CARTRIDGE EXTRACTION UNIT FOR WATER PURIFIER

A beverage dispenser comprising: a cartridge receiving chamber 108, the chamber comprising a water inlet 112 and a treated water outlet 114 configured to connect to a cartridge water inlet and a treated water cartridge outlet of a water treatment cartridge, respectively; a cartridge seat 116, slidingly displaceable within the cartridge receiving chamber 108 between a cartridge operative position in which the cartridge water inlet and the treated water cartridge outlet establish a fluid communication with the water inlet and the treated water outlet of said chamber, respectively, and a cartridge extraction position in which the cartridge water inlet and the treated water cartridge outlet are disengaged from the water inlet and the treated water outlet of the chamber, respectively, the cartridge seat configured to engage a seat-receiving location formed at an external wall portion of said cartridge when received within the cartridge receiving chamber; and a user accessible actuation member 120 switchable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the actuation member being configured to slidingly displace the cartridge seat between said cartridge operative position, corresponding to said locked position, and said cartridge extraction position that corresponds to said unlocked position.