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WO1997016107A1 - Dispositif et procede ameliores de distribution d'un produit liquide pour mains - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede ameliores de distribution d'un produit liquide pour mains Download PDF

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WO1997016107A1
WO1997016107A1 PCT/US1996/016915 US9616915W WO9716107A1 WO 1997016107 A1 WO1997016107 A1 WO 1997016107A1 US 9616915 W US9616915 W US 9616915W WO 9716107 A1 WO9716107 A1 WO 9716107A1
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Allen E. Brandenburg
John E. Maldonado
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Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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Priority to PL96326368A priority Critical patent/PL180813B1/pl
Priority to KR1019980703185A priority patent/KR19990067228A/ko
Priority to JP9517401A priority patent/JPH11514542A/ja
Priority to AU74660/96A priority patent/AU704417B2/en
Priority to BR9611426A priority patent/BR9611426A/pt
Priority to EP96936834A priority patent/EP0858280A1/fr
Publication of WO1997016107A1 publication Critical patent/WO1997016107A1/fr

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap
    • A47K5/1211—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap using pressure on soap, e.g. with piston
    • A47K5/1215—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap using pressure on soap, e.g. with piston applied by a peristaltic action
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap

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  • Dispensers for liquid soap are among the most common fixtures in public toilets and washrooms, both in the United States and throughout the world. Other liquid hand treatments, such as skin conditioners, different grades of soap or the like are also dispensable in such fixtures.
  • One type of dispenser that is presently being marketed by the owner of this invention, Scott Paper Company is wall mounted and adapted to receive two containers of liquid hand soap. Each container is connected to a flexible hose that is mounted to be in contact with a pumping mechanism.
  • the pumping mechanism includes an actuation lever, and is manually shiftable by the consumer or maintenance person between a first position for dispensing from the first container, and a second position for dispensing from the second container.
  • the soap should be deposited into the user's palm, but all too often this fails to occur, meaning that soap is wasted and hand washing is inefficiently performed.
  • an apparatus for dispensing a liquid hand treatment, ⁇ uch as soap, into a consumer's hand in a public washroom includes a container for storing liquid hand treatment; a nozzle; a pumping mechanism for extracting liquid hand treatment from the container and expelling it through the nozzle, the pumping mechanism including an actuator lever; wherein said actuator lever includes indicia for instructing a consumer how to orient his or her hand when actuating the lever, and the nozzle is oriented to deliver li ⁇ uid hand treatment into the consumer's palm when the lever is actuated and the user's hand is so oriented, whereby the liquid hand treatment will be deposited in the most useful location with a minimum of wastage.
  • an apparatus for dispensing a liquid hand treatment such as soap into a consumer's hand in a public washroom includes first and second containers for storing liquid hand treatment; first and second nozzles; a pumping mechanism for extracting liquid hand treatment from the first and second containers and expelling such liquid hand treatment, respectively, through the first and second nozzles, the pumping mechanism including a first actuator lever for causing the pumping mechanism to pump liquid hand treatment through the first nozzle, and a second actuator lever for causing the pumping mechanism to pump liquid hand treatment through the second nozzle, the first and second levers being independently operable, whereby liquid hand treatment may be dispensed electively through either container.
  • a method of dispensing a liquid hand treatment such as liquid soap includes steps of (a) inserting two containers of liquid hand treatment into a dispenser that comprises first and second nozzles; a pumping mechanism for extracting liquid hand treatment from the first and second containers and expelling such liquid hand treatment, respectively, through the first and second nozzles, the pumping mechanism including a first actuator lever for causing the pumping mechanism to pump liquid hand treatment through the first nozzle, arid a second actuator lever for causing the pumping mechanism 1 to pump liquid hand treatment through the second nozzle, the first and second levers being independently operable; (b) closing the dispenser; and (c) actuating one of the levers, independently of the other lever, to dispense liquid hand treatment through the respective nozzle.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an improved apparatus for dispensing a liquid hand treatment that is constructed according preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is perspective view of the apparatus shown in FIGURE 1, in an open position
  • FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of the apparatus that is shown in FIGURES 1 and 2;
  • FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional side view of the dispensers shown in FIGURES 1-3.
  • An apparatus 10 for dispensing a liquid hand treatment such as liquid soap into a consumer's hand in a public washroom or similar location includes housing 12 that has an inner portion 14 that is secured to the wall of a washroom or similar surface, and an outer protecting portion 16, as may be seen in FIGURE 2.
  • a locking mechanism 18 is provided for securing the inner and outer portions 14, 16 together in the operative position that is shown in FIGURE 1.
  • first and second containers 20, 22 of liquid hand treatment such as soap
  • a display window 34 is provided on the unit, as is typical in prior Scott Paper Company dispensers.
  • the containers 20, 22 have built in first and second nozzles 24, 26 for directing the liquid hand treatment from the first container 20 and second container 22, respectively, into the palm of a user.
  • Conduits which in the preferred embodiment comprise a first rubber hose 28 and a second rubber hose 30, connect the main bodies of first and second containers 20, 22 with the dispensing nozzles 24, 26, respectively, as is clearly shown in FIGURE 2.
  • Apparatus 10 further includes a pumping mechanism 32 for extracting liquid hand treatment from the containers 20, 22 and expelling it through the nozzle 24, 26.
  • pumping mechanism 32 is a peristaltic type pump that operates by kneading the liquid hand treatment through the respective rubber hoses 28, 30.
  • pumping mechanism 32 includes first and second separately actuatable levers 36, 38 which are constructed and arranged to cause pumping mechanism 32 to pump liquid hand treatment from the first container 20 or the second container 22, respectively.
  • first actuator lever 36 when a user actuates the first actuator lever 36, hand treatment is caused to flow from the first container 20 through first rubber hose 28 and out of first nozzle 24 into the palm of a user, which is usually the left hand palm, as may be readily be visualize in FIGURE 1.
  • second actuator lever 38 When second actuator lever 38 is actuated, typically by the right hand of a user, liquid hand treatment is caused to flow from second container 22 through second rubber hose 30 out of the second nozzle 26 into the palm of the user, which, again, is typically the right hand palm.
  • pumping mechanism 32 permits a user to pump selectively from either the first container 20 or the second container 22, without che need for manually shifting between the two sources, as was necessary in prior generations of dispensers.
  • each of the first and second actuation levers 36, 38 have indicia 40 thereon for instructing a consumer how to orient his or her hand when actuating the respective lever 36, 38.
  • indicia 40 comprises a recess 42 defined in the lever 36, 38 that is sized and shaped to accommodate the thumb of a user.
  • the levers 36, 38 are substantially vertical at the point thev are designed to contact the consumers hand 44, and the nozzles 24, 26 are also oriented substantially vertically.
  • the indicia thus indicate to the consumer that the consumer's thumb is to be used to actuate the lever 36, 38, so that the consumer would actuate the lever with his or her thumb 46, palm 48 up, and the liquid hand treatment v/ill be deposited vertically downwardly from the nozzle 34, 36 into the consumer's hand 44, as is best shown in FIGURE 3.
  • the levers 36, 38 are constructed with a functional width W that is preferably not much larger than the width of a single finger or thumb. This will discourage the user from actuating the lever 36, 38 with more than one finger, encouraging use of the thumb.
  • width W is within the range of 0.5 inches to 1 inch, with a preferred value of about 5/8 of an inch.
  • nozzles 24, 26 are spaced inwardly of the lever 36, 38 a distance D by mounting structure on the unit, which roughly corresponds to the distance between a user thumb 46 and his or her palm 48.
  • a maintenance person would load the containers 20, 22 into the apparatus 10, as is shown in FIGURE 2, and will connect the rubber hoses 28, 30 to the respective nozzles 24, 26. The maintenance person will then close and lock the inner portion 14 of the housing 12 to the outer portion 16, thus placing the apparatus 10 in the operative position shown in FIGURE 1.
  • a consumer will than approach the apparatus 10, and, if deposition of hand soap or other hand treatment into the right hand is desired, he or she will present the right hand to the second actuator lever 38, palm up, and will press the lever 38 inwardly with his or her right thumb, causing hand treatment to be pumped from the second nozzle 26 into his or her palm 48.
  • apparatus 10 could be operated by placing different types of hand treatments in the first and second containers 20, 22.
  • the first container 20 could be used to dispense soap
  • the second container 22 could be used to dispense skin conditioner.
  • the consumer would be alerted to the chose of products available by the present of labels 50 that are inserted into respective recesses on the levers 36, 38, as may be seen in FIGURE 1.

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Un dispositif (10) destiné à des toilettes publiques et permettant de distribuer dans les mains d'un consommateur un produit liquide pour mains, tel qu'un savon, comprend un premier et un second réservoir (20, 22) pour stocker le produit liquide, un premier et un second embout (24, 26), et un mécanisme de pompage (32) pour extraire le produit du premier et du second réservoir (20, 22) et le faire passer à travers le premier et le second embout (24, 26). Le mécanisme de pompage (32) comporte de préférence un premier levier d'actionnement (36), grâce auquel le mécanisme de pompage (32) pousse le produit dans ledit premier embout (24), et un second levier d'actionnement (38), grâce auquel le mécanisme de pompage pousse le produit dans ledit second embout (26). Les deux leviers (36, 38) peuvent fonctionner indépendamment, et le produit peut être distribué au choix par l'un ou l'autre réservoir (20, 22). Chaque levier d'actionnement (36, 38) comporte de préférence des renseignements indiquant au consommateur comment il doit orienter sa main quand il actionne le levier (36, 38), et l'embout (24, 26) est orienté de façon à délivrer du produit dans la paume de la main du consommateur quand celui-ci actionne le levier (36, 38) et oriente sa main de la manière indiquée. Ainsi, le produit sera déposé à l'emplacement le plus judicieux avec un minimum de gaspillage.
PCT/US1996/016915 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 Dispositif et procede ameliores de distribution d'un produit liquide pour mains WO1997016107A1 (fr)

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PL96326368A PL180813B1 (pl) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 Sposób dozowania płynnego środka do mycia i urządzenie do dozowania płynnego środka do mycia
KR1019980703185A KR19990067228A (ko) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 액상 손 트리트먼트 분배용 개량형 장치 및 그 방법
JP9517401A JPH11514542A (ja) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 液体ハンドトリートメントを分与するための改良された装置及び方法
AU74660/96A AU704417B2 (en) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 Improved apparatus and method for dispensing a liquid hand treatment
BR9611426A BR9611426A (pt) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 Aparelho e processo aperfeiçoados para dispensar um tratamento liquido para as mãos
EP96936834A EP0858280A1 (fr) 1995-11-01 1996-10-22 Dispositif et procede ameliores de distribution d'un produit liquide pour mains

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WO2002060308A1 (fr) * 2001-02-02 2002-08-08 Deb Ip Limited Distributeur de savon a couvercle a double coque
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