Patent ID: 8438865

Claim:
Water dispenser system for supplying passengers on board an aircraft with cooled drinking water, the water dispenser system comprising: an evaporator ( 14 ) in the form of a drinking water storage tank for receiving drinking water which is to be evaporated, wherein the evaporator ( 14 ) is connected to a drinking water supply line ( 64 ) for supplying drinking water to the evaporator ( 14 ) and to a drinking water tap ( 66 ) for withdrawing cooled drinking water from the evaporator ( 14 ), a first adsorber ( 24 ) which contains a medium ( 28 ) for the adsorption of the drinking water which is evaporated in the evaporator ( 14 ), a second adsorber ( 26 ) which contains a medium ( 28 ) for the adsorption of the drinking water which is evaporated in the evaporator ( 14 ), and a control system ( 22 ) which is adapted to establish or to interrupt a fluid connection between the evaporator ( 14 ) and the first and/or the second adsorber(s) ( 24 , 26 ).