Personal filling device

Abstract

The Personal Filling device is an attachment designed for use with bottled water and point-of-use purification dispensers. The device provides a convenient angle to aid in the filling process of sport bottles and personal containers. The device provides a barrier to avoid contact with the existing spigot or nozzle of the dispenser. The device can be quickly pushed onto and removed from a spigot or nozzle, and then remain in the possession of a single individual for personal use. The device may reduce the possibility of contracting infectious diseases, such as colds and flu, which could be present on the communicable spigots or nozzles of drinking water dispensers.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Over recent years drinking water quality has become a great concern for many people, so much so in fact that bottled water and point-of-use drinking water dispensers, or plumbed in units, have become the preferred means of supplying drinking water rather than conventional drinking fountains.[0002]Occupants of residential and commercial facilities have come to rely heavily on 5 gallon bottled water dispensers and filtrations dispensers to provide them with cold clean drinking water. A large manufacturing plant, for example, may have dozens of these dispensers scattered throughout its facilities as a means for providing drinking water to its employees. The employees who use these dispensers typically refill their smaller hand-held sport bottles and other personal containers that they use to drink from on a daily basis.[0003]The problem with this however, is the mouthpieces of the smaller drinking water bottles may come into contact with the dispense no...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0008]The tubular device has a slight taper in the cavity to be pushed onto the dispense nozzle, this holds the device in place during the filling process. A simple twisting motion while pulling will remove the device from the dispense nozzle or spigot. The stem portion of the tubular device is angled towards the user and away from the dispenser, to provide a more convenient filling position and additional space.

[0009]This invention offers a simple yet very effective means of preventing an individual from contacting the existing dispense nozzle or spigot of the larger purification and bottled water dispensers. The invention also provides for a more convenient dispense angle for filling larger personal drinking water bottles and containers.

[0010]The objective of this invention is to provide an inexpensive, quick and convenient device, designed to be a portable extension of the existing spigot or nozzle of drinking water dispenser. The extension is then unique to one individual and when in use, will shield a personal container from a communicable spigot or nozzle of a drinking water dispenser.

Problems solved by technology

The problem with this however, is the mouthpieces of the smaller drinking water bottles may come into contact with the dispense nozzle or spigot of the larger drinking water dispensers during the act of refilling.

The dispense nozzle and spigot area is also vulnerable to air born contamination from a cough or sneeze, or from simple careless hand contact from another individual.

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