WATER DISPENSER IN AQUA-VENDING UNIT Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC B67C3/00 

FIELD: vending machines.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aqua vending apparatuses, i.e. to automatic water dispensers by automatically controlled water dispensing from common reservoir to customer water bottle. Technical problem consists in necessity of alignment of bottle neck of customer relative to nozzle under conditions of capacitance variation of bottles (5 and 19 l). Chamber 1 is mounted on face panel 2 of aqua-vending apparatus with possibility of access of customer thereto. Chamber 1 comprises nozzle 7 for pouring water into customer bottles and bottle centralizer 8 having cutout 9 for centering bottle neck relative to nozzle 7. Chamber 1 also comprises point light source 10 and rotary table 11, which is made with possibility of its arbitrary installation by turning it either into horizontal position or into vertical position with the help of centralizer 8 in both its position of bottle neck for outlet end 12 of union 7. Point source of light 10 is installed in upper part of chamber 1 below upper wall 4 of chamber 1 between connecting pipe 7 and rear wall 5 of chamber 1 on conditional straight line 22, which is located perpendicular to plane of front panel 2 and passes through centralizer 8 and union 7 above outlet end 12 of connection pipe 7.

EFFECT: technical result consists in provision of universal centering of neck of bottle installed in customer's chamber of any of two popular standard sizes of bottle (5 and 19 l) due to simultaneous fulfillment of following conditions: minimization of distance between nozzle and bottle neck; mechanical alignment of nozzle axes and bottle neck; possibility of manually eliminating error of said alignment of axes.

5 cl, 8 dwg