Dispenser with electronic lock

A dispenser comprising:

• a dispenser housing having an interior volume for holding a dispensable product, the dispenser housing having a fixed part and an openable part which is movable or removable with respect to the fixed part to provide access to the interior volume for refilling the dispensable product;
• a mechanical lock assembly provided for locking the openable part to the fixed part of the dispenser housing, the mechanical lock assembly comprising a user accessible, movably mounted operation part for allowing a user to operate the mechanical lock assembly and a latch connected to the operation part such that upon operation of the operation part by the user the latch is moved from a locked position to an unlocked position;
• and
• an electronic lock assembly provided for blocking operation of the mechanical lock assembly, the electronic lock assembly comprising:
• a blocking member movable between a blocking position in which it blocks the operation of the mechanical lock assembly and an unblocking position in which it allows the operation of the mechanical lock assembly,
• an electric actuator arranged for moving the blocking member between the blocking and unblocking positions,
• a receiver for receiving an unlock signal, and
• a control unit, configured for comparing the received unlock signal to at least one prestored value and upon determining that the unlock signal matches one of the at least one prestored values controlling the electric actuator to move the blocking member from the blocking position to the unblocking position,
• wherein the latch is movable in a first direction from the unlocked position to the locked position, and in a second direction opposite the first direction from the locked position to the unlocked position,
• wherein the latch comprises a first portion facing the first direction, the first portion configured to abut and latch onto a counterpart on the dispenser housing in the locked position, and a second portion facing the second direction,
• wherein, when the blocking member is in the blocking position, the blocking member abuts the second portion to prevent the latch from moving in the second direction to the unlocked position, and
• wherein, when the blocking member is in the unblocking position, the blocking member is in a position that does not abut the second portion such that the latch may be moved in the second direction to the unlocked position.