Patent ID: 8156968
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A61L,B67D,C02F,G01F

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for dispensing a fluid to a user into a container at a user access point in a fluid dispensing stream comprising: a point of vend port that dispenses said fluid, said point of vend port disposed in a first isolation chamber; a second isolation chamber that provides spatial separation between said point of vend port and said user access point; a shutter that isolates said first isolation chamber from said second isolation chamber during an idle state; a UV lamp mounted on said shutter that irradiates and sanitizes said point of vend port during said idle state; a rotary disk having a vend port and an idle port, said vend port aligned with said point of vend port when said dispenser is in a vend state and said idle port aligned with said point of vend port when said dispenser is in an idle state, said rotary disk made of a clear plastic so that an alignment indicator is visible to said user during said idle state and during said vend state so that said user can align said container with said water dispensing stream during said idle state and said vend state, said rotary disk positioned adjacent to said second isolation chamber to provide a physical barrier between said user access point and said second isolation chamber; a driver that rotates said rotary disk between said idle state and said vend state.