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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Amy Carol Buckalter, Seattle, WA (US);
David Oscar Iverson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Garet Glenn Nenninger, Seattle, WA (US);
Roland David Horth, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan B. Hadley, Renton, WA (US);
Amy Carol Buckalter, Seattle, WA (US);
David Oscar Iverson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Garet Glenn Nenninger, Seattle, WA (US);
Roland David Horth, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan B. Hadley, Renton, WA (US);
Toaster Labs, INc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A dispenser includes a housing, an aperture, a receptacle, a heating element, and an actuator. When a reservoir is received within the receptacle, an outlet port of the reservoir is exposed through the aperture. The heating element heats fluid housed within the reservoir. The actuator provides a dispensing force that induces a flow of the heated fluid. In some embodiments, the heater is an inductive heater. In other embodiments, the heater is a resistive heater. The dispenser dispenses the fluid through the aperture. Another embodiment of a dispenser may include a housing, an aperture, a receptacle within the housing, an actuator configured to receive a fluid reservoir, and a power source. The power source provides power to the actuator. The power source includes an alternating current source.