Water intake safeguard for bottled water dispensers

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B67D 1/12 (2006.01) B67D 1/04 (2006.01) F16K 21/18 (2006.01) F16K 31/20 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2695283

Devices and methods for dispensing bottled water are provided. More particularly, devices and methods for preventing water from overflowing out of bottled water coolers are provided. According to certain embodiments, a bottled water dispenser is provided which comprises: (1) a water bottle; (2) a pump; (3) a control unit which instructs the pump to inject air into the water bottle (or, under certain circumstances, to cease injecting air into the water bottle); (4) a cold tank that receives water from the water bottle through an inlet tube and one-way valve; and (5) a baffle disposed within the cold tank. The invention provides that upon a volume of water within the cold tank exceeding a threshold level, a surface of the water contacts and exerts a force on the baffle, which causes the baffle and the one-way valve to close the inlet tube.

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