Drinking-water dispenser
OwnerGuglielmo Martelliinventor
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Abstract
A drinking-water dispenser comprising: a containment chamber for the water; a delivery device, which is designed to enable or prevent outlet of the water from the containment chamber so as to enable a user to draw off water from the dispenser; a connection device for enabling installation of a replaceable refill reservoir on the dispenser and for setting the dispenser and the refill reservoir in fluid communication; and a collector, which in turn comprises a substantially limp sac set within the containment chamber and connected in a releasable way to the connection device and to the delivery device.
Claims37
A dispenser of at least one beverage, the dispenser (1) comprising:
- at least one containment chamber (2) for the beverage;
- at least one delivery device (3), which is designed to enable or prevent outlet of the beverage from the containment chamber (3) so as to enable a user to take the beverage out of the dispenser (1);
- and at least one connection device (4) for enabling installation of a replaceable refill reservoir (5) on the dispenser (1) and for setting the dispenser (1) and the refill reservoir (5) in fluid communication;
- the dispenser (1) being characterized in that it comprises a collector (15), which in turn comprises a container (16) set within the containment chamber (2) and in substantially fluid-tight fluid communication with the connection device (4) and with the delivery device (3);
- the collector being releasably joined to the connection device (4) and to the delivery device (3).
Use of a collector (15) in a dispenser (1) of at least one beverage, the dispenser (1) comprising:
- at least one containment chamber (2) for the beverage;
- at least one delivery device (3), which is designed to enable or prevent outlet of the beverage from the containment chamber (2) so as to enable a user draw off the beverage from the dispenser (1);
- and a connection device (4) for enabling installation of a replaceable refill reservoir (5) on the dispenser (1) and setting the dispenser (1) and the refill reservoir (5) in fluid communication;
- the collector (15) comprising a container (16), which in turn comprises a first opening and a second opening;
- the container (16) being set within the containment chamber (2) and being connected to the connection device (4) and to the delivery device (3) so that the beverage coming from the connection device (4) enters the container (16) through the first opening and exits from the container (16) itself through the second opening and reaches the delivery device (3).
A kit for a collector (15) for a dispenser (1) of at least one beverage;
- the kit being substantially sterile and comprising a:
- container (16), which is designed to contain the beverage;
- a first and at least one second duct (19, 21);
- and at least one first coupling element (18) for connecting the first duct (19) to a connection device (4) of the dispenser (1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.