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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Dan Wanninger, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Erol Searfoss, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Peter Bergman, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/1207 (2013.01); A47K 5/1217 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a dispenser system comprising a dispenser and a replaceable liquid container, and a dispensing mechanism causing fluid to be discharged from the liquid container upon actuation and comprising a pump unit for discharging said liquid; said dispenser also comprising a detection unit for detecting displacement of said pump unit; and wherein information related to said displacement can be transmitted to an external computer unit. The pump unit is configured with a displaceable element which, upon actuation, has a linear motion during discharging of liquid, that the displaceable element interacts with a rotating gear element, and that the gear element is associated with a sensor of the magnetometer type.


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