Title:
APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING AND IDENTIFYING PRODUCT IN WASHROOMS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006065515
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus for the dispensing of product is provided. The apparatus includes a dispenser that is configured for dispensing product and a sensor in communication with an electrical circuit carried by the dispenser. The sensor is configured for detecting identification information about the product when the electrical circuit is completed by the product. Additional exemplary embodiments are also provided in which the sensor operates through optical detection, smell, physical contact with the product, or vibration instead of or in addition to the completion of an electrical circuit.
Inventors:
GOERG CHARLES H (US)
MITCHELL JOSEPH (US)
NG DIXON (US)
PADAK RONALD R (US)
YORK CHERYL L (US)
MITCHELL JOSEPH (US)
NG DIXON (US)
PADAK RONALD R (US)
YORK CHERYL L (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/043007
Publication Date:
November 09, 2006
Filing Date:
November 28, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
GOERG CHARLES H (US)
MITCHELL JOSEPH (US)
NG DIXON (US)
PADAK RONALD R (US)
YORK CHERYL L (US)
GOERG CHARLES H (US)
MITCHELL JOSEPH (US)
NG DIXON (US)
PADAK RONALD R (US)
YORK CHERYL L (US)
International Classes:
A47K10/36
Foreign References:
| EP0940110A1 | 1999-09-08 | |||
| US6360181B1 | 2002-03-19 | |||
| US20030168549A1 | 2003-09-11 |
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