Portable, absorption refrigerator type beverage dispenser

Claim 1

A CARBONATED BEVERAGE DISPENSER COMPRISING (A) A CABINET HAVING AN ENCLOSED REFRIGERATING COMPARTMENT, A HEAT REJECTION COMPARTMENT, AND A PLURALITY OF FLAVORING SYRUP-DISPENSING COMPARTMENTS; (B) AN ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING A GENERATOR, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID GENERATOR, AND A CONDENSER, WHICH ARE FIXEDLY DISPOSED IN THE HEAT REJECTION COMPARTMENT OF SAID CABINET, AND AN EVAPORATOR DISPOSED WITHIN THE REFRIGERATING COMPARTMENT OF SAID CABINET; (C) A WATER CARBONATION SYSTEM HAVING A WATER CARBONATION TANK DISPOSED WITHIN SAID REFRIGERATION COMPARTMENT, A CARBONATED WATER-DISPENSING VALVE MOUNTED ON SAID CABINET SO AS TO BE OPERABLE FROM THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, A CARBONATED WATER DELIVERY CONDUIT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID VALVE AND TO SAID TANK, AND A CARBON DIOXIDE GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TANK; AND (D) A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER OF CARBON DIOXIDE GAS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PRESSURE REGULATOR, WHEREBY WHEN A QUANTITY OF WATER IS PLACED WITHIN THE TANK AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS IS ADMITTED THERETO UNDER A PRESSURE ESTABLISHED BY THE REGULATOR, THE WATER IS CARBONATED, AND IS COOLED BY THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM EVAPORATOR, SO THAT WHEN THE DISPENSING VALVE IS OPERATED, COLD CARBONATED WATER IS RELEASED FOR MIXTURE WITH FLAVORING SYRUP TO MAKE A CARBONATED BEVERAGE.