Patent ID: 7878372

Claim:
A water cooler replenishing system for automatically replenishing a reservoir inside a freestanding water cooler from a conventional water supply bottle, comprising: a fluid pump, an inlet port and an outlet port; said inlet port and said outlet port being operatively connected in fluid communication with said pump; said pump having selective powering means and automatic control means for operating said pump to urge water inward from said inlet port and outward through said outlet port; water collecting means disposed within said water supply bottle; a watertight fluid conduit from said water collecting means to said inlet port; a fill control assembly disposed within said reservoir; a watertight fluid conduit from said outlet port to said fill control assembly; said powering means includes an electrical switch and said automatic control means includes a relay; said water collecting means including a supply tube having proximal and distal ends, the distal end being sized to pass into said conventional water supply bottle, for collecting water therefrom; said fill control assembly comprises a vertically oriented filler pipe having at least one filler sensor electrically connected to said relay and at least one float configured for vertically traversing said filler pipe; said float having means for inducing said filler sensor to transmit a signal to said relay to control said pump said fill control assembly being configured to detect at least one pre-selected water level in said reservoir and to respond by transmitting a signal to said automatic control means; said automatic control means being configured to receive said signal and respond by controlling said pump; to automatically collect water from said conventional water supply bottle and deliver water to said reservoir for replenishing said freestanding water cooler.