Chassis assembly
Disclosed is a rotary valve and rotary disk fluid dispensing system that sanitizes valve ports using UV radiation during non-use. Steam and ozinated water can also be used for stripping and disinfecting portions of the dispenser that can be accessed by the public. The system also uses detectors including hall detectors and a camera to inspect for blockage of valve ports, tampering or improper operation of the rotary valve disc.
1. A dispenser for dispensing a fluid to a user into a container at a user access point in a fluid dispensing stream comprising:
a point of vend port that dispenses said fluid, said point of vend port disposed in a first isolation chamber;
a second isolation chamber that provides spatial separation between said point of vend port and said user access point;
a shutter that isolates said first isolation chamber from said second isolation chamber during an idle state;
a rotary disk having at least one vend port, said vend port aligned with said point of vend port when said dispenser is in a vend state and solid portions of said rotary disk aligned with said point of vend port when said dispenser is in an idle state;
said rotary disk positioned adjacent to said second isolation chamber to provide a physical barrier between said user access point and said second isolation chamber during said idle state;
a driver that rotates said rotary disk between said idle state and said vend state.
2. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said driver comprises a geneva driver coupled to a drive motor and a geneva gear coupled to said rotary disk.
3. The dispenser of claim 2 further comprising:
a UV lamp mounted on said shutter that irradiates and sanitizes said point of vend port during said idle state.
4. The dispenser of claim 3 thither comprising:
a first disk UV lamp disposed adjacent to a first side of said rotary disk that irradiates and sanitizes said first side of said rotary disk;
a second disk UV lamp disposed adjacent to a second side of said rotary disk that irradiates and sanitizes said second side of said rotary disk.
5. The dispenser of claim 4 further comprising:
an ozinated water manifold disposed adjacent to said rotary disk that sprays said rotary disk with an ozinated water spray that strips and sanitizes said rotary disk.
6. The dispenser of claim 5 further comprising:
a steam manifold disposed adjacent to said rotary disk that emits steam that strips and sanitizes said rotary disk.