Patent ID: 8292126

Claim:
A bottled liquid dispenser comprising, in combination: a housing; a flow assembly replaceably received in the housing and including a manifold having an underside, and a reservoir for liquid, said reservoir for liquid being separate from said manifold and engaged with the underside of said manifold, a bottle connector for releasable sealing engagement with a neck formed on an inverted bottle, said bottle connector being incorporated in the manifold and including a receiver cup and a feed tube, a first pathway for conducting liquid from the feed tube of the bottle connector to the reservoir, a second pathway for conducting liquid from the reservoir to a discharge outlet which is separate from the feed tube, a third pathway for conducting atmospheric air to the interior of the bottle through the feed tube without passing through the reservoir, said manifold providing said first, second, and third pathways such that said first, second, and third pathways are mutually separate; a thermal receptacle mounted in the housing and receiving the reservoir of the flow assembly; and a support structure, fixed in said housing, supporting the underside of said manifold; the arrangement being such that the flow assembly can be removed from the housing as a unitary item and replaced.