HAND HYGIENE DISPENSER

• US 20150028054A1
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Bernard Norman
• Original Assignee: William Bernard Norman
• Inventors: Norman, William Bernard
• Application Number:
  US13/951,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20150028054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/52
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/1217 Electrical control means for the dispensing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/245 Reminder of hygiene compliance policies, e.g. of washing hands
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for dispensing material using a hand hygiene apparatus. The hand hygiene apparatus may comprise a dispensing device configured to dispense at least some material. The hand hygiene apparatus may comprise a first motion sensing device configured to activate an alert responsive to detecting a movement. The hand hygiene apparatus may comprise a second motion sensing device configured to deactivate the alert or activate a second alert responsive to detecting a second movement.

Claims

1. An apparatus for dispensing at least some material, comprising:

a first motion sensing device configured to activate an alert responsive to detecting a movement; and

a second motion sensing device configured to, responsive to detecting a second movement, at least one of;

deactivate the alert;

or

activate a second alert.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the alert comprising at least one of:

an optical alert;

or

an auditory alert.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a dispensing device configured to dispense at least some material.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, the second movement detected by the second motion sensing device when a user activates the dispensing device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, the activating of the dispensing device by the user comprising at least one of:

the second movement detected by the second motion sensing device;

or

an activation by the user of a physical trigger on the dispensing device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, at least one of:

the first motion sensing device configured to detect the first movement based upon at least one of a first beam or a first radiation;

or

the second motion sensing device configured to detect the second movement based upon at least one of a second beam, a second radiation or a physical trigger.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, at least one of the first motion sensing device or the second motion sensing device comprising a passive infrared sensor.

8. A method for dispensing at least some material, comprising:

activating an alert responsive to detecting a movement; and

deactivating the alert or activating a second alert responsive to detecting a second movement.

9. The method of claim 8, the alert comprising at least one of:

an optical alert;

or

an auditory alert.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising using a dispensing device to dispense at least some material.

11. The method of claim 10, the second movement detected by the second motion sensing device when a user activates the dispensing device.

12. The method of claim 11, the activating of the dispensing device by the user comprising at least one of:

the second movement detected by the second motion sensing device;

or

an activation by the user of a physical trigger on the dispensing device.

13. The method of claim 8, at least one of:

the first motion sensing device configured to detect the first movement based upon at least one of a first beam or a first radiation;

or

the second motion sensing device configured to detect the second movement based upon at least one of a second beam, a second radiation or a physical trigger.

14. The method of claim 13, at least one of the first motion sensing device or the second motion sensing device comprising a passive infrared sensor.

15. A hand hygiene apparatus for dispensing at least some material, comprising:

a dispensing device configured to dispense at least some material;

a first motion sensing device configured to activate an alert comprising at least one of an optical alert or an auditory alert responsive to detecting a movement based upon at least one of a first beam or a first radiation; and

a second motion sensing device configured to, responsive to detecting a second movement when a user activates the dispensing device based upon at least one of a second beam, a second radiation or a physical trigger, at least one of;

deactivate the alert;

or

activate a second alert comprising at least one of a second optical alert or a second auditory alert,

the activating of the dispensing device by the user comprising at least one of;

the second movement detected by the second motion sensing device;

or

an activation by the user of a physical trigger on the dispensing device.

16. The hand hygiene apparatus of claim 15, at least one of the first motion sensing device or the second motion sensing device comprising a passive infrared sensor.

17. The hand hygiene apparatus of claim 15, the auditory alert indicative of at least one of a voice, a beep or a chime.

18. The hand hygiene apparatus of claim 15, the apparatus coupled to a wall.

19. The hand hygiene apparatus of claim 18, the optical alert configured to shine on the wall.

20. The hand hygiene apparatus of claim 18, the optical alert configured to shine on the wall in a first color, the second optical alert configured to shine on the wall in a second color different than the first color.