EP0823397A1 - Water dispenser - Google Patents
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- EP0823397A1 EP0823397A1 EP97303152A EP97303152A EP0823397A1 EP 0823397 A1 EP0823397 A1 EP 0823397A1 EP 97303152 A EP97303152 A EP 97303152A EP 97303152 A EP97303152 A EP 97303152A EP 0823397 A1 EP0823397 A1 EP 0823397A1
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- 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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- 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
- B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
- B67D1/0003—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid
- B67D1/0009—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid the beverage being stored in an intermediate container connected to a supply
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- 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
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- B67D1/0878—Safety, warning or controlling devices
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- 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
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- B67D1/0889—Supports
- B67D1/0891—Supports for the beverage container
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- 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
- B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
- B67D1/08—Details
- B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
- B67D1/1247—Means for detecting the presence or absence of liquid
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- 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
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D31/00—Other cooling or freezing apparatus
- F25D31/005—Combined cooling and heating devices
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- 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
- B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
- B67D2001/0095—Constructional details
- B67D2001/0096—Means for pressurizing liquid
- B67D2001/0097—Means for pressurizing liquid using a pump
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- 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
- B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
- B67D2210/00028—Constructional details
- B67D2210/00094—Ergonomics
- B67D2210/00097—Handling of storage containers
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- 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
- B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
- B67D2210/00146—Component storage means
- B67D2210/00149—Fixed containers to be filled in situ
- B67D2210/00152—Automatically
- B67D2210/00154—Level detected by a float
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- This invention relates generaily to hot and cold water dispensers, and more specifically to an improved hot and cold water dispenser which allows the user to install a water container or watter bottle into the bottom portion of a dispenser cabinet, rather than on top of the cabinet.
- the present invention provides a water dispenser which is easier to use than a conventional dispenser because the invention permits the user to install a heavy five gallon water bottle into the bottom portion of the dispenser's cabinet, rather than on top of the cabinet.
- the invention is more sanitary than a conventional water dispenser because the invention allows the water bottle to be installed with its open end up, thus eliminating spilling and when in operation, the water bottle's opening is sealed to prevent contamination from the environment.
- the invention has the further advantage in that it cools the water without using CFC gaes which are known to deplete the atmosphere's ozone layer.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front portions of this invention, illustrating that hot and cold water dispensers are located near the top of a water dispenser cabinet, and that a water bottle, obscured from view within the cabinet, is located in the bottom portion of the cabinet.
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the rear portions of the invention.
- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the invention taken along the line I-I of figure 1, which illustrates the arrangement of the invention's interior elements as viewed from the front.
- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the invention taken along the line II-II of Figure 1, which illustrates the invention's interior elements as viewed from the side.
- Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the invention as seen from the line III of Figure 1, which illustrates the invention's interior elements as viewed from the top.
- Figure 6 is a partial elevational view of a cooling device which is located in the upper portion of the cabinet.
- Figure 7 is a partial elevational view of a heating device located in the upper portion of the cabinet.
- Figure 8 is a partial elevational side view of a pully assembly and absorption tube which are positioned inside of the cabinet and above the water bottle.
- Figure 9 is a partial elevational front view of a pully assembly and absorption tube which are positioned inside of the cabinet and above the water bottle.
- Figure 10 is a partial elevational view of a cart when pulled out of the cabinet, said cart utilized to hold the water bottle with its open top end up.
- Figure 11 is a partial elevational view of a cart when pushed into the cabinet, said cart utilized to hold the water bottle with its open top end up.
- Figure 12 is a schematic lay-out of an electric circuit which is provided to operate a pumping device, a melody alarm, an operation switch and a forward and reverse turning motor.
- Figure 13 is a perspective view of a conventional water dispenser.
- FIG.1 A typical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the perspective views of Fig.1 and 2 and the cross-sectional views of Fig.3 , 4 and 5 .
- FIG.1 The front perspective view of Fig.1 shown a water dispenser cabinet as it appears to the user.
- An upper front panel 1 contains an operation switch with LED's 6 and a melody alarm 5 to warn the user of the need to supply a replacement water container or water bottle.
- a first faucet 2 for hot water and a second faucet 3 for cold water are also located on the upper front panel, and a saucer 4 is positioned beneath the faucets in order to collect the water that may spill when the user operates the faucets.
- a cart panel 7 is located immediately adjacent to and beneath the upper front panel.
- the rear perspective view of Figure 2 illustrates the water dispenser as it appears from the rear.
- An upper back panel 9 contains a power cord 10 , a fuse 11 , and on/off switch 12 .
- FIG.3 , 4 and 5 illustrate the inside portion of the water cabinet.
- the inside of the cabinet is divided into a top and bottom portion separated by a middle shield panel 21 .
- a moveable cart assembly 44 is positioned in the bottom portion of the cabinet, said cart assembly containing the cart panel 7 with an outside surface and inside surface, said outside surface containg a built-in handle opening 39 .
- a lever 43 is located within the handle opening, said lever releasably connected to a pair of locks 42 which are released when the handle is grabbed to pull the moveable cart assembly out of the water dispenser cabinet.
- a pair of casters 37 are connected to the bottom, front portion of the cart assembly and a strut 38 member is connected to the bottom rear portion of the assembly.
- top horizontal cart guide rails 40 are attached to the inside surface of the cart panel and a pair of bottom horizontal cabinet guide rails 41 are attached to the bottom of the cabinet assembly, said top and bottom rails positioned such that the top rails slide along the bottom rails when the cart is pulled out of the cabinet and pushed into the cabinet.
- a water container or water bottle 8 containing an open end is positioned inside of the moveable cart with the bottle's open end up.
- An upper elongated fastener A and a lower elongated fastener B are each connected to the moveable cart assembly frame to prevent the water bottle from swaying.
- a pulley 18 is located in the top portion of the cabinet and attached to the middle shield panel by means of a guide bracket 20 , said pulley having a flexible absorption tube 17 partially wound around the pulley with a first end of the tube positioned so as to permit it to pass through a circular opening in the middle shield panel and through a circular opening in an absorption tube guide 25 located adjacent to the underside of the shield panel and concentric with the middle shield panel opening.
- the first end of the absorption tube is located directly above and in an axial position relative to the center of the water bottle's open end.
- a sealing cap 26 is connected to the first end of the absorption tube so that the open end of the water bottle is sealed when the absorption tube is inserted into the bottle.
- a forward and reverse turning motor 19 is mounted to the guide bracket and axially connected to the pulley, said motor's operation being electrically controlled by a forward micro-switch 22 and a reverse micro-switch 23 , both switches located on the guide bracket and above the pulley.
- a second end of the absorption tube is connected to one end of a spiral hose 14 , said spiral hoses's other end connected to an electrically controlled pumping device 13 , said pumping device connected to a cold water tank 16 by means of a first connection pipe 15 .
- a second connection pipe 27 connects the cold water tank to a hot water tank 28 .
- a pair of float sensors 29 are provided to sense the water level in each tank.
- thermo-electric module 30 is attached to the bottom of the cold water tank, said module containing a cooling pin 31 , a first heat sink 32 and a second heat sink 33 and a fan 34 .
- An electrically controlled die casting heater 35 is attached to the bottom of the hot water tank and the temperature range is controlled by a thermostat 36 .
- An electrically operated control unit 24 controls the operation of the forward and reverse turning motor, micro-switches, float sensors, pumping device, melody alarm and operation switch.
- the water dispenser is operated by pulling the moveable cart out of the water dispenser cabinet by lifting the lever located within the handle opening. This action releases the locks, which permits the cart to be rolled out of the cabinet, being guided by the cabinet and cart rails.
- a water bottle may be placed inside the cart with the bottle's open end up.
- the bottle is secured in the cart by using the upper and lower fastners.
- the cart is pushed back inside the cabinet.
- the absorption tube is inserted into the bottle by turning on the operation switch which activates the forward and reserse turning motor. When the motor turns forward, it causes the pulley to rotate which lowers the absorption tube's first end into the water bottle.
- the absorption tube's vertical movement is controlled by the forward micro-switch which is set to turn off the motor when the tube reaches the bottom of the bottle.
- the sealing cap seals the open end of the bottle.
- the pump is activated which pumps the water from the bottle up into the cold water tank and eventually into the hot water tank.
- the float sensor in each tank senses the water level and sends a signal to the control unit to cause the pump device to pump water until both tanks are full.
- the pumping device When the water in the bottle is completely emptied, the hot and cold water tank water levels will then fall below ecrtain pre-set values. When this occurs, the pumping device will stop operating and a signal from the control unit will cause the melody alarm to send a warning that the water bottle is empty. The user then operates the operation switch to raise the absorption tube out of the water bottle to permit the cart and the empty bottle to be removed from the cabinet.
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Claims (11)
- A water dispenser for use with a water container or water bottle, said water dispenser comprising :A water dispenser cabinet of sufficient size to contain the water bottle, said water bottle positioned inside of the cabinet with the bottle's open end up, said cabinet further containing a pumping device, a pulley, and a flexible absorption tube with a first end and a second end, said absorption tube partially wound around the pulley, said pulley providing a means for inserting the first end of said tube into the open end of the water bottle and a means for retracting the tube from the bottle, said tube's first end containing a sealing cap providing a means for sealing the water bottle's open end when the tube is fully inserted into the bottle, said tube's second end flexibly attached to a pumping device providing a means for pumping water out of the bottle and into a water tank, said water tank connected to a dispensing means for dispensing water to a user.
- The water dispenser of claim 1 further comprising a moveable cart assembly providing a means for holding the water bottle with its open end up and a means for pulling the water bottle out of the cabinet and pushing the bottle into the cabinet.
- The water dispenser of claim 2 in which the water tank and single dispensing means is replaced with a hot water tank and a cold water tank, each tank provided with a means for respectively heating and cooling the water and a means for dispensing the hot and cold water.
- The water dispenser of claim 3 in which the cooling means comprises a thermo-electric module, a cooling pin, a first and a second heat sink and a fan.
- The water dispenser of claim 4 in which the heating means comprises an electric die casting heater and a thermostat.
- The water dispenser of claim 5 further containing an operation switch which electrically controls a forward and reverse turning motor which is axially connected to the pulley.
- the water dispenser of claim 6 further containing a forward micro-switch and a reverse micro-switch providing the means for controlling the absorption tube's vertical movement.
- The water dispenser of claim 7 further containing a pair of float sensors providing a first means for sending a signal to the pump device to cause it to pump water until the hot and cold water tanks are full, a second means for sensing that the water level in each tank has fallen below a certain pre-set value indicating that the water bottle is empty, and a third means for activating a melody alarm to warn the user that the bottle is empty.
- A water dispenser for use with a water container or water bottle, said water dispenser comprising a dispenser cabinet,a water bottle positioning means for holding a water bottle in a dispensing position with its open end upwards and within a lower section of said cabinet,and water dispensing means arranged for connection to said water bottle via a flexible tube.
- A water dispenser according to Claim 9 in which said water dispensing means includes a power drive lifting device for raising and lowering the flexible tube for engagement with the open end of a water bottle.
- A water dispenser according to Claim 10 comprising a rotatable pulley about which said flexible tube is at least partially wound, and which pulley is rotatable for raising and lowering said flexible tube.
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KR9623935 | 1996-08-08 | ||
KR2019960023935U KR200142419Y1 (en) | 1996-08-08 | 1996-08-08 | Cold and hot waterer of triangular position type water tank |
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JP (1) | JP3004227B2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR200142419Y1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1138698C (en) |
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GB2333514A (en) * | 1998-01-21 | 1999-07-28 | Eastman Kodak Co | Mounting arrangement for a liquid container |
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WO2000014008A1 (en) * | 1998-09-08 | 2000-03-16 | Clermont Tremblay | Dispenser for warm or cold beverages |
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CN102860750A (en) * | 2012-09-24 | 2013-01-09 | 苏州华爱电子有限公司 | Bottle connection set and bottom-fed water dispenser with same |
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ATE228966T1 (en) | 2002-12-15 |
JPH1075889A (en) | 1998-03-24 |
KR19980010507U (en) | 1998-05-15 |
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KR200142419Y1 (en) | 1999-06-01 |
DE69717559D1 (en) | 2003-01-16 |
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