Apparatus for diarizing janitorial servies

• US 20040233787A1
• Filed: 09/26/2003
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hurley Corporation (Compass Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: Hurley Corporation (Compass Group PLC)
• Inventors: Talarico, Anthony M.
• Application Number:
  US10/672,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20040233787A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The invention provides an apparatus for diarizing the performance of janitorial services that includes an electronic display unit for indicating when a service was last completed and an input device for signalling when the display is to be updated. The apparatus can include a chassis mountable on a wall of a facility being maintained by a janitorial service, and at least one electronic display framed by a window on said chassis, said chassis for displaying a time when said facility was last maintained. The apparatus can also include a central processing unit connected to said display and for updating the display based on a user-input received from an input device that is mounted to said chassis and connected to the central processing unit. The input device is actuated at a time that is substantially coterminous when said facility was last maintained.

Claims

1. An apparatus for diarizing janitorial services comprising:

a chassis mountable on a wall of a facility being maintained by a janitorial service;

at least one electronic display framed by a window on said chassis, said display for displaying a time when said facility was last maintained;

a central processing unit and a clock and connected to said display and for updating said display based on a user-input received from an input device connected to said central processing unit, said user-input being received at a time substantially coterminous when said facility was last maintained.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising an additional display for displaying a message relevant to said facility.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said message includes a trademark belonging to at least one of said facility and a cleaning services company contracted to maintain said facility.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said facility is a public transportation depot and said additional display is operable to display departure and arrival information of transporation vehicles associated with said depot.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said display is based on a technology selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display technology, organic light emitting diode display technology, thin film electroluminescent display technology, and cholesteric liquid crystal display technology.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said input device is selected from the group consisting of a lock-switch, a magnetic card reader and an RF tag reader.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising an antenna connected to a modem-radio unit which in turn is connected to said CPU, said modem-radio unit operable to communicate with at least one wireless-enabled remote computing device for uploading data corresponding to a history of times when said input device was actuated.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a data communication port for connected to said CPU, said communication port unit operable to communicate with at least remote computing device for uploading data corresponding to a history of times when said input device was actuated.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said remote computing device is operable to update said clock.

2. The apparatus according to claim I further comprising an additional display for displaying a date when said facility was last maintained.

11. The apparatus according to claim I further comprising a self-contained power-supply within said apparatus for powering said apparatus includes a solar panel.