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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., North Hollywood, CA (US);
Inventors:
Branko Bem, Plano, TX (US);
Dikran Babikian, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
BOBRICK WASHROOM EQUIPMENT, INC., North Hollywood, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/46 (2006.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/1217 (2013.01); G01J 1/0425 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 1/46 (2013.01); H03K 17/941 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4238 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automated dispensing of a fluid. The method includes providing a light pulse to a location proximate a dispensing outlet from which said fluid will be dispensed, sensing a light received from that location, where the sensed light includes at least one of an ambient light or a reflection of said light pulse, generating a signal corresponding to the sensed light, generating a transistor-transistor logic (TTL) signal if the reflection of the light pulse is determined and pumping a fluid to the dispenser outlet in response to said TTL signal.