Pivoting stand for bottle of water dispenser

• US 5,127,618 A
• Filed: 06/21/1991
• Issued: 07/07/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jacques Desjardins, Jean-Pierre Desjardins, Jean-Pierre Page
• Original Assignee: Jacques Desjardins, Jean-Pierre Desjardins, Jean-Pierre Page
• Inventors: Desjardins, Jean-Pierre, Desjardins, Jacques, Page, Jean-Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERGER, DEREK JOEL
• Application Number:
  US07/718,753
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 248/311.3, 248/313, 222/81, 222/146.6, 137/376
• US Class Current: 248/313
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 2210/00097 Handling of storage containers
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0029 provided with holders for bottles or similar containers
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0083 for the liquid container

Abstract

A water bottle tilting assembly mounted on a water dispensing cabinet is arranged to support the water bottle adjacent the dispensing cabinet at a level so that when the bottle is tilted about an axle the mouth of the bottle automatically reaches the trough of the cabinet with a breakable seal around the mouth of the bottle. A pointed sharp cutter is located inside the trough of the cabinet and breaks the seal when the bottle reaches its upside down position to allow the water to flow in the water dispensing cabinet.

Claims

1. A self-contained water bottle tilting assembly for a water bottle having a restricted sized neck and a mouth covered by a breakable seal, said assembly adapted to be mounted on a water dispensing unit made of a cabinet having an upper surface, a peripheral wall including a pair of opposite lateral walls and a front wall, and an opened trough extending inside said upper surface for receiving water from said bottle, said assembly comprising,

frame means having a collar member for sitting on said upper surface and for gripping said water dispensing unit around said peripheral wall at a level adjacent said upper surface, and a pair of spaced lateral beams pending from said collar member adapted to be positioned adjacent said peripheral wall on each side of said lateral walls, said beams adapted to be located forwardly of said front wall,

pivoting means connecting each of said lateral beams and said collar member for pivoting said lateral beams from a pending position to an upwardly extending position, said lateral beams adapted to tilt said bottle and laterally support it during its tilting operation,

a platform fixed to each of said lateral beams for supporting said bottle adjacent said beams in an upstanding position, said pivoting means having a pair of coaxially aligned axles adapted to be located on each side of said lateral walls for tilting said bottle from its upstanding position to an upside down position with its mouth located for facing said trough, and a

piercing means adapted to be located in said trough for piercing said seal when said bottle approaches its upside down position, whereby the water in the bottle is adapted to flow in the trough.

2. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 1, comprising a strap member fixed to said lateral beam above said platform, said strap member adapted to releasably hold said bottle against said beam.

3. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 2, comprising a handle member laterally extending from said platform, said handle adapted to pivot said platform and said bottle mounted thereon about said axle.

4. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 1, comprising a leg pending from said platform adapted to rest at a location away from said dispensing unit and extending down to the floor, said leg adapted to support said platform on said floor.

5. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 4, wherein said leg comprises an upwardly extending arm adapted to abut against the bottle in the direction of the lateral beam, whereby said bottle is held between said beams and said arm when being tilted.

6. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said piercing means comprises two adjacent and angularly disposed faces of a hollow pyramid.

7. A water bottle tilting assembly as recited in claim 6, wherein said two faces are disposed at 90 degrees to each other.

8. In a water dispensing unit made of a cabinet having an upper surface, a peripheral wall including a pair of opposite lateral walls and a front wall, and an open trough extending inside said upper surface, and piercing means located in said trough adapted to receive water from a water bottle having a restricted sized neck and a mouth covered by a breakable seal, the improvement being characterized by a tilting assembly adapted to be mounted on said unit, said assembly comprising,

frame means having a collar member for sitting on said upper surface and for gripping said water dispensing unit around said peripheral wall at a level adjacent said upper surface, and a pair of spaced lateral beams pending from said collar member adjacent said peripheral wall on each side of said lateral walls, said beam extending downwardly and forwardly of said front wall,

pivoting means connecting each of said lateral beams and said collar member for pivoting said lateral beams from a pending position to an upwardly extending position, said lateral beams adapted to tilt said bottle and laterally support it during its tilting operation,

a platform fixed to each of said lateral beams for supporting said bottle adjacent said beams in an upstanding position, said pivoting means having a pair of coaxially aligned axles located on each side of said lateral walls for tilting said bottle from its upstanding position to an upside down position with its mouth located for facing said trough,

whereby said piercing means is adapted to pierce said seal when said bottle approaches its upside down position, to allow the water in the bottle to flow in the trough.