Apparatus for enforcing hygiene
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1. An apparatus for enhancing hygiene including a rest room having a water faucet equipped lavatory and having a normally locked ingress/egress door opened in response to the reception of a preselected code, the improvement comprising:
- an electronic door control means connected with a source of electrical energy and having a housing mounted on or adjacent said door and adapted to recognize said code when entered for unlocking the door;
a first time delay circuit means energized by the opening of said door for energizing an alarm if said door is not closed before said first time delay times out;
electrically operated liquid soap spray heads disposed in predetermined spaced relation above the lavatory;
a reservoir of liquid soap connected with said spray heads;
an electric circuit connecting said spray heads with the source of electrical energy in series through a pair of normally open spaced-apart push button switches disposed at respective lateral limits of said lavatory; and
,a second time delay circuit means interposed in the spray head circuit and energized with said spray heads by simultaneously closing said push button switches for energizing a completion signal and unlocking the door at the conclusion of a predetermined time delay.
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An apparatus for unlocking the door to a hygienic area is formed by a circuit having a pair of series connected, normally open push button switches disposed in spaced apart relation at lateral limits of a lavatory. When the switch buttons are simultaneously depressed for a predetermined time, as by the little finger of each hand of a worker, soap sprays from overhead spray heads on the worker'"'"'s hands, and after the predetermined time delay, unlocks the door.
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1. An apparatus for enhancing hygiene including a rest room having a water faucet equipped lavatory and having a normally locked ingress/egress door opened in response to the reception of a preselected code, the improvement comprising:
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an electronic door control means connected with a source of electrical energy and having a housing mounted on or adjacent said door and adapted to recognize said code when entered for unlocking the door; a first time delay circuit means energized by the opening of said door for energizing an alarm if said door is not closed before said first time delay times out; electrically operated liquid soap spray heads disposed in predetermined spaced relation above the lavatory; a reservoir of liquid soap connected with said spray heads; an electric circuit connecting said spray heads with the source of electrical energy in series through a pair of normally open spaced-apart push button switches disposed at respective lateral limits of said lavatory; and
,a second time delay circuit means interposed in the spray head circuit and energized with said spray heads by simultaneously closing said push button switches for energizing a completion signal and unlocking the door at the conclusion of a predetermined time delay. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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Current AssigneeWilliam B. Cunningham Jr
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Original AssigneeWilliam B. Cunningham Jr
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InventorsCunningham, William B.
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Primary Examiner(s)Hofsass, Jeffery A.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Lee, Benjamin C.
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Application NumberUS08/958,791Time in Patent Office321 DaysField of Search340/573, 340/686, 340/691, 340/545, 340/528, 70/144US Class Current340/573.1CPC Class CodesG08B 21/245 Reminder of hygiene complia...
