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AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsChristoph Rusch, Elmar Mock, Gary Cooper, Andre Klopfensteinh, Naomi Bitmead, James Peter Herrick, Amol Ashok Bhalerao, Randall L. Morrison, Bernard Guillemain
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The present disclosure provides a base station for a liquid dispensing apparatus. The base station includes a driver and a container support having a dispensing device, which includes a liquid duct leading from the container to an outlet. The device further includes a connector connected to the driver and detachably connectable to the dispensing device. In an embodiment, the container support is a holder, and the connector is movable towards the holder to connect to the dispensing device and away from the holder after disconnecting from the dispensing device.
A base docking station for a liquid dispensing apparatus, comprising (i) means for supporting a container having a dispensing device comprising a liquid duct leading from the container to an outlet and a liquid pump for moving liquid through the duct, and (ii) at least one coupling element connected to means for driving a drawer of the base docking station and detachably connectable to the dispensing device to actuate the liquid pump for moving liquid through duct, wherein the means for supporting the container is a holder, and the at least one coupling element is movable towards the holder to connect to the dispensing device and away from the holder after disconnecting from dispensing device.
A base docking station for a liquid dispensing apparatus, comprising a driver, a support for a container having a dispensing device comprising a liquid duct leading from the container to an outlet and a liquid pump for pumping liquid through the duct, and a coupler connected to the driver and detachably connectable to the dispensing device to actuate the liquid pump, the support is a holder, and the coupler is movable towards the holder to connect to the dispensing device and away from the holder after disconnecting from dispensing device.
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