Patent ID: 11946682
Assignee: QUENCH USA, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A water-dispensing device comprising:
a reservoir tank;
a dispense pump connected to the reservoir tank;
one or more dispense valves downstream of the dispense pump;
a spigot in selective fluid communication with the reservoir tank via at least the dispense pump and the one or more dispense valves;
an ice maker;
an ice making valve disposed between the reservoir tank and the ice maker to enable selective fluid communication from the reservoir tank to the ice maker;
an ice tank configured to receive and store ice made by the ice maker, the ice tank including a melt tray that is in fluid communication with the ice maker;
a melt pump connected between the melt tray and the reservoir tank; and
a controller configured to, upon receiving a signal to perform a water dispensing operation:
(a) open one of the one or more dispense valves,
(b) activate the dispense pump to move water from the reservoir tank toward the spigot,
(c) if the ice making valve is not open, open the ice making valve, and
(d) activate the melt pump to move water from the melt tray toward the reservoir.