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1. An adapter for allowing a bag-in-box liquid container having a collapsible bag containing the liquid within the box and a bag dispensing fitting extending from the bag for dispensing liquid from the bag, to be used with a conventional water cooler designed to use a substantially rigid water bottle having a water bottle opening with a water bottle opening cap as the source of water and having a water cooler body with a reservoir therein adapted to receive the substantially rigid water bottle positioned in inverted orientation at the top of the water cooler body with the water bottle opening extending into the water cooler body above the reservoir and having a water bottle opening cap engaging pin adapted to extend through the water bottle opening cap into the water bottle opening wherein water from the substantially rigid water bottle flows by gravity through the water bottle opening cap engaging pin through the water bottle opening from the substantially rigid water bottle into the reservoir and when water from the substantially rigid water bottle reaches a desired level in the reservoir, the water closes the bottle opening to the flow of air into the bottle thereby stopping flow of water from the substantially rigid water bottle into the reservoir, and including a user operated reservoir outlet to dispense water from the reservoir when desired by a user, comprising:
a holder for removably holding a bag-in-box liquid container in place of the water bottle at the top of the water cooler body; and a liquid supply line having opposite ends, one end adapted for removable attachment to the bag dispensing fitting when a bag-in-box liquid container is positioned in the holder and the opposite end adapted to connect with the water bottle opening cap engaging pin whereby water from the bag-in-box liquid container can flow by gravity from the bag-in-box liquid container through the bag dispensing fitting, the liquid supply line, and the water bottle opening cap engaging pin into the reservoir. |
