AUTOMATIC HEATED FLOWABLE SOAP DISPENSER

• US 20120168459A1
• Filed: 01/03/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Patricia D'Onofrio
• Original Assignee: Patricia D'Onofrio
• Inventors: D'Onofrio, Patricia
• Application Number:
  US12/983,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20120168459A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/52
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/0002 incorporating means for heating or cooling, e.g. the material to be sprayed
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/122 responsive to presence or shape of target B05B12/124 takes precedence

Abstract

In a flowable soap dispenser comprising an operable pump, a reservoir operatively connected to the pump means for supplying flowable soap to be dispensed to the pumping means, the improvement comprising a heater associated with the dispenser for heating the flowable soap prior to the dispensing thereof.

Claims

1. In a flowable soap dispenser comprising an operable pumping means, a reservoir operatively connected to said pumping means for supplying flowable soap to be dispensed to said pumping means, the improvement comprising means associated with said dispenser for heating said flowable soap prior to the dispensing thereof.

2. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein said pumping means is manually operable.

3. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein said pumping means is automatically operable.

4. The automatically operable flowable soap dispenser of claim 3 comprising an electric circuit for operating said soap dispenser, said electric circuit including a sensor means providing an operating signal in response to the presence of a person positioned to use said soap dispenser, an electric operator which, upon activation, causes the soap dispenser to automatically dispense a measured amount of soap, circuit means connecting the sensor means and the electric operator whereby an operating signal from the sensor will cause activation of the electric operator, said connecting circuit means including means for providing a pulse of predetermined duration for activation of the electric operator.

5. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein said flowable soap is a liquid.

6. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein said flowable soap is foam.

7. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 also including a flowable soap temperature regulating means which includes a temperature monitoring means and means responsive thereto for controlling the heating means to maintain the temperature of the flowable soap at a predetermined, desired level.

8. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein said heating means is associated with said reservoir for said flowable soap.

9. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 1 wherein the heating means comprises an electric heating element positioned within the reservoir for contact with said flowable soap.

10. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 9 wherein said heating element comprises at least one conductive rod and/or coil

11. The flowable soap dispenser of claim 9 wherein said conductive rod and/or coil is configured to be electrically isolated from fluid through a calorimetric rod.