Apparatus for dispensing drinking water

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6143258
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08804232

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An apparatus for dispensing drinking water including of a chamber in which a container packed with drinking water is mounted, a conduit connected with the container in the chamber to dispense drinking water through the apparatus, and sterilizer installed adjacent the conduit means to apply sterilization with substantial heat thereto. The sterilizing means may include automatic control system to control automatically sterilizing with heat. The conduit may includes a storage area for storing drinking water within the conduit, and the storage area may includes two tanks for storing drinking water, one is a cold water tank including a refrigeration device to chill the drinking water, and the other is a hot water tank including heating device to heat the drinking water. The sterilization with heat may be done by heating the conduit with heaters installed surrounding thereof, or may be done by circulating hot water which is stored in the hot water tank through the apparatus. Furthermore, the sterilizer installed adjacent said conduit with the exception of the portions in which hot water is usually passed through in the apparatus during dispensing the drinking water to apply substantial sterilization with heat thereto.

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SUNTORY HOLDINGS LTDOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kitamura, Hiroaki Nishinomiya, JP 8 151
Kunisaki, Shinichi Ibaraki, JP 7 211
Matsumoto, Nobuya Osaka, JP 8 194
Tamura, Shigeki Ikeda, JP 28 350

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