Water server
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Cosmo Life
InventorYoshinori Orita
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Abstract
A water server includes a raw water container which can be slid into and out of a loading space, while being placed on a slide table. The slide table has a container holder adapted to restrain the peripheral side wall of the raw water container. The minimum height and the shape of the container holder are determined such that when the peripheral side wall of the raw water container is collapsed, the raw water container is never pulled up by the container holder as a result of the peripheral side wall getting caught on the container holder, and such that when the raw water container becomes empty, the raw water container is received within the container holder. This prevents portions of the peripheral side wall from protruding into spaces behind front distal ends of side plates defining the loading space.
Claims4
A water server comprising:
- a casing having a loading space at a lower portion of the casing;
- a slide table;
- an exchangeable raw water container which can be moved into and out of the loading space, while being placed on the slide table;
- a water storage tank mounted in the casing;
- a water supply line through which water in the raw water container is to be drawn up and supplied into the water storage tank;
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- a water discharge line through which water in the water storage tank is to be discharged,
- wherein the loading space is defined by right and left side plates having front distal end portions, respectively, which are bent toward each other,
- wherein the raw water container is made of a soft material and having a peripheral side wall which is collapsible under an atmospheric pressure when water in the raw water container decreases,
- wherein the slide table includes a container holder configured to restrain right and left sides of the peripheral side wall of the raw water container when the raw water container is placed on the slide table,
- wherein the container holder has a minimum height and a predetermined shape, and wherein the minimum height and the predetermined shape are determined such that when the peripheral side wall of the raw water container is collapsed, the raw water container is never pulled up by the container holder as a result of the peripheral side wall getting caught on the container holder, and such that when the raw water container becomes empty, the raw water container is received within the container holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.