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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/00 (2006.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/1217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for automated dispensing of a fluid. The system and method includes accounting for ambient light proximate a dispensing location and generating a reference voltage in response to the ambient light. A second voltage is generating in response to a reflected signal from the location. Dispensing occurs if the difference between the reference voltage and the second voltage is greater than a predetermined amount.