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US 11,377,337 B2Granted
Bottle filler fountain
AssigneeGlobal Industrial Distribution Inc.
InventorsRichard B. Leeds, Bruce Zutler, Phillip Lee
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Abstract
A bottle filling station may include a liquid dispenser configured to dispense liquid. A pan can be configured to collect at least a portion of the dispensed liquid with a liquid flow circuit providing liquid to the liquid dispenser. A filter can be disposed in the liquid flow circuit configured to filter the liquid in the liquid circuit and a non-filtering bypass can provide liquid to the liquid dispenser bypassing the filter.
Claims2
A bottle filling station comprising:
- a liquid dispenser configured to dispense liquid;
- a pan configured to collect at least a portion of the dispensed liquid;
- a liquid flow circuit providing liquid to the liquid dispenser;
- a filter removably disposed in the liquid flow circuit configured to filter the liquid in the liquid circuit;
- and
- a non-filtering bypass to provide liquid to the liquid dispenser bypassing the filter, comprising a non-filtering bypass cap that can replace the filter to allow the liquid to be dispensed to pass therethrough,
- wherein the liquid flow circuit comprises an engagement to allow the filter to be removable;
- wherein the non-filtering bypass cap can also be removably engaged to the engagement in lieu of the filter;
- and
- wherein the non-filtering bypass cap comprises physical dimensions that are similar to physical dimensions of the filter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.