# US 2013/0153601 A1 · Drinking-water dispenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153601 A1 - Document ID: US20130153601A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/695,926 - Filed: 2011-05-03 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-05-03 - Inventors: Guglielmo Martelli - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153601A1 ## CPC - B67D 3/00: Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes (separating and dispensing metered quantities of liquids G01F) - B67D 3/0035: {the bottle or container being held upside down and not provided with a closure, e.g. a bottle screwed onto a base of a dispenser} - B67D 3/0038: {the liquid being stored in an intermediate container prior to dispensing} - B67D 3/0067: {relating to shape or materials, e.g. bag-in-box packages [BIB], pouches} - B67D 3/009: {for the vessel to be filled} - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the container comprises a substantially non rigid bag (16). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2) The dispenser according to claim 1 or claim 2, and comprising a first coupling element (18), which connects the container (16) to the connection device (4) in a fluid-tight way. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, and comprising a second coupling element (20) that connects the container (16) to the delivery device (3) in a fluid-tight way. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, and comprising a first duct (19), which extends between the container (16) and the connection device (4) so as to set the container (16) and the connection device (4) in fluid communication. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The dispenser according to claim 5, wherein the first duct (19) extends from the container (16) to a first coupling element (18); the connection device (4) comprises an element, which is complementary to the first coupling element (18) with which the first coupling element (18) is connected in a substantially fluid-tight and releasable way. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The dispenser according to claim 5, and comprising a second duct (22), which extends from the first duct (19) to a further containment chamber (6); heater means being set in the area of the further containment chamber (6). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, and comprising a third duct (21) that extends between the container (16) and the delivery device (3) so as to set the container (16) and the delivery device (3) in fluid communication. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The dispenser according to claim 8, wherein the third duct (21) is deformable; the delivery device (3) comprising: a pressure device for deforming the third duct (21) so as to substantially prevent flow along the third duct (21) itself; and a release device for governing operation of the pressure device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The dispenser according to claim 8, wherein the third duct (21) extends from the container (16) to a second coupling element (20); the delivery device (3) comprising a further element, which is complementary to the second coupling element (20) and with which the second coupling element (20) is connected in a substantially fluid-tight and releasable way. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, and comprising a cooling device (9), which comprises at least one cooling element (10) at least partially set within the containment chamber; the container (16) having a shape compatible with the position and the shape of the cooling element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The dispenser according to claim 1, comprising a cooling device, which in turn comprises at least one cooling element set within the containment chamber and jutting out from an inner surface of the containment chamber (2); the container having a shape such as to extend about the cooling element. ### Claim 13 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). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the container comprises a substantially non rigid bag (16). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the collector comprises a first coupling element (18), which is coupled to the connection device (4) for connecting the container (16) in a fluid-tight way to the connection device (4). ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) Use according to claim 15, the collector (5) comprising a first duct (19), which extends from the container (16) to the first coupling element (18). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) Use according to claim 16, the collector (15) comprising a second duct (22), which extends from the first duct (19). ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the collector (15) comprises a second coupling element (20), which is coupled to the delivery device (3) for connecting the container (16) in a fluid-tight way to the delivery device (3). ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the collector (15) comprises a third duct (21), which extends from the container (16). ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) Use according to claim 18, wherein the collector (15) comprises a third duct (21), which extends from the container (16) to the second coupling element (20). ### Claim 21 (depends on 19, 20) Use according to claim 19 or claim 20, wherein the third duct (21) is deformable. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the container (16) is shaped in such a way as to have a through channel (17). ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the collector (15) is sterilized before being mounted in the dispenser (1). ### Claim 24 (depends on 1, 13) Use according to claim 13, wherein the collector (15) and the dispenser (1) are defined in accordance with claim 1. ### Claim 25 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). ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the container comprises a substantially non rigid bag (16). ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the first duct (19) and/or the second duct (21) is/are in fluid communication and connected in a substantially fluid-tight way to the container (16). ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, and comprising a first perforating element and a second perforating element, which are hollow and are designed to perforate the container (16) to set the container in fluid communication with the first duct (19) and the second duct (21), respectively. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The kit according to claim 28, wherein the first and second perforating elements are each mounted on an end of the first and second ducts (19, 21), respectively. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, and comprising a second coupling element (20) for connecting the second duct (21) to a delivery device (3) of the dispenser (1). ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The kit according to claim 30, wherein the second coupling element (20) is mounted on an end of the second duct (21). ### Claim 32 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the first coupling element (18) is mounted on an end of the first duct (19). ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the second duct (21) is deformable so as to enable it to be substantially occluded by deformation. ### Claim 34 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, and comprising a third duct (22) which extends from the first duct (19). ### Claim 35 (depends on 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the container (16) is shaped in such a way as to have a through channel (17). ### Claim 36 (depends on 1, 25) The kit according to claim 25, wherein the collector (15) and the dispenser (1) are defined in accordance with claim 1. ### Claim 37 (depends on 25) Use of a kit according to claim 25 in a 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 a 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 first duct being mounted so as to set the container and the connection device in fluid communication; the second duct being mounted so as to set the container and the delivery device in fluid communication.