Patent ID: 8413694

Claim:
A device for filling a plurality of containers with a liquid, the device comprising: a fluid reservoir assembly including a housing for holding a liquid; and a fluid treating unit arranged in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir assembly for treating a liquid in the fluid reservoir assembly, wherein the fluid reservoir assembly and the fluid treating unit allow passage of a liquid therethrough by gravity, and wherein the fluid reservoir assembly includes a plurality of—outlet portions each including an outlet opening and a valve fluidly associated with the corresponding outlet opening, and further wherein the valve is biased to a normally closed mode to prevent liquid from flowing through the corresponding outlet opening and is configured to transition to an open mode to permit liquid to flow through the corresponding outlet opening only when operatively engaged by a portion of one of the containers; wherein each of the plurality of outlet portions are configured such that when the portion of one of the containers is disengaged from the valve, the entire valve assembly remains associated with the outlet opening.