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Patent No.:

US 10732021 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

May. 15, 2017

Method and apparatus for calibrating remaining doses in a refillable dispenser

Applicant:

Gojo Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US);

Inventor:

Mark W. Moore, Aurora, OH (US);

Assignee:

GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US);

Attorney:

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Primary Examiner:

Paul R Durand

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew P Bainbridge

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 13/24 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 13/00 (2006.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); A47K 5/10 (2006.01); A47K 10/42 (2006.01); A47K 10/36 (2006.01); G01F 11/00 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 13/248 (2013.01); A47K 5/1217 (2013.01); B65D 83/0005 (2013.01); G01F 13/008 (2013.01); G01F 25/0061 (2013.01); G01F 25/0092 (2013.01); A47K 5/10 (2013.01); A47K 10/36 (2013.01); A47K 10/42 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3226 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3266 (2013.01); B65D 83/00 (2013.01); B65D 2583/005 (2013.01); B67D 3/0077 (2013.01); G01F 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary dispenser includes a housing and a refill unit. The refill unit being removable and replaceable. The dispenser also includes a processor, memory, a dose count stored in memory that is indicative of the number of doses in a full refill unit, a level sensor for detecting a predetermined level the refill unit and a dispense count indicative of the number doses of product dispensed from the refill unit. In addition, the dispenser includes memory and has logic stored in the memory for recalibrating the number of doses remaining in the refill unit as a function of the dose count, the number of doses of product dispensed and the predetermined level of product. The number of doses of product remaining in the refill unit may be displayed on the dispenser, on a remote station, or on both the dispenser and a remote station.

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