
To drink one of the beverages in either container it is only necessary to take off the top cup 98 from the pile in the dispenser 96, this cup being immediately replaced by the one 98' below it due to pressure from the spring 101. Once having taken the cup 98, this is put under the con¬ tainer, 22 or 52, the side of said cup, or the fingers, presses against the bars 33 or 55 and the beverage in one or other of the containers will flow down into the cup.

Claims

1. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles charac¬ terized in that it comprises one of more dispensers ( 15), ( 16) of beverages (76), (77) each comprising a container (22), (52) of a beverage (76), (77), cooling or heating means for the same and for semi-automatically running off the desired quantity.
2. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 1, characterized in that the means for chilling the beverage (76), (77) consist of a metal block (20), (50) in contact with the container (22), (52) of the beverage (76), (77) to which block are fitted a set of parallel fins (35), (60) forming intermediate channels (36), (61) into which air is blown by a fan (37).
3. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 1, characterized in that the means for heating the beverage consist of an electric heating element (42), (66) inserted in a metal block (20), (50) lying clo-sely against the container (22), (52) of said beverage (76), (77).
4. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 1, characterized in that the means for chilling or for heating the beverage (76), (77) consist of a metal block (20), (50) a large surface of which is in contact with the container (22), (52) of the beverage (76), (77) said block being provided both with a series of parallel fins (35), (60) creating among them intermediate channels (36), (61) into which a fan (37) blows air, and with electric heating elements (42), (66) so that by operating the fan (37) or the electric elements (42), (66) the beverage (76), (77) can be chilled or heated as desired.
5. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 1, characterized in that the means for semi-automatically drawing off the beverage consist of a valve (46), (57) on the bottom (24) of the container, openable at will by over¬ coming .'the resistance created by the weight of the liquid (76), (77), by means of a lever (33), (55) which can be pushed by the fingers or even by the cup (54) to receive the beverage .
6. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claims 2 - 4,- characterized in that the desired heating or cooling temperature, previously set on thermostats (93), (94), having been reached, an electronic circuit (70) con¬ nected to temperature reading means (48), (49) either stops the fan (37) from turning or switches off the electric heat¬ ing elements (42), (66), turning these means on again once the temperature departs from the pre-set value.
7. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in
Claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a dispenser(96) of -paper cups piled up and kept under pressure by a spring (101) so that when a cup (98) has been taken from the top of said dispenser (96) another cup (981) immediately moves up to biake the place of the one removed, said cup dispenser (96) being associated to one or other of the containers ( 22) , (52) or in any case to the body of the apparatus (10).
8. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 1, characterized in that it comprises two beverage(76), (77) dispensers C 15), 16) one alongside the other so as to al¬ low the large container (52) to hold a beverage (77)of which a larger quantity is usually drunk compared with that of the beverage (76) which can be held in the smaller container(22 ) it being thus possible to fill up the apparatus ( 10) with the preferred quantities of beverages (76), (77) according to personal needs. - I 1 -
9. Drinks dispensing apparatus for motor vehicles as in Claim 2, characterized in that a single fan (37) cools either metal block (20), (50) in contact with the contain¬ ers (22), (52) of beverages (76), (77) by means of a device (80) for directing the fan blown air, said device being moveable as desired over one or other of the entry points (36), (61) of the means for cooling said metal blocks (20), (50), it being possible to move said device (80) from out¬ side the apparatus by means of a knob (84) or other suit- able means .
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