Liquid dispenser
AssigneeCreaMiser Products Corporation
InventorCharles F. Teetsel, III
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Abstract
A liquid dispenser for use with a disposable liquid supply container and a method of using the dispenser is described. The dispenser regulates the flow of liquid by way of a clamping device which substantially seals the liquid from the ambient air. A support for holding the container in an elevated position above the clamping device contains guide flanges which are used to adjust the area in which the container is positioned in the dispenser to accommodate several volume sizes. The liquid flows from the container by gravity through a connector passage which is regulated by the clamping device. In a preferred embodiment, a cooling device is provided to cool the liquid as it flows from the container.
Claims16
A liquid dispenser for use with a removable liquid supply container, the liquid dispenser comprising:
- a. clamping means for regulating the flow of liquid from the dispenser and substantially sealing the liquid in the container from ambient air;
- b. support means for holding the container in a substantially elevated position above the clamping means, the support means having guide means for adjusting an area in which the container is positioned in the dispenser to accommodate at least two volume sizes of the container;
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- c. connector means having a passage extending from an opening end through the clamping means to a discharge end, the connector means for communicating with the interior of the container to permit the gravity flow of liquid from the container and out of the discharge end.
A liquid dispenser for use with a removable liquid supply container, the liquid dispenser comprising:
- a. clamping means for regulating the flow of liquid from the dispenser and substantially sealing the liquid in the container from ambiant air;
- b. support means for holding the container in a substantially elevated position above the clamping means, the support means having guide means for adjusting an area in which the container is positioned in the dispenser to accommodate at least two volume sizes of the container;
- c. connector means having a passage extending from an opening end through the clamping means to a discharge end, the connector means for communicating with the interior of the container to permit the gravity flow of liquid from the container and out of the discharge end;
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- d. cooling means positioned between the clamping means and the liquid supply container, the cooling means used to cool the liquid exiting from the container through the passage of the connector means.
A method for regulating the flow of liquid from a liquid supply container comprising the steps of:
- a. positioning a liquid supply container on support means for holding the container of the liquid dispenser, the support means having guide means for adjusting an area in which the container is positioned to accommodate at least two volume sizes of the container;
- b. opening a clamping means of the dispenser for regulating a gravity flow of a liquid from the dispenser through a connector means for communicating with the interior of the container and into a selected vessel;
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- c. cooling the liquid of the gravity flow as it leaves the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.