S. C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.

S. C. Johnson Commerical Markets, Inc.

Raymond McKinnon

Thomas A Helf

Charles E Seaman

Carey W Zimmerman

John A Boticki

Brent Duchon

Michael J Greaney

A Ross Cameron

Michael R Barry

Gary L Waymire

A docking station and bottle system 23 including a filling head 20 and bottle 22 which have a head interconnect 86 and a bottle interconnect 90, respectively, for fastening the bottle 22 to the filling 20 head in order to prevent spillage. The bottle interconnect 90 includes a fluid port 106 and a vent port 104 which are simultaneously opened from a closed position in order to allow the filling head 20 to draw concentrated fluid from the bottle 22 and mix the concentrated fluid with a diluting fluid such as water before being dispensed from a filling head nozzle 52. The bottle 22 includes identifying indicia 158 for purposes of tracking utilization of the bottle and the concentrated fluid contained therein. An information storage system 170 is associated with the bottle and filling head in order to provide records of such concentrated fluid utilization. A wall mounted docking station 200 including one or more filling heads 20 is also provided for. A refill head is further provided for refilling bottle 22.

Docking station and bottle system

A distributed concentrated chemical dispensing system 300 and method include a central station 302, one or more permanently mounted satellite stations 304, and one or more portable satellite stations 306. Local concentrated chemicals can be distributed from the central station 302 without being diluted to the satellite stations 304, 306 for final dilution. An information storage device 318 is provided for tracking and keeping records of the utilization of the concentrated chemicals.

Distributed concentrated chemical dispensing system

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Castro Valley, CA, United States of America

Raymond McKinnon