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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Robert Tansley, Stratford upon Avon, GB;
Hugh Connell, Evesham, GB;
Ebac Limited, Durham, GB;
Abstract
Liquid is supplied from a bottle B to a discharge outlet via a molded plastics reservoir by pressurizing the bottle using an air pump . A pressure sensor responds to a rise in air pressure supplied to the bottle by shutting off the pump. Liquid is removed from the reservoir through a dip tube having a main outlet adjacent to the bottom of the reservoir and a smaller auxiliary outlet adjacent to the top of the reservoir. The upper region of the reservoir is received in a finned heat-conducting holder provided with a thermoelectric cooling element. For hygienic purposes the bottle has a connector which can be replaced together with the reservoir and associated supply tubes and . A temperature-control mixer may be to mix liquid from the reservoir with liquid from the bottle.