"A water cooler and carbonator consisting of a water reservoir, apparatus for cooling the reservoir, and a carbonation chamber disposed within the reservoir. Cooled water is transferred to the chamber from the reservoir and a pressure regulated container is used to supply the chamber with carbon dioxide gas, resulting in the production of carbonated water."
They are the pumping device used in bars, and anyplace with a softdrink dispenser to supply carbonated water, which is usually mixed with the various syrups to give you Coke, Pepsi and so forth on tap.
When you go to McDonalds, and pour yourself a Coke, somewhere in the bowels of the big machine you are standing in front off, is a water supply, filter unit, a carbonator and pump, a tank of CO2, and a bunch of tanks or boxes of syrup. When you press Coke...it supplys the carbonated water, mixes in the proper amount of syrup and delivers it to your StarWars Special Offer glass
Im sure you have gotten a soft drink that was flat, or watered down, or just plain nasty. This is due to either being out of CO2, or out of syrup, generally. Or old, stale syrup. Some of the less used beverages can go gnarly before its used up inside the machine.
Often the gear to do this, generally in bars, is in a back room, as there is limited space behind the bar. Sometime during a slow period..ask the bartender to show you how it all works.
Most beers are simply delivered without any carbonation, but simply use CO2 as a pressureizing agent on the keg in the back room
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