Bar-cabinet for the preservation, refrigeration and distribution of alcoholic and unalcoholic drinks

Claim 1

A bar cabinet for the preservation, refrigeration and distribution of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at different temperatures, comprising a refrigeration unit for the production of ice cubes, a unit for the extemporaneous production of cooled carbonated or non-carbonated drinks and a room designed to house at the required temperature the products to be distributed, characterized by the fact that it comprises a casing the inner space of which is divided into a plurality of rooms by peripheral walls and by vertical and horizontal partitions and which includes thermal insulating material and in part are removable or movable, an upper room and a room positioned just below for housing a refrigeration unit for the production of ice cubes, while underneath the refrigeration unit where said ice cubes are formed and fall down a vertical room is provided for housing alcoholic drinks, and under said room for housing alcoholic drinks a wide recess or niche, arranged in said bar cabinet, from the rear wall of said niche distribution taps project forward, said distribution taps are connected to a unit for the production of the carbonated or non-carbonated drinks, in the said vertical rear room a conduit is provided, the upper entrance of which opens just below the zone where the ice cubes fall down from the ice production unit, said conduit being defined by walls made of deadening material, as rubber and the like, and being so shaped as to guide said ice cubes to descend and distribute along an inclined plate mounted behind the front wall of said vertical room and incorporating one coil into which passes carbonated or non-carbonated water and eventually syrups for the production of cooled non-alcoholic drinks, said coil or coils being connected to the respective mixing and distribution taps by means of flexible pipes, said plate being provided also with means adapted to retain a part of the ice cubes and to allow that the remaining part continue their travel and are guided by the conduit walls of the remaining length of said conduit to fall into a drawer, which is inserted through the rear wall defining said niche, underneath said drawers provided to collect the ice cubes another drawer is provided, at the bottom of said vertical rear room are provided means for supporting syrup containers, a water carbonator including a saturator connected by flexible pipes to the said mixing and distribution taps.