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US 10,710,863 B2Granted
Water bottle filling system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn Paul Casci, Scott Benjamin Scheraga, Joshua Dietrich, Courtney Lynne L'Arrivée
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Abstract
A water bottle filling system includes a water collection vessel, a water storage reservoir having an inlet valve and an outlet valve, an air pump connected to the water storage reservoir, a coupling downstream from the outlet valve and a refillable water bottle connected to the coupling. A method for collecting, cleaning and dispensing potable water into a refillable water bottle is also provided.
Claims19
A water bottle filling system, comprising:
- a water storage reservoir having an inlet valve and an outlet valve;
- an air pump connected to said water storage reservoir and adapted to force air from the water storage reservoir and reduce pressure in the water storage reservoir below ambient pressure;
- a coupling downstream from said outlet valve;
- and
- a refillable water bottle connected by air tight seal to said coupling.
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A method for collecting, cleaning and dispensing potable water, comprising:
- collecting water in a water collection vessel;
- transferring said water under pressure provided by an air pump into a water storage reservoir;
- removing air, by said air pump, from said refillable water bottle;
- and
- dispensing said water under ambient pressure into a refillable water bottle downstream from said water storage reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.