Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Wash receptacles – With proximity operated valve
Patent
1996-09-24
1998-06-16
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Wash receptacles
With proximity operated valve
4628, E03C 105
Patent
active
057652422
ABSTRACT:
Hand sanitizing apparatus for use in combination with existing wash basins having a water supply. A person's hands are washed and dried while held at a sensed position below the apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing adapted to be supported a given height above the wash basin, and a soap/water spray head fixed inside the housing to direct soap and water toward the person's hands. Hot and cold water lines extend between the wash basin water supply and a solenoid valve in the housing, to communicate warm rinse water from the valve when opened to the spray head of the apparatus. A soap reservoir and pump are arranged inside the housing to communicate liquified soap to the spray head. An air dryer unit fixed inside the housing serves to dry the hands after wetting by the soap and water sprays. An electrical control circuit includes a sensor that detects the presence of the hands at the sensed position, and a microcontroller for sequential activation of the soap pump, the water solenoid valve, and the air dryer unit over preset operating cycles.
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Leaflet, "Sensamatic" Wash Station by World Dryer, Berkeley, IL.
Phillips Charles E.
Zucker Leo
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