Point-of-care hygiene compliance module
AssigneeGOJO Industries, Inc.
InventorsJackson W. Wegelin, Matthew J. Archer
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Abstract
A point-of-care hygiene compliance module includes a housing that is adapted to be attached to a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated. The housing includes a pivoting actuation arm that is configured so as to be placed in operative contact with the dispensing nozzle. Thus, when the actuation arm is actuated, material is dispensed from the dispensing container, and a switch in operative contact with the actuation arm is actuated. The triggering of the switch updates a count value that is maintained by a controller, which may then be displayed or acquired by a remote computer to assess the amount of usage of the dispensing container.
Claims20
A hygiene compliance module for a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated, the hygiene compliance module comprising:
- a housing that is adapted to be attached to the dispensing container;
- an actuation arm attached to the housing, the actuation arm adapted to operatively contact the dispensing nozzle;
- a switch attached to the housing, the switch in operative contact with the actuation arm, such that the switch is actuated when the actuation arm is actuated;
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- a controller coupled with the switch, wherein when the actuation arm is actuated, the actuation arm actuates the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing container to dispense material therefrom and actuates the switch to update a count value maintained by the controller.
A hygiene compliance module for a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated, the hygiene compliance module comprising:
- a housing that is adapted to be attached to the dispensing container, the housing defining a switch aperture;
- an actuation arm attached to the housing, the actuation arm adapted to operatively contact the dispensing nozzle when the actuation arm is actuated;
- a contact arm coupled to the actuation arm, the contact arm received within the switch aperture when the actuation arm is actuated;
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- a monitoring device comprising a switch attached to the housing;
- wherein when the actuation arm is actuated:
- the actuation arm actuates the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing container to dispense material therefrom;
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- the contact arm is received within the switch aperture and actuates the switch, the monitoring device configured to track a count value that is updated when the switch is actuated.
A hygiene compliance module for a dispensing container that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when actuated, the hygiene compliance module comprising:
- a housing that is adapted to be attached to the dispensing container;
- an actuation arm attached to the housing, the actuation arm adapted to operatively contact the dispensing nozzle;
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- a monitoring device, comprising:
- a switch attached to the housing, the switch in operative contact with the actuation arm, such that the switch is actuated when the actuation arm is actuated;
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- a controller coupled to the switch, wherein when the actuation arm is actuated, the actuation arm actuates the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing container to dispense material therefrom and actuates the switch to update a count value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.