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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2024
Applicant:

Ecolab Usa Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Rospierski, Alden, NY (US);

David L. Snodgrass, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Andrew M. Schultz, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Viktor Slobodyan, Duluth, MN (US);

Cheryl A. Littau, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Kenneth T. Dobizl, Mounds View, MN (US);

Assignee:

Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/12 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/1217 (2013.01); G08B 21/245 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
Abstract

A wireless dispenser beacon module for a product dispenser comprises a bottle presence trigger configured to detect one of presence or absence of a product bottle in the product dispenser; an actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the product dispenser; and a module controller configured to wirelessly transmit dispenser data indicative of the detected one of presence or absence of the product bottle in the product dispenser associated with each detected actuation of the product dispenser.


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