Title:
WATER SERVER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/147910
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose is to facilitate the sterilization operation of a water server with the timing that conforms to the lifecycle of a user while maintaining the interval of the sterilization operation by timer control. When a power source is turned on, the timer control for the sterilization operation is automatically started according to a prescribed routine. When the user inputs a prescribed signal by operating a switch, and the input corresponds to the initial input after the power source has gone on, the sterilization operation is performed and is then followed by an energy-saving operation in which the heater is kept off and then turned on after a specified amount of time has elapsed, and by reservation control in which the reservation timing for timer control is updated according to the prescribed routine by using as a reference the time at which the input has occurred. If the input corresponds to the second or later input after the power source has gone on, a comparison is made between a threshold value and the amount of time that has elapsed following the input that served as the starting event for the immediately previous sterilization operation. If the amount of time elapsed is greater than the threshold value, the sterilization operation, the energy-saving operation, and the reservation control are performed. If the amount of time elapsed is less than or equal to the threshold value, the energy-saving operation is performed without performing the sterilization operation and the reservation control.
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Inventors:
ORITA YOSHINORI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/083717
Publication Date:
September 25, 2014
Filing Date:
December 17, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COSMO LIFE KK (JP)
International Classes:
B67D1/07
Foreign References:
| JP2004206301A | 2004-07-22 | |||
| JPH11190577A | 1999-07-13 | |||
| JPH0648488A | 1994-02-22 | |||
| JP2011102154A | 2011-05-26 | |||
| JP2009046150A | 2009-03-05 | |||
| JPH0648488A | 1994-02-22 | |||
| JP2012162318A | 2012-08-30 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2977346A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAMADA Bunji et al. (JP)
Bunji Kamata (JP)
Bunji Kamata (JP)
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