Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1997-12-04
1999-09-14
Mullen, Thomas
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
340528, 340600, 340632, 3406914, 3406935, G08B 2300
Patent
active
059529245
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a system for encouraging workers who work in a hygienically controlled area to wash their hands before exiting an associated sanitation area. Broadly, the present invention comprises a housing located in the sanitation area for receiving at least a portion of the hands of the worker. A detector is operatively associated with the housing. The detector detects whether or not the hands of the worker have recently been washed in response to the insertion of the hands of the worker into the housing. A communication media is also operatively associated with the detector for outputting one of a sanitary signaling media in response to the detection that the hands of the worker have been washed and an unsanitary signaling media in response to the detection that the hands of the worker have not been washed.
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Ballew Walter D.
Britton James E.
Evans Bennie R.
Layton Anthony
Tucker Larry R.
Evans Bennie R.
Mullen Thomas
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