| 摘要 |
A water server includes a baffle which interferes with the downward flow of water introduced into a cold water tank through a water supply line. The baffle has a water transfer passage configured such that water discharged from the water transfer passage into the lower portion of the cold water tank can never be easily mixed into a low-temperature water layer. The water transfer passage (5e) is formed by a downwardly recessed surface portion (5f) formed on the top surface of the baffle (5) and having a distal edge (e), and an edge portion (5g) having a predetermined thickness and located over the distal edge (e) so as to overlap the distal edge (e). With this arrangement, when water introduced from a water supply line (3) into the cold water tank (1), which is configured to cool water stored therein, flows down through the water transfer passage (5e), the recessed surface portion (5f) deflects the flow of water in a horizontal direction or a direction close to a horizontal direction. Water is thus discharged from a terminal end opening defined by the distal edge (e) and the edge portion (5g) into the lower portion (h) of the cold water tank in a direction close to a horizontal direction. |
