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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Peter Atkins, Montvale, NJ (US);
Mohammad S. Farahat, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Wu Jin, Dongguan, CN;
Jackie Tsang, Dongguan, CN;
Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen, Dongguan, CN;
Peter Atkins, Montvale, NJ (US);
Mohammad S. Farahat, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Wu Jin, Dongguan, CN;
Jackie Tsang, Dongguan, CN;
Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen, Dongguan, CN;
Reckitt Benckiser LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Sun Chemical Corporation, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a product, the dispenser comprising a base unit () into which a refill () containing the product is removably insertable in a fixed position. The refill has a taggant ink () on part of its external surface. The base has a light source () to illuminate the ink. The light source has a first wavelength and the ink is arranged to cause the ink to emit light at a second different wavelength. A sensor () receives light emitted by the ink upon illumination by the light source. A control circuit receives signal indicative of the wavelength of the detected light from the sensor, compares it with stored data, and prevents operation of a dispensing mechanism unless the refill is authentic.