Reservoir product pump
AssigneeNottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc.
InventorsCraig M. Saunders, Marc L. Vitantonio, Charles Peter Althoff, Jeffery Kalman
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Abstract
An automatic dispenser includes a housing, a reservoir, a pump, an intake tube, and exhaust tube, and a spigot. The reservoir is disposed in the housing. The pump includes a pump chamber and is disposed in the housing. The pump is for drawing liquid from an associated container. The intake tube is in fluid communication with the pump chamber. The intake tube is adapted to be disposed in the associating container. The exhaust tube is in fluid communication with the pump chamber and the reservoir. The spigot is for selectively discharging the liquid from the reservoir. An energy efficient, measured dose appliance is provided.
Claims43
An automatic dispenser for dispensing liquid stored in a container, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a reservoir disposed in said housing;
- a pump having a pump chamber, said pump for drawing liquid from an associated container;
- an intake tube in fluid communication with the pump chamber, said intake tube adapted to be disposed in the associated container;
- an exhaust tube in fluid communication with the pump chamber and said reservoir;
- a spigot for selectively discharging liquid from said reservoir;
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- wherein the dispenser has a height such that when the dispenser is mounted on the associated container the dispenser extends above the associated container about equal to or less than the height that a standard cap for the associated container would extend above the container.
An automatic dispenser for dispensing liquid stored in a container, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a reservoir disposed in said housing;
- a pump in communication with said reservoir, wherein said pump is adapted to pump liquid from the associated container at a pumping rate;
- a motor for driving said pump;
- an intake tube in fluid communication with said reservoir and adapted to be disposed in an associated container;
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- a spigot in communication with said reservoir for selectively dispensing liquid from said reservoir, said spigot is adapted to selectively dispense liquid from said reservoir at a dispensing rate, wherein the dispensing rate is greater than the pumping rate.
An automatic dispenser for dispensing liquid stored in a container, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a reservoir disposed in said housing;
- a pump in communication with said reservoir;
- an intake tube in fluid communication with said reservoir and adapted to be disposed in an associated container;
- a spigot in communication with said reservoir for selectively dispensing liquid from said reservoir;
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- a cup holder associated with said housing, said cup holder configured to receive a cap from the associated container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.