Dispenser with sound generators
AssigneeGotohti.com Inc.
InventorsHeiner Ophardt, Tony Kortleve-Snider
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Abstract
In combination a fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid and a sound sensing mechanism remote from the fluid dispenser, the fluid dispenser dispensing fluid when activated, the fluid dispenser including a sound generator which generates a sound when the fluid dispenser is activated, the sound sensing mechanism separate from and spaced from the fluid dispenser, the sound sensing mechanism including a sound sensor to sense the sound generated by the sound generator, the sound sensing mechanism including a communication system to transmit data representative of the sound sensed by the sound generator.
Claims17
A system for monitoring activation of a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid and a sound sensing mechanism remote from the fluid dispenser,
- the fluid dispenser dispensing fluid when activated by a user,
- the fluid dispenser includes a fluid pump for dispensing fluid on movement of an actuator activated by the user,
- the fluid dispenser including a sound generator which generates a sound when the fluid dispenser is activated by the user,
- the sound generator comprises an air whistle which produces the sound from a stream of pressurized air,
- the fluid dispenser includes an air pump for pressurizing air on movement of the actuator and delivering the stream of pressurized air to the air whistle,
- the sound sensing mechanism separate from and spaced from the fluid dispenser,
- the sound sensing mechanism including a sound sensor to sense the sound generated by the sound generator,
- the sound sensing mechanism including a communication mechanism to transmit data representative of the sound sensed by the sound generator to a remote computer.
A method of compliance monitoring of hand washing within a facility comprising:
- providing a plurality of fluid dispensers within the facility, wherein each fluid dispenser includes a fluid pump for dispensing fluid on movement of an actuator, an air whistle which produces sound from a stream of pressurized air and an air pump for pressurizing air on movement of the actuator and delivering the stream of pressurized air to the air whistle,
- providing a plurality of sound sensors spaced within the facility,
- producing a sound each time each of the fluid dispenser is activated by delivering the stream of pressurized air from the air pump to the whistle,
- remotely monitoring each sound produced by each dispenser with one or more sound sensors, and
- transmitting data representative of the sounds sensed by each sound sensors to a central computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.