Connector for a fluid dispensing apparatus
AssigneeKoninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
InventorsKoen Standaar, Hendrik Johan Dees, Tobias Kelderman, Bas Jongenburger, Boris Franzen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A connector for manually connecting a dispensable fluid to a fluid dispensing includes: a cleaning fluid inlet; a dispensable fluid inlet and an outlet, wherein the cleaning fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet via a cleaning fluid flow path, and wherein the dispensable fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet via a dispensable fluid flow path. A fluid dispensing apparatus, such as a coffee dispensing apparatus, may include the connector.
Claims16
A connector for manually connecting a dispensable fluid to a fluid dispensing apparatus, the connector comprising:
- a main body comprising a cleaning fluid inlet and an outlet;
- a dispensable fluid connector which is detachably attachable to the main body and comprising a dispensable fluid inlet;
- and,
- wherein the cleaning fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet via a cleaning fluid flow path, and wherein the dispensable fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet via a dispensable fluid flow path;
- wherein the outlet is in fluid communication with the cleaning fluid inlet to provide a cleaning fluid flow path through the main body and/or the dispensable fluid connector;
- and
- wherein the cleaning fluid flow path comprises a first cleaning fluid flow path through the main body, and a second cleaning fluid flow path through the dispensable fluid connector and the dispensable fluid connector is configurable to select either the first or second cleaning fluid flow paths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.