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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1985
Louis S Hoffman, Morristown, NJ (US);
William Bohmer, Flanders, NJ (US);
Ralph J DeVito, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Brian R Langille, Great Meadows, NJ (US);
Richard D Watkins, Whippany, NJ (US);
Charles B Sanders, Cedar Grove, NJ (US);
Martha E Kerch, Flanders, NJ (US);
Louis Hoffman Associates Inc., Randolph, NJ (US);
Abstract
Electrical batteries are integrated with a disposable container of flowable material for powering a dispensing apparatus. The disposable container includes a deformable chamber for containing a predetermined quantity of material to be dispensed, and an electrically energized actuating member deforms the chamber for dispensing the flowable material. The dispensing apparatus is actuated by a photocell system which electrically energizes the actuating member in response to the proximity of a user to the dispensing apparatus without the user contacting the apparatus. The photocell system normally is inactive, and is rendered active by a sensor for detecting the proximity of a user to the apparatus.