Patent ID: 8113387

Claim:
A water dispenser adapted to be disposed in a kitchen wall partition, the kitchen wall partition being formed with an opening for retaining said water dispenser therein and having a sink unit disposed thereon at a position below the opening, the sink unit including a sink body, a drain pipe connected to the sink body, and a water inlet pipe, said water dispenser comprising: a housing adapted to be retained in the opening of the kitchen wall portion and having a front side that is formed with a panel engaging hole; a pipe unit disposed in said housing and having a water inlet that is adapted for fluidly communicating with the water inlet pipe, and a first water outlet through which water entering said water inlet flows; a heating unit disposed in said housing and having a connecting water inlet that is fluidly communicated with said first water outlet of said pipe unit, a heating tank for boiling and storing water from said connecting water inlet, and a hot water outlet that is fluidly communicated with said heating tank; a face panel retained detachably in said panel engaging hole at said front side of said housing, and having a dispensing cavity, a hot water supply pipe that has one end fluidly communicating with said hot water outlet of said heating unit and an opposite end extending into said dispensing cavity, and a drain unit that is adapted for fluidly communicating with the drain pipe of the sink unit; and a control unit disposed in said housing and including a heating circuit for controlling heating operation of said heating tank to boil the water therein, a first valve for controlling water flow from said first water outlet of said pipe unit to said connecting water inlet of said heating unit, and a second valve for controlling water flow through said hot water supply pipe of said face panel.