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Touchless dispenser

  • US 9,527,656 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2009
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A touchless dispenser for a pressurized container including a valve member, comprising:

  • a housing mountable to the container, the housing comprising a base and a cover, the base defining an interior space and the cover being removably receivable on the base to enclose the interior space, the base having a neck mountable to the container and first and second support structure in the interior space;

    an electrically controlled valve mountable to the first support structure and having a pair of electrical leads extending therefrom, the electrically controlled valve including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet actuating the valve member to an open position incident to the base being mounted on the container;

    a nozzle extending between the valve outlet and a discharge orifice;

    a circuit board mountable to the second support structure and comprising battery mounting clips mounted to the circuit board, a sensor mounted to the circuit board for sensing proximity of a user'"'"'s hand, terminal pads for electrically engaging the valve electrical leads, and a control circuit operatively coupled to the sensor, the battery clips and the terminal pads, the control circuit controlling operation of the electrically controlled valve to dispense a dosage of product from the container using battery power responsive to the sensor sensing presence of a user'"'"'s hand proximate the discharge orifice.

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