Top fill reservoir system for water purification system
AssigneeDs Services of America, Inc.
InventorBruce D. Burrows
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Abstract
A top fill water reservoir system that allows the reservoirs to be filled without waiting for a reverse osmosis (RO) filter to produce enough water to fill the system and avoids the need for a service worker to remove the system from the cabinet, or wait for RO filtration, to fill the reservoirs. The top fill water reservoir system comprises a drinking reservoir adapted to store and dispense drinking water. A supply reservoir in fluid communication with the drinking reservoir and adapted to feed water into the drinking reservoir and receive water from a reverse osmosis (RO) filter. An overflow tube adapted to connect an upper portion of the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir and feed overflow water from the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir.
Claims14
A top fill water reservoir system, comprising:
- a drinking reservoir adapted to store and dispense drinking water;
- a supply reservoir in fluid communication with the drinking reservoir and adapted to store and feed water into the drinking reservoir and receive water from a reverse osmosis (RO) filter;
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- an overflow line connecting an upper portion of the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir to feed water from the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir.
A method for a top fill water reservoir system, the method comprising:
- shutting off pump for feeding water from a supply reservoir to a drinking reservoir within the top fill water reservoir system;
- removing a drinking reservoir cover that has a first electronic float from the drinking reservoir;
- filling the drinking reservoir with water to an overflow line that connects the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir;
- feeding excess water from the drinking reservoir to the supply reservoir via the overflow line;
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- filling the drinking reservoir with water until a light emitting diode (LED) indicator turns on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.