Patent Application
20230210298
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The disclosure relates to heater devices and more particularly pertains to a new heater device for heating water dispensed into a drinking cup. The device includes a base with a fluid reservoir and a salt reservoir. The device includes a bottle, which contains water, which is insertable into the fluid reservoir. The device includes a faucet which is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and a heating element that is integrated into the fluid reservoir. The heating element heats water dispensed by the faucet to inhibit a user from experiencing dental discomfort that could result from drinking cold water.
The prior art relates to heater devices including a water supply station which includes a pair of reservoirs, being fluidly connected to each other, each containing water of a unique temperature. The prior art discloses a variety of water dispensing devices that each includes a reservoir and a filtration element for dispensing filtered water. The prior art discloses a variety of water heating devices that includes a reservoir, a heating element, a dispenser and a cup tray positioned beneath the dispenser for dispensing heated water downward into the cup tray.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that has a fluid reservoir integrated within the base to contain a fluid and a fill port integrated into the base. A bottle is provided to contain water and the bottle is insertable into the fill port to direct the water into the fluid reservoir. A faucet is integrated into the base to dispense the water from the fluid reservoir. A heating element is integrated into the faucet and the heating element is in thermal communication with the faucet. The heating element heats the faucet when the heating element is turned on thereby heating the water when the water flows through the faucet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The fill port 18 extends into the top wall 22 and the fill port 18 is positioned closer to the front side 28 than the back side 32. The salt well 20 extends into the top wall 22 and the salt well 20 is positioned adjacent to the back side 32. The kicked out portion 34 has a tray 36 extending laterally away from the kicked out portion 34 and a drinking glass 38 can be positioned on the tray 36. A bottle 40 is provided which can contain water 42 and the bottle 40 is insertable into the fill port 18 to direct the water 42 into the fluid reservoir 14. The bottle 40 has a top end 44, a bottom end 46 and an outside wall 48 extending between the top end 44 and the bottom end 46. Each of the top end 44 and the bottom end 46 is open, the outside wall 48 tapers into a spout 50 at the bottom end 46 and the fill port 18 insertably receives the spout 50.
A lid 52 is positionable on the top end 44 of the bottle 40 for closing the top end 44. A spigot 54 is integrated into the bottle 40 and the spigot 54 is actuatable into an open condition to release the water 42 from the bottle 40 for drinking. The spigot 54 is in a normally closed condition to retain the water 42 in the bottle 40. Furthermore, the spigot 54 is positioned on the outside wall 48 of the bottle 40.
A faucet 56 is integrated into the base 12 and the faucet 56 is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir 14 to receive the water 42 from the fluid reservoir 14. The faucet 56 is actuatable into an open condition to dispense the water 42 from the fluid reservoir 14. The faucet 56 is actuatable into a closed condition to inhibit the water 42 from flowing outwardly from the faucet 56. The faucet 56 extends upwardly from the top wall 22 of the base 12 and the faucet 56 is positioned on the kicked out portion 34 of the base 12. The faucet 56 includes a valve 58 that is movably integrated into the faucet 56 and the valve 58 includes a lever 60 for manipulating the valve 58 between an open condition or a closed condition. Furthermore, the faucet 56 extends outwardly over the tray 36 to direct the water 42 into the drinking glass 38 when the drinking glass 38 is positioned on the tray 36.
A pump 62 is integrated into the base 12 and the pump 62 has an inlet 64 and an exhaust 66. The inlet 64 is fluidly coupled to the outlet 16 of the fluid reservoir 14 to pump the water 42 in the fluid reservoir 14 outwardly through the exhaust 66 when the pump 62 is turned on. The exhaust 66 is fluidly coupled to the faucet 56 to pump the water 42 outwardly through the faucet 56. The pump 62 may comprise an electric fluid pump or the like. A heating element 68 is integrated into the faucet 56 and the heating element 68 is in thermal communication with the faucet 56. The heating element 68 heats the faucet 56 when the heating element 68 is turned on to heat the water 42 when the water 42 flows through the faucet 56. The heating element 68 may comprise an electric heating coil or the like and the heating element 68 may have an operational temperature ranging between approximately 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit and 130.0 degrees Fahrenheit. As is most clearly shown in
A power button 70 is movably integrated into the outside wall 48 of the base 12 and the power button 70 is electrically coupled to the pump 62 and the heating element 68. Each of the pump 62 and the heating element 68 is turned on when the power button 70 is positioned in an on position. Conversely, each of the pump 62 and the heating element 68 is turned off when the power button 70 is positioned in an off position. A temperature button 72 is movably integrated into the outside wall 48 of the base 12 and the temperature button 72 is electrically coupled to the heating element 68. The heating element 68 is actuated into a maximum temperature when the temperature button 72 is in a maximum position and the heating element 68 is actuated into a minimum temperature when the temperature button 72 is in a minimum position.
A power cord 74 is coupled to and extends away from the outer wall 26 of the base 12. The power cord 74 is electrically coupled to the power button 70. The power cord 74 has a distal end 76 with respect to the outer wall 26 and a male plug 78 is electrically coupled to the distal end 76. The male plug 78 can be plugged into a power source 80 comprising a female electrical outlet 16.
In use, the lid 52 is removed from the top end 44 of the bottle 40 and the bottle 40 is filled with water 42. Additionally, the salt well 20 is filled with salt for softening the water 42 that is pumped from the faucet 56. The power button 70 is positioned in the on position to turn on the pump 62 and the heating element 68. Additionally, the temperature button 72 is positioned in either the minimum position or the maximum position, depending on the user's preference. The valve 58 on the faucet 56 is positioned in the open position to dispense the water 42 into the drinking glass 38 and the heating element 68 heats the water 42 as the water 42 flows through the faucet 56. In this way the water 42 dispensed into the drinking glass 38 is warmed to inhibit the user from experiencing dental discomfort that can result from temperature sensitivity with respect to cold water 42.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
