Prevention system and preventing method against infectious diseases, and apparatus for supplying fluids

• US 20020050006A1
• Filed: 10/16/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saraya Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Saraya Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Saraya, Ichiro
• Granted Patent: US 6,523,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 4/619
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2005/1218 Table mounted; Dispensers integrated with the mixing tap
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/12 for liquid or pasty soap
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0088 Liquid substances
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0404 Constructional or functional features of the spout
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/05 Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like for remote control of taps remote control of taps or the like per se F16K

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method effectively preventing infection, and provides a fluid supply apparatus capable of being preferably used for the system. A fluid supply apparatus is disposed near a doorway of a hall of an ordinary household. The fluid supply apparatus includes a water supply function by means of a water supply nozzle, a gargle discharge function by means of a gargle nozzle, a disinfectant discharge function by means of a disinfectant nozzle, and a sink. A body detection sensor for detecting a human body who enters a room is provided above the doorway. When the body detection sensor detected a body, a voice output apparatus outputs a voice recommending to gargle and wash hand to this person.

Claims

1. A prevention system against infectious diseases, comprising:

a fluid supply apparatus provided with a sink and a plurality of fluid supply mechanisms for supplying different kinds of fluids, having at least a hand washing function and a gargle supply function, and disposed near a doorway in a building;

a human body detection sensor for detecting a person entering into the building from the doorway; and

a voice output apparatus for outputting a vocal sound to recommend the person to conduct gargling and hand washing when the human body detection sensor detects him or her.

2. A preventing method against infectious diseases, comprising the steps of:

disposing a fluid supply apparatus near a doorway in a building, wherein the fluid supply apparatus is provided with a sink and a plurality of fluid supply mechanisms for supplying different kinds of fluids, and having at least a hand washing function and a gargle supply function; and

outputting a vocal sound to recommend a person to conduct gargling and hand washing when he or she enters into the building from the doorway.

3. A fluid supply apparatus includes a plurality of fluid supply mechanisms for supplying different kinds of fluids, and a discharge port of each fluid supply mechanism is provided in a predetermined portion of a common unit-body disposed on an upper portion of a sink, wherein

the unit-body is provided with a pipe-like body disposed generally along at least a part of periphery of a recess in a sink and a base pedestal of which at least a part is formed hollow, the unit-body is mounted on an upper surface of the sink at outer side of the recess periphery through the base pedestal.

4. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the plurality of fluid supply mechanisms include at least two of fluid supply mechanisms for supplying hand washing water, warm water, soapy water, a disinfectant, a gargle and warm wind.

5. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein

the plurality of fluid supply mechanisms include the fluid supply mechanisms for supplying either one of hand washing water or warm water, soapy water and a disinfectant and a gargle.

6. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

a detection sensor for detecting a user'"'"'s operating motion to use a fluid of a discharge port of the unit-body is provided at a vicinity of the discharge port, by detecting the user'"'"'s operating motion by the detection sensor, a fluid supply mechanism corresponding to the discharge port is driven and the fluid is automatically supplied from the discharge port.

7. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the plurality of fluid supply mechanisms include at least the fluid supply mechanism for supplying a gargle, and the fluid supply apparatus is provided with a gargle discharge switch that is to be operated when the gargle is discharged from the discharge port.

8. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

a fluid supply mechanism for supplying a chemical, one of the plurality of fluid supply mechanisms, is to feed the chemical from a chemical container to a corresponding discharge port, and the unit-body is provided with an alarm device for alarming that remaining amount of the chemical in the chemical container is reduced below a predetermined level.

9. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the base pedestal of the unit-body is made of synthetic resin and formed to generally U shape in cross section whose upper side is opened, the pipe-like body supported on a upper surface of the base pedestal is made of metal and provided with a threaded hole at a predetermined portion in lower part, and fastened to the base pedestal by tightening a screw member into the threaded hole from a bottom of the base pedestal, the base pedestal is fastened to the sink through metal washers and screw members disposed above and below the bottom plate of the base pedestal.

10. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

basic constituent elements of each fluid supply mechanism except for each discharge port, and piping elements and electric wiring elements to be placed inside the pipe-like body or the base pedestal are accommodated in an single accommodation case, and the accommodation case is disposed at the vicinity of the sink.

11. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the sink is formed into a shape of substantially rectangular parallelepiped.

12. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the unit-body is divided into a plurality of unit-body pieces substantially along at least a part of periphery of a recess of the sink.

14. A fluid supply apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein

the discharge port of each fluid supply mechanism is provided at a predetermined portion of a common unit-body, and the common unit-body is disposed on an upper portion of the sink.

13. A fluid supply apparatus provided with a plurality of fluid supply mechanisms for supplying different kinds of fluids and discharge ports of the fluid supply mechanisms are disposed on an upper portion of a sink, a detection sensor for detecting a user'"'"'s operating motion to use a fluid to be supplied by each discharge port of the unit-body is provided respectively at a vicinity of the discharge port, and, by detecting the user'"'"'s operating motion by the detection sensor, a fluid supply mechanism corresponding to the discharge port is driven and the fluid is automatically supplied from the discharge port, wherein

a central detection sensor disposed at a position corresponding approximately to a center of sink recess periphery far from a user of a sink is set such that a detecting direction points to approximately a center of the sink recess, while the other detection sensors are set such that their detecting directions become estranged from the direction points to approximately a center of the of the sink recess to a closer direction to the user by a predetermined angle.