Automated liquid dispensing device
AssigneeAutomated Pet Care Products, LLC d/b/a WHISKER
InventorsBrad Baxter, Patrick McCormick
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Abstract
A liquid dispensing device having a) a serving bowl configured to retain liquid for consumption by an animal; b) a fresh tank configured to store a fresh liquid therein; c) a used tank configured to store a used liquid therein, wherein used liquid is the liquid which has already been available for consumption of the animal; and d) a carousel having one or more circulation tubs and one or more empty tubs, wherein the carousel is configured to rotate about its rotational axis in a first direction and in a second direction opposing the first direction.
Claims21
A liquid dispensing device comprising:
- a) a serving bowl configured to retain a liquid for consumption by an animal;
- b) a reservoir configured to store the liquid therein;
- c)
- d) one or more carousels having one or more circulation tubs, wherein the one or more carousels are configured to rotate about a rotational axis of the one or more carousels;
- e) one or more filters between the serving bowl and the reservoir;
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- f) one or more drive units in rotational communication with the one or more carousels and configured to drive rotation of the one or more carousels.
2-91. (canceled)
A liquid dispensing device comprising:
- a) a serving bowl configured to retain a liquid for consumption by an animal, wherein the serving bowl is removably located within a housing of the liquid dispensing device;
- b) a spout located over the serving bowl and configured to transfer the liquid into the serving bowl;
- c) a reservoir within the housing and configured to store the liquid therein;
- d) one or more carousels having one or more circulation tubs, wherein the one or more carousels are at least partially seated within the reservoir, wherein the one or more carousels are configured to rotate about a rotational axis of the one or more carousels, and wherein the one or more carousels include one or more circulation tubs configured to collect the liquid from the reservoir and transfer the liquid toward the spout;
- e) one or more filters between the serving bowl and the reservoir configured to filter the liquid from the serving bowl before being returned to the reservoir;
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- f) one or more drive units in rotational communication with the one or more carousels and configured to drive rotation of the one or more carousels.
A liquid dispensing device comprising:
- a) a serving bowl configured to retain a liquid for consumption by an animal, wherein the serving bowl is removably located within a housing of the liquid dispensing device, and wherein the serving bowl is sloped toward one or more drains;
- b) a spout located over the serving bowl and configured to transfer the liquid into the serving bowl;
- c) a spout funnel configured to direct the liquid to the spout;
- d) a reservoir within the housing and configured to store the liquid therein;
- e) one or more carousels having one or more circulation tubs, wherein the one or more carousels are at least partially seated within the reservoir, wherein the one or more carousels are configured to rotate about a rotational axis of the one or more carousels, wherein the one or more carousels include one or more circulation tubs configured to collect the liquid from the reservoir, wherein the one or more circulation tubs are open on both surfaces of the one or more carousels, and wherein the one or more circulation tubs include one or more circulation spouts configured to transfer the liquid to the spout funnel;
- f) one or more filters between the serving bowl and the reservoir and downstream of the one or more drains, wherein the one or more filters are configured to filter the liquid from the serving bowl before the liquid returns to the reservoir;
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- g) one or more drive units in rotational communication with the one or more carousels and configured to drive rotation of the one or more carousels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.