LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE

摘要

A liquid dispenser is provided including a cabinet (20, 22) housing a liquid reservoir (100) at its upper end and readily releasable from engagement with the evaporator coil (106) of a refrigeration unit for removal from the cabinet. The reservoir is surrounded by insulation which may be removed in sections. The dispenser also includes a removable valve assembly (162, 164, 166) with inlet openings press-fit to the reservoir outlets and to the inlets and outlets of a hot tank (220) removably suspended below the valve assembly and liquid reservoir. The dispenser may be used as a conventional inverted bottled water cooler (18) or fitted with an adapter including a dispensing feed tube for opening and closing special no-spill type bottle caps.