Liquid drink dispensing machine

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID DRINK DISPENSING MACHINE COMPRISING, A BASE, A TANK MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AND HAVING AN INLET PIPE ADAPTED TO HAVE A SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE CONNECTED THERETO, SAID TANK INCLUDING A RESERVOIR ASSOCIATED IN HEAT TRANSMITTING RELATION THEREWITH, HEAT EXCHANGER MEANS POSITIONED IN THE TANK AND ADAPTED TO CONTINUOUSLY TEMPER THE WATER THEREIN, SAID HEAT EXCHANGER MEANS BEING AN ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT POSITIONED IN THE TANK AND INCLUDING CONNECTIONS TO AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE OF POWER AND THERMOSTATIC MEANS FOR RESPONDING TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER IN THE TANK TO MAINTAIN SAID WATER AT A PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURE LEVEL, VALVE MEANS POSITIONED AT THE INLET PIPE TO SAID TANK AND ADPATED TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF WATER FROM SAID TANK, AN OUTLET PIPE HAVING A VENTED OPENING THEREIN AND A TUBING EXTENDING THEREFROM CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID TANK AT THE TOP THEREOF, A MIXING CHAMBER, THE TUBING FROM THE OUTLET PIPE OF THE TANK BEING DIRECTED INTO SAID MIXING CHAMBER, A DISPENSING CHAMBER FOR A FLAVORING MATERIAL POSITIONED ABOVE SAID MIXING CHAMBER, MEANS CONTROLLING THE DISPENSING OF A FIXED AMOUNT OF SAID FLAVORING MATERIAL FROM SAID DISPENSING CHAMBER INTO SAID MIXING CHAMBER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH A SUPPLY OF TEMPERED WATER THERETO, A MOTOR DRIVEN AGITATOR POSITIONED IN SAID MIXING CHAMBER AND OPERATED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SUPPLY OF TEMPERED WATER FROM SAID TANK AND DELIVERY OF THE DISPENSED FLAVORING MATERIAL FROM SAID DISPENSING CHAMBER TO SAID MIXING CHAMBER, A DISCHARGE ATTACHED TO THE MIXING CHAMBER ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT A SOLUTION OF FLAVORED TEMPERED WATER TO A REMOTE CONTAINER, CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO AND ENERGIZING THE VALVE MEANS AT THE INLET OF SAID TANK AND THE MOTOR DRIVEN AGITATOR TOGETHER WITH THE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPENSING OF FLAVORED MATERIAL FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION, THE VENTED OPENING IN SAID OUTLET PIPE INCLUDING A RESTRICTION IN THE OUTLET PIPE FROM SAID TANK AND A TRANSVERSE PASSAGE POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID RESTRICTION AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SAME SUCH THAT FLOW OF WATER IN THE OUTLET PIPE FROM SAID TANK UNDER PRESSURE WILL BE DIRECTED THROUGH SAID RESTRICTION AND BEYOND SAID TRANSVERSE PASSAGE OPEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE TUBING AND THE MIXING CHAMBER, SAID VENTED OPENING PERMITTING DRAINAGE OF WATER IN THE TUBING AFTER CLOSING OF THE VALVE MEANS AT THE INLET PIPE TO SAID TANK TO CLEAN THE MIXING CHAMBER AND THE AGITATOR THEREIN AND ALLOWING THE EXPANDED FLUID IN THE TANK THROUGH HEATING THEREIN TO PASS THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PASSAGE AND INTO THE RESERVOIR TO BE EVAPORATED BY HEAT FROM THE TANK, AN OVERFLOW PIPE POSITIONED IN SAID RESERVOIR AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT THEREIN WITH A TUBING TO THE BASE OF THE DISPENSING MACHINE, AND A COLLECTING TRAY POSITIONED AT THE BASE OF SAID DISPENSING MACHINE AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TUBING CONNECTED TO THE OVERFLOW PIPE TO TAKE OVERFLOW WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR NOT EVAPORATED BY THE HEAT OF SAID TANK.