Combination water dispenser with heating mechanism

1. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism consisting essentially of:

(a) a reservoir for accommodating both room temperature water and hot water having an automatic inlet means for replenishing water into the reservoir and a controlled water outlet means for dispensing both room temperature water and hot water from the reservoir;

(b) a reservoir heating element within the reservoir operable from an applied electric current for heating the water within the reservoir;

(c) an indicating means for indicating the activation and deactivation of the reservoir heating element;

(d) an user actuated means adapted to simultaneously activate the reservoir heating element and the indicating means;

(e) a temperature regulating means responsive to a pre-determined temperature of the water; and

(f) an automatic deactivation means adapted to deactivate the reservoir heating element upon receiving a signal from the temperature regulating means that the predetermined temperature of water has been reached until re-activation by means of the user actuated means.

2. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the automatic inlet means is a gravity flow feed systems or a pressurized feed systems.

3. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 2 wherein the gravity flow feed system or a pressurized feed system further includes a one way check valve that prevents backflow from the first and/or second reservoirs during operation of the combination water dispenser.

4. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on-demand heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the controlled water outlet means is a single dispensing tap.

5. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the reservoir heating element is a conventional electric resistance heating element having an applied AC current when the user actuated means is activated.

6. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the indicating means is a visible indicator mechanism.

7. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 6 wherein the visible indicator mechanism is an indicator light.

8. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the indicating means is an audible indicator.

9. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user actuated means is a manually engaged member.

10. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 9 wherein the manually engaged member is a biased button.

11. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on-demand heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the temperature regulating means is a series of thermistors calibrated to monitor the pre-determined temperature of the water.

12. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the including a second reservoir has having a reservoir cooling element within the second reservoir operable from the applied electric current for cooling the water in the second reservoir.

13. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 12 wherein the controlled water outlet means includes a first dispensing tap for hot or room temperature water and a second dispensing tap for dispensing cooled water.

14. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 including a cooling element configured to provide cooled water.

15. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism consisting essentially of:

(a) a reservoir for accommodating both room temperature water and hot water having an automatic inlet means for replenishing water into the reservoir and a controlled water outlet means for dispensing both room temperature water and hot water from the reservoir;

(b) a reservoir heating element within the reservoir operable from an applied electric current for heating the water within the reservoir;

(c) an indicating means for indicating activation and deactivation of the reservoir heating element;

(d) a user actuated means adapted to simultaneously activate the reservoir heating element and the indicating means;

(e) a temperature regulating means responsive to a predetermined temperature of the water;

(f) an automatic deactivation means adapted to deactivate the reservoir heating element upon receiving a signal from the temperature regulating means that the predetermined temperature of water has been reached until reactivation by means of the user actuated means; and

(g) a cooling means for providing cooled water.

16. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the heating reservoir heating element is only activated upon engagement of the user actuated means.

17. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the automatic inlet means comprises a gravity flow feed system or a pressurized feed system.

18. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the indicating means comprises an indicator light.

19. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the user actuated means comprises a tab or a button.

20. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on-demand heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the temperature regulating means comprises one or more thermistors configured to monitor the temperature of the water.

21. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 15 wherein the controlled water outlet means includes a first dispensing tap for hot or room temperature water and a second dispensing tap for dispensing cooled water.

22. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism consisting essentially of:

(a) a reservoir for accommodating both room temperature water and hot water having an automatic inlet means for replenishing water into the reservoir and a controlled water outlet means for dispensing both room temperature water and hot water from the reservoir;

(b) a reservoir heating element within the reservoir operable from an applied electric current for heating the water within the reservoir;

(c) a user actuated means adapted to activate the reservoir heating element when hot water is desired.

23. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 wherein the heating reservoir heating element is only activated upon engagement of the user actuated means.

24. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 wherein the automatic inlet means comprises a gravity flow feed system or a pressurized feed system.

25. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 including an indicator light.

26. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 wherein the user actuated means comprises a tab or a button.

27. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on-demand heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 including one or more thermistors configured to monitor the temperature of the water.

28. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 wherein the controlled water outlet means includes a first dispensing tap for hot or room temperature water and a second dispensing tap for dispensing cooled water.

29. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 including a housing, a frame or both.

30. A combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism as claimed in claim 22 including an electrical system configured to receive electrical power and to supply electricity to elements of the combination water dispenser.

31. A combination comprising:

a combination water dispenser with user activated hot water on a required basis heating mechanism according to claim 22; and

a source of water.

32. The combination of claim 31, wherein the source of water comprises:

a jug of water or a water dispenser filtration system.