Patent ID: 6354344
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B67D,C02F

Abstract:
An automatic filter shutoff device removably connected to a water container and in fluid communication with a water dispenser, the device being adapted to monitor water dispensing and disable dispensing after a predetermined amount of water usage, comprising:a housing containing a water filter and removably connected to the water container; a monitoring and disabling mechanism having a shutoff apparatus moveable between first and second locations, the first location being one in which water dispensing is monitored by the mechanism, and the second location being one in which the mechanism is placed in an interfering position with the connection between the housing and the water container; wherein the shutoff apparatus automatically moves into the second location after the predetermined amount of water usage has occurred, and without interrupting water dispensing from the then-connected water container, so that the used filter shutoff device must be replaced in order to reestablish connection to a successive water container.