Dispensing – With heating or cooling means – Cooling only
Patent
1993-08-02
1994-03-29
Shaver, Kevin P.
Dispensing
With heating or cooling means
Cooling only
62390, 222185, B67D 562
Patent
active
052977005
ABSTRACT:
An improved bottled water station is provided of the type having a removable reservoir for drop-in installation into and lift-out removal from a station housing. The reservoir is constructed from a lightweight molded plastic or the like to have an open upper end for receiving and supporting an inverted water bottle. A bottom wall on the reservoir includes an upwardly recessed portion defining an inverted receiver cup for slide-fit reception of an upstanding chiller probe provided as part of a refrigeration system on the station housing. A vent path is provided to vent the space between the chiller probe and the receiver cup during drop-in installation or lift-out removal of the reservoir. However, when the reservoir is seated in a fully installed position, the vent path is closed and a vapor seal prevents air circulation into the space between the chiller probe and the receiver cup, to correspondingly prevent undesired formation of condensation and/or frost. One or more faucet valves are provided to extend through openings in a front wall of the station housing for dispensing water from the reservoir.
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Burrows Bruce D.
Busick Louis M.
Ebtech Inc.
Shaver Kevin P.
LandOfFree
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