US 5,288,200 A · Bottled water installer

Abstract

An installer comprising a supporting structure and a carriage adapted to carry a water bottle. The carriage is mounted on the supporting structure for movement along a path between a loading position in which the carriage is adapted to receive the water bottle and an unloading position in which the carriage is at a higher elevation than in the loading position and inverted with respect to the loading position. A stopper is mounted on the carriage for movement with the carriage between the loading and unloading positions. The stopper is movable between a closed position in which it essentially closes a mouth of the water bottle and an open position in which the stopper is displaced from the closed position. A cam system is carried by the supporting structure and is responsive to the carriage approaching the unloading position for moving the stopper from the closed position to the open position.

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Dependent claims

An installer for installing a container of flowable material on a dispenser, said installer comprising:

a supporting structure;
a carriage adapted to carry the container, said carriage being mounted on the supporting structure for movement along a path between a loading position in which the carriage is adapted to receive the container and an unloading position in which the carriage is at a higher elevation than in the loading position and inverted with respect to the orientation of the carriage in the loading position;
a stopper mounted on the supporting structure for movement with the carriage between the loading and unloading positions, said stopper being movable between a closed position in which the stopper can essentially close a mouth of the container and an open position in which the stopper is displaced from the closed position;
and
a cam system carried by the supporting structure responsive to the carriage approaching the unloading position for moving the stopper from the closed position to the open position.

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An installer for installing a container of flowable material on a dispenser, said installer comprising:

a supporting structure;
a carriage adapted to carry the container, said carriage being mounted on the supporting structure for movement along a path between a loading position in which the carriage is adapted to receive the container and an unloading position in which the carriage is at a higher elevation than in the loading position and inverted with respect to the orientation of the carriage in the loading position;
motor means for moving the carriage from the loading position to the unloading position, said path having an inverting region intermediate said positions of the carriage in which the carriage inverts;
a first switch carried by one of the carriage and the supporting structure;
a first switch actuator carried by the other of the carriage and supporting structure and engageable with the switch near said inverting region and between the loading position and said inverting region to actuate the switch;
and
and first means responsive to actuation of the switch to reduce the speed at which the motor means drives the carriage whereby the carriage is driven at a reduced speed through at least a major portion of the inverting region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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