EP1817998B1 - A liquid dispensing system adapted for receiving and emptying a liquid container as well as shower cabinet equipped with this system - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a drawer (14) with a container accommodation chamber (16) and movable between an open position for inserting the container (10) and an operating position for emptying the container and a container opening device for engaging the container when the drawer moves to the operating position so as to open the container.. An independent claim is also included for a cabin with an inventive device.

Description

The invention relates to a liquid container input device for receiving and emptying a liquid container in order to supply a liquid located in the liquid container to a booth. Furthermore, the invention relates to a cabin with such a liquid container input device.

Liquid container input devices may be used, for example, in cabins that are spa cabins or medical treatment booths. Such cabins have an atomizing device, is sprayed with the supplied liquid in the finest mist droplets, which can be particularly well received by the person in the cabin housing person via the respiratory tract, bronchi and lungs. With very fine atomization, it is even possible that the atomized substances are absorbed by the body in a very effective way via the skin. This is also a particular advantage of cabins over breathing masks, since in cabins the whole body of a person can be exposed to the atmosphere enriched with the liquid mist, whereby a particularly intense absorption of the atomized substances through the skin is possible, while breathing masks the inclusion of the atomized Substances are only via the breath.

It is known to store the liquid to be atomized in liquid containers having a rubber-like closure. In the rubber-like closure usually a withdrawal cannula is pierced in the form of a hollow needle to remove the liquid from the container. The piercing of the puncture cannula is usually done by hand, without any aids. It may happen that the puncture cannula is too far or too far into the liquid container, which, if the liquid container is suspended or placed upside down in the usual way, leads to the fact that the liquid container can either be completely emptied or Again cannula can slide out of the liquid container. Furthermore, the known liquid containers are usually suspended or set up outside the cabin so that the liquid containers are unprotected, represent unwanted projecting parts and, moreover, do not impart an optically optimal impression.

From the DE 201 05 160 U1 a liquid container input device according to the preamble of claim 1 is known in which a liquid container is provided in the form of a drawer. In this drawer, a liquid can be given directly into it to produce, for example, by means of an ultrasonic generator fog, which is introduced into a shower cubicle can be.

From the EP 1 195 350 A1 It is known to insert a liquid container in a pivotable holding device and to move the container in its longitudinal direction relative to this holding device until a rubbery membrane is pierced at the end face of the liquid container by a piercing cannula.

From the FR-A-2 670 768 For example, a food container slicing apparatus is known in which a knife can be pushed down by means of a plunger to cut off a tab of the food container. The cut-off tab falls into a collection container arranged underneath.

The invention has for its object to provide a liquid container input device of the type mentioned, with the handling of liquid containers, which contain the liquids to be introduced into the cabin, in a particularly fast, safe and easy way is possible. Furthermore, a visually appealing and the liquid container input device best possible integrating cabin to be created.

This object is achieved by a liquid container input device with the features of claim 1 and by a cabin having the features of claim 8. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are described in the further claims.

The liquid container input device according to the invention has a drawer with a container receiving space into which the liquid container can be inserted, wherein the drawer of a the insertion of the liquid container enabling opening position in an emptying of the liquid container enabling operating position can be brought. Furthermore, a container opening device is provided, which consists of a knife, which is arranged in the range of movement of the liquid container such that when transferring the drawer is opened in its operating position of the liquid container. Below the container receiving space of the drawer located in the operating position, a collecting container for the liquid emerging from the liquid container is arranged.

The liquid container input device according to the invention allows a particularly simple handling and opening of the liquid container in order to supply the liquid to the booth. For this purpose, only the liquid container has to be inserted into the drawer and then the drawer closed, whereby the liquid container is automatically opened, so that the liquid leak or can be removed. The movement of the drawer is thus automatically coupled with the opening process for the liquid container. A manual opening or piercing the liquid container is therefore not required. Furthermore, the opening of the liquid container takes place in a very accurate and secure manner, since the liquid container sit in a well-defined position within the drawer and the positioning and function of the container opening device can be tailored to the defined position of the liquid container.

The design of the container opening device as a knife is particularly advantageous in liquid containers, which consist of a relatively easily cut-through plastic material. The arranged below the container receiving space collecting container makes it easy to supply the liquid in particular by means of an intermediate pump of a spray nozzle or directly to a cabin.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the container receiving space has a front side, which can be closed and opened by means of a movable closure plate, wherein the closure plate is in the open position of the drawer in a closed position and in the operating position of the drawer in an open position. As a result, it is on the one hand possible to insert the liquid container with the drawer open exactly in the closed container receiving space and firmly fix on all sides until the container opening device has completed the opening process, whereas the other hand, in the operating position of the container receiving space is opened towards the front, so that empty liquid container can be ejected to the front.

The movement of the closure plate can be done in a simple manner in that the closure plate has an actuating projection which is pressed when transferring the drawer into its operating position from a fixed stop into a position opening the container receiving space.

A particularly simple arrangement results when the knife is stationary in the range of movement of the container head. In this case, when closing the drawer, the liquid container is guided past the knife, whereby the container head is opened.

According to an advantageous embodiment, a stationary container ventilation device is arranged in the movement region of the liquid container, with which the liquid container cooperates in the transfer of the drawer into its operating position in a manner creating a ventilation opening. Here, too, the movement of the drawer is thus exploited to introduce a ventilation opening in the liquid container, which ensures the complete and rapid emptying of the liquid.

A particularly simple embodiment results when the container ventilation device from one to the top Area of the liquid container is cutting blade.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the container ventilation device is designed as a container retaining device which locks the liquid container stationary when the drawer is returned from its operating position to its open position. In this case, therefore, the empty liquid container remains in its emptying position when the drawer is opened again to insert a new liquid container, so that the empty liquid container can be ejected through the new liquid container. As a result, it is unnecessary to manually remove the empty liquid container from the drawer.

The above object is further achieved by a cabin having a liquid container input device of the aforementioned type, wherein the cabin has an inner and an outer wall and the liquid container input device is at least predominantly disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall of the cabin.

Such a cabin offers the advantage that the liquid container input device not or only slightly protrudes over the cabin wall, so that on the one hand the liquid container input device and the liquid container used are protected and on the other hand protruding parts are avoided, which could pose a risk of injury and damage. Furthermore, such a design improves the visual appearance of the cabin.

According to an advantageous embodiment, a collection container for empty liquid container is arranged below the liquid container input device, which is located in a space between the inner and outer wall of the cabin. This embodiment offers the further advantage that the empty liquid containers are automatically collected in a non-visible collecting container, so that a manual removal of the empty liquid container from the drawer is not required and on the other hand, the empty collection container are very well cleaned.

Figur 1:

eine Darstellung einer Kabine mit zwei Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtungen gemäß der Erfindung;

Figur 2:

eine räumliche Darstellung einer Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung in ihrer Öffnungsstellung;

Figur 3:

eine seitliche Darstellung der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 2;

Figur 4:

eine räumliche Darstellung einer Bodenplatte mit Messer in Alleinstellung;

Figur 5:

einen Längsschnitt der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung in der Öffnungsstellung der Schublade längs der Linie V-V von Figur 6;

Figur 6:

eine Draufsicht der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 5;

Figur 7:

einen Schnitt längs der Linie VII-VII von Figur 6;

Figur 8:

einen Längsschnitt der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung beim Abschneiden des Behälterkopfes längs der Linie VIII-VIII von Figur 9;

Figur 9:

eine Draufsicht auf die Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 8;

Figur 10:

eine räumliche Darstellung der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 8 schräg von oben;

Figur 11:

einen Längsschnitt der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung in der eingeschobenen Betriebsstellung der Schublade längs der Linie XI-XI von Figur 12;

Figur 12:

eine Draufsicht auf die Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 11;

Figur 13:

eine räumliche Darstellung auf die Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 11 schräg von oben;

Figur 14:

eine räumliche Darstellung auf die Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung von Figur 11 schräg unten;

Figur 15:

einen Längsschnitt der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung in ihrer ausgezogenen Öffnungsstellung, nachdem ein Flüssigkeitsbehälter entleert worden ist; und

Figur 16:

einen Längsschnitt der Flüssigkeitsbehältereingabevorrichtung nach dem erneuten Einschieben der Schublade in die Betriebsstellung, wobei der entleerte Flüssigkeitsbehälter ausgestoßen wird.

The invention will be explained in more detail by way of example with reference to the drawings. Show it:

FIG. 1:

a representation of a cabin with two liquid container input devices according to the invention;

FIG. 2:

a perspective view of a liquid container input device in its open position;

FIG. 3:

a side view of the liquid container input device from FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 4:

a spatial representation of a bottom plate with knife in isolation;

FIG. 5:

a longitudinal section of the liquid container input device in the open position of the drawer along the line VV of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 6:

a plan view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 7:

a section along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8:

a longitudinal section of the liquid container input device in the cutting of the container head along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 9:

a plan view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10:

a spatial view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 8 diagonally from above;

FIG. 11:

a longitudinal section of the liquid container input device in the retracted operating position of the drawer along the line XI-XI of FIG. 12 ;

FIG. 12:

a plan view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 13:

a spatial view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 11 diagonally from above;

FIG. 14:

a spatial view of the liquid container input device of FIG. 11 diagonally below;

FIG. 15:

a longitudinal section of the liquid container input device in its extended open position after a liquid container has been emptied; and

FIG. 16:

a longitudinal section of the liquid container input device after re-insertion of the drawer into the operating position, wherein the emptied liquid container is ejected.

FIG. 1 shows a cabin 1 with a peripheral outer wall 2, a door 3, a bottom part 4 and a ceiling part 5. The cabin 1 has a size that a person can take place on a folding and folding seat element 6, and is of their size roughly comparable to a shower cubicle.

Cabin 1 has facilities that allow liquids such as saline or essential oils to be aerosolized or atomized into minute droplets so that the aerosolized or atomized liquid is particularly sensitive can be effectively absorbed via the respiratory tract and over the entire skin of the person. In the illustrated embodiment, the cabin 1 is designed both for nebulization of saline solution as well as for microfine atomization of essential oils, wherein the saline is nebulized by means of a nebulizer not shown and introduced into the interior of the cabin 1 via a nebulizer outlet 7 located near the bottom. Oil can be atomized into microfine particles by means of an atomizer, not shown, and introduced into the interior of the cabin via an atomizer nozzle 8 arranged near the ceiling. Nebulizers and atomizers are located in a space between the outer wall 2 and a flat inner wall 9, which extends over the entire height and across a rear portion of the car 1. Various functions can be selected via a control panel 59.

The liquids to be atomized or atomized are in commercial liquid containers 10, also called vials, supplied and stored, as for example from the FIGS. 2 and 3 are recognizable. For receiving, opening, emptying and discharging these liquid containers 10, the cabin 1 has two liquid container input devices 11, wherein FIG. 1 the left liquid container input device 11 is shown in the open position and the right liquid container input device 11 is in the closed operating position. The liquid container input devices 11 are in their closed operating position with the exception of a front plate on which a handle 13 is located completely in the space between the inner wall 9 and the outer wall 2 of the car 1.

From this operating position, a drawer 14 of the liquid container input device 11 can be drawer-like into the interior of the cabin 1 and thus be pulled out of the intermediate space in order to insert a liquid container 10. When inserting the drawer 14 of the inserted in a head-down position liquid container 10 is automatically cut at the top, placed in its emptying position, slotted bottom so as to provide the leaking of the liquid ventilation, and held in this position until the drawer 14th has been equipped with a new liquid container 10 and this ejects the empty liquid container 10 to the rear when inserting the drawer 14.

Structure and function of the liquid container input device 11 will be described below with reference to FIGS FIGS. 2 to 16 described in more detail.

In the FIGS. 2 to 6 the liquid container input device 11 is shown in its extended, open position in which a liquid container 10 can be inserted.

The liquid container input device 11 has a drawer 14 with a substantially cuboid drawer base part 15, on the rear end wall of which the front plate 12 is fastened. At the front end, the drawer base part 15 has a vertically continuous recess, which is open to the front end side and forms a container receiving space 16. The container receiving space 16 is for receiving a liquid container 10 and is formed so that a liquid container 10 can be used in a head-down position accurately and without much lateral play, so that the liquid container 10 no longer projects above the drawer base part 15 upwards. FIG. 2 shows a drawer 14 with an inserted liquid container 10. The second, shown above liquid container 10 is merely illustrative of how the liquid container 10 is used.

In order to prevent the inserted liquid container 10 from falling down out of the container receiving space 16, a horizontally arranged container support plate 17 is attached to the underside of the drawer base part 15 (FIG. FIG. 7 ) laterally projecting slightly into the container accommodating space 16 and having a forwardly open recess whose width is smaller than that of the container accommodating space 16. The width of this recess is dimensioned so that on the one hand a container head 18 can pass through the recess (as seen from FIG. 7 However, on the other hand, the thicker main portion 19 of the liquid container 10 does not fit through the recess, so that the liquid container 10 rests with its located between the main portion 19 and the container head 18 shoulder on the container support plate 17. The container head 18 is against - as for example from the FIGS. 5 and 7 seen - down on the container support plate 17 and thus on the drawer base part before.

In order to prevent the liquid container 10 from tilting out of the container receiving space 16 after insertion, the container receiving space 16 in the in FIG 2 to 7 shown opening position of the drawer 14 after closed at the front by means of a pivotable closure plate 20. The closure plate 20 is mounted by means of a vertical axis 21 on the drawer base part 15 and between a in FIG. 2 shown closure position in which it extends transversely across the front end side of the drawer base part 15, and an open position in which it extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the drawer base member 15 forward and adjacent to the container receiving space 16, whereby the container receiving space 16 is opened to the front , The closure plate 20 is by means of a torsion spring 22 ( FIG. 3 ), which is attached at one end to the closure plate 20 and is supported at the other end on the drawer base part 15, biased in its closed position.

Furthermore, the closure plate 20 has a laterally outwardly beyond the drawer base part 15 projecting actuating projection 23 to pivot the closure plate 20 during insertion of the drawer 14 in the open position.

In the exemplary embodiment shown, an image 24 of the outer contour of a liquid container 10 is also printed on the upper side of the drawer base part 15 in order to indicate to the user in which orientation the liquid container 10 has to be inserted into the container receiving space 16. By means of a lettering 25, the user is informed whether the liquid container input device 11 is intended for receiving common salt or for oils.

On both sides of the drawer base part 15 are in the behind the end portion short intermediate pieces 26 by means of screws 27 screwed. The intermediate pieces 26 serve as lateral spacers for guide rails 28, which are screwed laterally by means of screws 29 to the intermediate pieces 26 and extend from the front plate 12 in the longitudinal direction of the drawer base part 15 and forward beyond it.

The guide rails 28 are guided longitudinally displaceable on a bracket 30, which is fixedly arranged in the space between the inner wall 9 and the outer wall 2 of the car 1 and in FIG. 2 in its entirety is designated 30. For this purpose, the console 30 lateral guide plates 31 which are arranged laterally outside of the guide rails 28 and engage from the outside in such a way that the guide rails 28 are guided longitudinally displaceable exactly on the guide plates 31. The two opposite guide plates 31 are together - as out FIG. 14 visible - connected by means of a bottom-side transverse plate 32. This transverse plate 32 is located substantially lower than the drawer base part 15. The thus created vertical gap allows the inclusion of a bottom plate 33 which rests on the transverse plate 32 and is screwed from below to this by means of screws 34.

The bottom plate 33, the in FIG. 4 is shown in isolation, is elongated and arranged centrally between the two guide rails 28. Its width corresponds approximately to the width of the drawer base part 15.

The bottom plate 33 has a longitudinal recess 35 which extends centrally and in the longitudinal direction of the bottom plate 33 from the rear end almost over half its length. The width of the longitudinal recess 35 is dimensioned such that the container head 18 can extend through the longitudinal recess 35 without abutting on the side surfaces of the longitudinal recess 35. Transversely over the longitudinal recess 35 extends a horizontally arranged knife 36 which is clamped to the upper side of the bottom plate 33 by means of clamping strips 37. The terminal strips 37 are screwed with screws 38 to the bottom plate 33 and can be easily removed in this way, when replacement of the blade 36 is required. The cutting edge of the knife 36 is in FIG. 4 provided with the reference numeral 39. The knife 36 is used to cut off the container head 18 when the drawer 14 is inserted and thereby the liquid container 10 is guided over the knife 36. The knife 36 thus forms a container opening device which automatically cuts open the container when the container head 18 is pushed over the knife 36.

An obliquely sloping groove 40 connects to the longitudinal recess 35 in the longitudinal direction of the base plate 33. This groove 40 reaches in a front end portion of the bottom plate 33 has a depth that it completely penetrates the bottom plate 33 and forms a vertically continuous opening 41. If the drawer 14 is completely inserted, the liquid container 10 to be emptied is located above the opening 41, so that the contents of the liquid container 10 can run down through the opening 41. However, this is only possible when the liquid container 10 is vented. For this purpose, the console 30 a container ventilation device in the form of a in the Upper portion of the inserted liquid container 10 cutting blade 42, for example, in the Figures 5 and 11 is shown. The blade 42 is attached to a portal 43 consisting of two vertical side plates 44, 45, an attached upper transverse plate 46 and a parallelepiped blade holder 47 ( FIG. 2 ). The blade 42 is clamped between the blade holder 47 and a clamping plate 48. The two side plates 44, 45 are screwed by means of screws 49 laterally in the front end region of the bottom plate 33.

The portal 43 together with the bottom plate 33 defines a passage opening large enough for the front end portion of the drawer base member 15 to be slid through this passage opening. Here comes - as from FIG. 11 seen - the upper, bottom-side portion of the liquid container 10 in the region of the blade 42, which cuts open the liquid container 10 and thus provides for a ventilation opening in the liquid container 10. The contents of the liquid container 10 may leak. If, when the drawer 14 is inserted, individual droplets of liquid already emerge immediately after the container head 18 has been cut, before the liquid container 10 has been brought into its end position, these liquid droplets can drain off via the oblique groove 40 and reach the opening 41.

Thus, the blade 42 can act on the liquid container 10 and does not abut the container receiving space 16 to the front final closure plate 20, the closure plate 20 is pivoted away during insertion of the drawer 14 to the side. This is done by that the side plate 44 of the portal 43 is extended rearwardly and represents a stop 50 having a vertical stop surface 51. At the abutment surface 51 abuts the actuating projection 23 of the closure plate 20 when the drawer 14 is inserted. Upon further insertion of the drawer 14, the actuating projection 23 is pivoted inwardly and thereby the closure plate 20 to the outside until the closure plate 20 comes to rest parallel to the side plate 44 and slides along the inside thereof.

In the following, the operation of the liquid container input device 11 will be explained in more detail.

As already stated, the show FIGS. 2, 3 . 5, 6 the drawer 14 in its open position, in which the drawer 14 protrudes so far into the interior of the cabin 1 that a liquid container 10 can be inserted with the head down into the container receiving space 16. This is in FIG. 5 symbolized by the arrow 52. The liquid container 10 rests with its shoulder on the container support plate 17. The container head 18 extends downward beyond the drawer base 15 and the container support plate 17. In this position, the liquid container 10 is still in front of the bottom plate 33. The container receiving space 16 is closed by the closure plate 20 to the front.

When inserting the drawer 14 according to arrow 53, the container head 18 comes next in the area of the blade 36, as from the FIGS. 8 to 10 is apparent. As a result, a portion of the container head 18 is cut off, whereby the liquid container 10 is opened at its lower end becomes. The cut portion of the container head 18 falls down through the longitudinal recess 35 of the bottom plate 33 and can be collected in a collecting container, not shown, which is located below the liquid container input device 11 in the space between the inner wall 9 and the outer wall 2 of the car 1.

Like from the FIGS. 9 and 10 it can be seen, in this state, the drawer 14 is already pushed so far forward that the actuating projection 23 of the closure plate 20 abuts against the stop surface 51 of the side plate 44 and thereby pivots the closure plate 20 to the outside to open the front of the container receiving space 16.

If the drawer 14 is now inserted further in the direction of the arrow 53 until it is in the from the FIGS. 11 to 14 apparent closed end or operating position, the liquid container 10 enters the region of the blade 42, which cuts open the liquid container 10 in the upper end region and thereby creates a ventilation opening. The insertion path of the drawer 14 is limited by one of the two short intermediate pieces 26, which abuts with its front end face on the stop surface 51 of the side plate 44. The liquid container 10 is located above the opening 41 of the bottom plate 33, so that the contents of the liquid container 10 can drain down into a collecting container 54 arranged underneath. If the liquid consists of oil, the oil in the collecting container 54 is now conveyed upwards by means of a metering pump, which results in FIG. 11 symbolized by the arrow 55. Conversely, if the fluid is a saline solution, This can flow from the collection container 54 directly down into a salt nebulizer, not shown, which is symbolized by the arrow 56.

If now after emptying the liquid container 10, a new liquid container are used, the drawer 14 is retracted, which is in FIG. 15 is illustrated by the arrow 57. The empty liquid container 10 remains suspended above the opening 41 on the blade 42. The blade 42 thus constitutes a container restraint. The drawer 14 returns to its original position without the empty liquid container 10. Before reaching the open position, the closure plate 20 closes the container receiving space 16 again from the front. When the drawer 14 is fully withdrawn, a new liquid container 10 can be inserted into the container receiving space 16, as in FIG FIG. 15 shown. The extension of the drawer 14 is advantageously limited by a stop device not shown between the guide rails 28 and the guide plates 31.

Will now - as out FIG. 16 seen - the drawer 14 is pushed back in the direction of arrow 53 and brought into its operating position, the newly inserted, full liquid container 10 pushes the still hung on the blade 42, empty liquid container 10 forward from the liquid container input device 11 also, which is indicated by the arrow 58 is illustrated. The ejected liquid container 10 can now in a non-illustrated, below the liquid container input device 11 in the space between the inner wall 9 and the outer wall 2 of the car 1 arranged collecting container to be collected. In this case, it is possible that the empty liquid container 10 either falls directly into the collecting container 11 or is passed through a chute in this.

Claims (9)

1. Liquid container feed device (11) for receiving and draining a liquid container (10) in order to supply a liquid present in the liquid container (10) to a cabinet (1), characterised by

   - a drawer (14) with a container receiving space (16) into which the liquid container (10) can be inserted, wherein the drawer (14) is displaceable from an opening position allowing the insertion of the liquid container (10) to an operating position allowing draining of the liquid container (10),

   - a container opening device which consists of a cutter (36), wherein the container receiving space (16) reaches the region of the cutter (36) when the drawer (14) is displaced into its operating position so that the liquid container (10) is opened, and

   - a collection container (54) arranged underneath the container receiving space (16) of the drawer (14) in the operating position for the liquid escaping from the liquid container (10).
2. Liquid container feed device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the container receiving space (16) has a front side which can be closed and opened by means of a movable sealing plate (20), wherein the sealing plate (20) is in a closed position in the opening position of the drawer (14) and is in an opening position in the operating position of the drawer (14).
3. Liquid container feed device according to Claim 2, characterised in that the sealing plate (20) has an actuating projection (23) which, when the drawer (14) transfers to its operating position, is forced by a fixed stop (50) into a position that effects the opening of the container receiving space (16).
4. Liquid container feed device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the cutter (36) is arranged stationarily in the range of movement of the container head (18).
5. Liquid container feed device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that a fixed container ventilating device is arranged within the range of movement of the liquid container (10), with which device the liquid container (10) interacts in a manner that creates a ventilating opening when the drawer (14) transfers to its operating position.
6. Liquid container feed device according to Claim 5, characterised in that the container ventilating device consists of a blade (42) that cuts in the upper region of the liquid container (10).
7. Liquid container feed device according to Claim 5 or 6, characterised in that the container ventilating device is designed as a container retaining device which secures the liquid container (10) when the drawer (14) is returned from its operating position to its opening position.
8. Cabinet with a liquid container feed device (11) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cabinet (1) has an inner wall (9) and an outer wall (2), characterised in that the liquid container feed device (11) is arranged at least predominantly between the inner wall (9) and the outer wall (2) of the cabinet (1).
9. Cabinet according to Claim 8, characterised in that a collecting container for empty liquid containers (10), located in an intervening space between the inner wall (9) and the outer wall (2) of the cabinet (1), is arranged underneath the liquid container feed device (11).

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