FR3109874A1 - DISTRIBUTOR OF HAND HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND URBAN FURNITURE INCLUDING SUCH A DISTRIBUTOR. - Google Patents

Abstract

Dispenser (4) for hand hygiene product comprising:- a casing (5, 6),- a reservoir (12) for hygiene product contained in the casing, the reservoir having a bottom (12d), a wall side (12e) and a top (12f),- a dispensing device adapted to dispense hygiene product contained in the reservoir to users, in which the casing is separated from the side wall and from the top of the reservoir by a space free (13) filled with air. Abstract Figure: Figure 3

Description

HAND HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSER, AND STREET FURNITURE INCLUDING SUCH A DISPENSER.

This description relates to dispensers of hand hygiene products, and street furniture comprising such dispensers.

Distributors of hand hygiene products are known.

Summary

The purpose of this description is to provide a hand hygiene product dispenser which is specially adapted for use in public places and in particular outdoors.

To this end, the present description proposes a hand hygiene product dispenser comprising:
- a casing,
- a reservoir of hygiene product contained in the housing, said reservoir having a bottom, a side wall and a top,
- a dispensing device suitable for dispensing the hygiene product contained in the reservoir to users,
in which the sump is separated from the side wall and the top of the tank by an air-filled free space.

Thanks to these arrangements, the reservoir is thermally insulated from the casing. Therefore, if the dispenser is used outdoors and is exposed to the sun, an excessive rise in temperature of the tank and the hygiene product it contains is avoided. This advantage is particularly noticeable when the hygiene product contains an alcohol.

In various embodiments of the hygiene product dispenser, one and/or other of the following arrangements may also be used (alone or in all their mutual combinations, possibly independently of the aforementioned arrangements):

said free space communicates with the atmosphere through ventilation openings;

said ventilation openings comprise at least one low opening arranged towards the bottom of the tank and at least one high opening arranged towards the top of the tank;

said free space has a minimum thickness of at least 5 mm, for example of the order of 10 mm;

said reservoir contains a hygiene product comprising at least one hydroalcoholic product;

the housing has an elongated shape along a vertical axis, for example a substantially cylindrical shape of revolution centered on said vertical axis;

the tank has a shape similar to the housing;

the casing has a front notch forming a hand-washing space intended to receive the hands of a user, the dispensing device comprising a hygiene product dispensing nozzle which is arranged above said hand-washing space;

the casing comprises fastening members arranged opposite said front notch, making it possible to secure said casing with a fixed element;

the dispensing device comprises an electric pump adapted to pump hygiene product from the reservoir to the hygiene product dispensing nozzle, a detector adapted to detect a hand in the hand washing space and a control device adapted to control the electric pump according to information received from the detector;

the dispensing device comprises a manual pump suitable for pumping hygiene product from the reservoir to the hygiene product dispensing nozzle;

the housing comprises a hygiene product collection grid arranged under said hand washing space;

the casing further comprises a hygiene product collector arranged under said hygiene product collection grid;

said hygiene product collector has a bottom sloping downwards towards an evacuation duct which extends downwards from said collector to a receiving tank arranged under the tank;

said receiving tank is closed and communicates only with said pipe, through a cover which separates the receiving tank from the bottom of the tank;

the hygiene product collection grid is inclined downwards and forwards, with an angle of inclination greater than 30 degrees, for example between 40 and 50 degrees;

said hygiene product collection grid belongs to a removable wall which covers at least one filling duct communicating with the reservoir;

said housing has a top wall inclined downwards forwards, with an angle of inclination between 30 and 45 degrees.

Furthermore, this description also relates to street furniture comprising a fixed structure and a dispenser for hygiene products secured to the fixed structure.

Other characteristics and advantages of the sanitary installation will appear during the following description of two of its embodiments, given by way of non-limiting examples, with reference to the attached drawings.

On the drawings:

Fig. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of street furniture comprising a hygiene product dispenser, according to one embodiment.

Fig. 2

Figure 2 is a front perspective view of the hygiene product dispenser of Figure 1,

Fig. 3

Figure 3 is a three-quarter perspective view, partially cut away, of the hygiene product dispenser of Figure 2,

Fig. 4

Figure 4 is a three-quarter perspective view from below of the hygiene product dispenser of Figures 2 and 3,

Fig. 5

Figure 5 is a simplified block diagram of the electrical parts of the hygiene product dispenser,

Fig. 6

FIG. 6 is a front three-quarter perspective view showing the hygiene product dispenser of FIGS. 2 to 4 in vertical front section,

Fig. 7

Figure 7 is a three-quarter front cutaway perspective view of the hygiene product dispenser, with part of its casing removed,

Fig. 8

FIG. 8 is a detail view in perspective and in sagittal section of the hygiene product dispenser, at the level of the upper part of the hygiene product reservoir,

Fig. 9

FIG. 9 is a detail view in perspective and in sagittal section of the hygiene product dispenser, at the level of the lower part of the hygiene product reservoir,

Fig. 10

FIG. 10 is a three-quarter front perspective view showing the upper part of the hygiene product dispenser, according to a second embodiment.

More detailed description

In the various figures, the same references designate identical or similar elements.

Figure 1 shows street furniture 1 comprising a fixed structure 2 and a hygiene product dispenser 4 secured to the fixed structure 2.

In the example shown, the street furniture 1 is a shelter for public transport travelers whose structure 2 comprises for example posts 2a and supports a roof 3, the hygiene product dispenser 4 being fixed to one of the poles 2a.

The present description is however not limited to this particular case. On the one hand, the hygiene product dispenser 4 can be fixed to the fixed structure of other street furniture such as a post, post, mast, public toilet, kiosk, advertising panel, information panel, terminal information, etc., and on the other hand, the hygiene product dispenser 4 could be fixed to another fixed element such as a building.

The hygiene product dispenser 4 can thus be used in particular in public places, either indoors (for example in a shopping center, an airport, a train station, a metro station, etc.), or outdoors. The hygiene product dispenser 4 can therefore possibly be exposed to the sun.

The hygiene product dispenser 4 is specially intended for hand washing, in particular for distributing a disinfectant hygiene product on the hands of users to destroy viral or bacterial strains present on the hands of users. The hygiene product in question may be liquid or semi-liquid, it may in particular contain an alcohol. This may include a hydroalcoholic gel.

The hygiene product dispenser 4 may include an outer casing 5, 6, comprising for example an annular side wall 5 and a cap 6. The cap 6 may include an upper wall 6a inclined downwards towards the front, with a angle of inclination comprised in particular between 30 and 45 degrees, which prevents this upper wall from being used inappropriately for placing objects thereon.

The casing 5, 6 can have an elongated shape along a vertical axis Z, for example a cylindrical shape of revolution centered on the vertical axis Z. The casing 5, 6 can thus have, for example, an outside diameter of between 10 and 20 cm, in particular of the order of 15 cm.

The casing 5, 6 can be made of metal, for example steel. It can be fixed to the structure 2 of the street furniture by its rear part, in particular by fixing members 5a such as clamps or the like secured for example to the rear part of the side wall 5 (see in particular FIG. 4).

As visible in particular in Figure 1, the housing 5, 6 may laterally comprise a front notch 7 which delimits a hand washing space adapted to receive the hands of a user.

This hand-washing space can be located at a height H above the ground. This height H may for example be between 1 m and 1.20 m, and in particular be of the order of 1.10 m.

The lower end of the casing can be at a certain height h above the ground, this height h possibly being between 20 and 30 cm, for example, for example of the order of 25 cm.

As shown in Figures 2 to 4, the notch 7 can be made in the side wall 5 and have an upper edge 7a overhanging the hand washing space, two rear edges 7b and a lower edge 7c below the hand washing area. The hand washing space can be delimited towards the rear by a substantially vertical rear wall 8, towards the bottom by a lower wall 9 and towards the top by an upper wall 11.

The bottom wall 9 (see in particular Figures 2 and 3) may have a grid 9a for collecting hygiene product, to collect hygiene product dispensed in excess. The lower wall 9 can be inclined forwards and downwards, with an angle of inclination relative to the horizontal, for example greater than 30 degrees, in particular between 40 and 50 degrees. This prevents the bottom wall 9 from being used to place objects which would interfere with the normal operation of the hygiene product dispenser 4.

The bottom wall 9 can be removable. It can in particular be fixed to the side wall 5 by screws 10, for example special anti-vandalism screws.

The hygiene product dispenser 4 for the hands further comprises a reservoir 12 of hygiene product and a dispensing device suitable for dispensing the hygiene product contained in the reservoir onto the hands of a user, in the aforementioned hand washing area.

Reservoir 12 is contained in casing 5, 6 and more specifically in side wall 5. Reservoir 12 may have a shape similar to casing 5, 6, in particular a cylindrical shape of revolution of axis Z. It may have a capacity about 5 liters, for example. The reservoirs 12 may for example be made of plastic material, in particular PVC or the like.

As shown in Figures 3, 6, 8, the reservoir 12 comprises, in the upper part, ducts 12a, 12b, 12c open upwards. Ducts 12a, 12b are normally closed off and are located under removable wall 9. They are thus accessible to a maintenance worker to fill tank 12. Duct 12c can be located behind rear wall 8 and be connected to a pump belonging to to the dispensing device and adapted to pump hygiene product from the reservoir 12 to a dispensing nozzle 23 which overlooks the hand washing space (see in particular FIG. 4). In the example shown, this dispensing nozzle 23 can be arranged at the level of the upper wall 11 mentioned above.

In the embodiment of Figures 2 to 9, the distribution pump 25 (P) (see in particular Figure 5) may be electric and the distribution device may further comprise:
- a detector 22 (S) (possibly also arranged in the upper wall 11, as shown in Figure 4), suitable for detecting a hand in the hand washing space,
- and a control device 24 (UC) adapted to control the electric pump 25 according to information received from the detector 22.

The detector 22 can be a contactless detector of any type, for example infrared. The control device 24 may in particular be a microcontroller or any other electronic control circuit. All the electrical elements can operate for example on cell(s) or battery(ies).

As visible in particular in Figure 3, the tank 12 has a bottom 12d, a side wall 12e and a top 12f comprising the conduits 12a, 12b, 12c.

The casing 5, 6 is separated from the side wall 12e and from the top 12f of the reservoir by a free space 13 filled with air. This free space makes it possible to thermally insulate the reservoir 12 from the casing 5, 6. Therefore, if the distributor 4 is used outdoors and is exposed to the sun, an excessive rise in temperature of the reservoir and of the product of hygiene it contains. This advantage is particularly noticeable when the hygiene product contains an alcohol.

The free space 13 may have a minimum (radial) thickness e of at least 5 mm, for example of the order of 10 mm (see in particular FIGS. 8, 9).

The free space 13 advantageously communicates with the atmosphere through ventilation openings 19, 27 visible in particular in FIGS. 4 and 7, facilitating the cooling of the reservoir 12 by convection. These ventilation openings comprise low openings arranged towards the bottom 12d of the tank and high openings arranged towards the top 12e of the tank.
More specifically, the lower openings 19 may in particular be vertical holes provided at the periphery of a bottom 18 secured to the side wall 5, these holes 19 being arranged under the free space 13 (see FIGS. 4, 9) and the high openings can for example be openings 27 formed at the rear of the cap 6.

Furthermore, as shown in more detail in Figures 7 and 8, the side wall 5 of the housing further comprises a collector 14 of hygiene product disposed under said hygiene product collection grid. This hygiene product collector 14 has a bottom 14a sloping forwards, towards an evacuation conduit 15 which extends downwards along the inner face of the side wall 5, from said collector 14 up to a receiving tray 16 arranged under the reservoir 12.

This receiving tray 16 is closed and delimited by a cover 16a, an annular side wall 16b and said bottom 18. Said receiving tray 16 therefore communicates only with the evacuation duct 15, through the cover 16a. This provision makes it possible in particular to limit the risk of fire in the event that a person uses the aforementioned grid 9a as an ashtray. In the event that a quantity of hydroalcoholic gel nevertheless comes to be consumed in the receiving tray 16, the bottom 12d of the reservoir is also advantageously separated from the lid 16a by an intermediate member 17.

The second embodiment, represented in FIG. 10, is identical to the first embodiment except for the following differences: the dispensing device is not automatic, but comprises only a manual pump 20 (of the pusher type) suitable for pumping of the hygiene product from the reservoir 12 to the nozzle 21 for dispensing hygiene product, the manual pump 20 and the nozzle 21 being arranged under the upper wall 11 mentioned above in the front notch 7.
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Claims (12)

Dispenser (4) for hand hygiene product, comprising:
- a casing (5, 6),
- a reservoir (12) for hygiene product contained in the housing (5, 6), said reservoir (12) having a bottom (12d), a side wall (12e) and a top (12f),
- a dispensing device (22, 23, 24, 25; 20, 21) suitable for dispensing the hygiene product contained in the reservoir (12) to users,
wherein the housing (5, 6) is separated from the side wall (12e) and the top (12f) of the tank by a free space (13) filled with air. A hygiene product dispenser (4) according to claim 1, wherein said free space (13) communicates with the atmosphere through ventilation openings (19, 27). Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to Claim 2, in which the said ventilation openings comprise at least one lower opening (19) arranged towards the bottom (12d) of the tank and at least one upper opening (27) arranged towards the top (12f) of the reservoir. Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to claim 2, wherein said free space (13) has a minimum thickness (e) of at least 5 mm. Dispenser (4) of hygiene product according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the said reservoir (12) contains a hygiene product comprising at least one hydroalcoholic product. Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the casing (4, 5) has an elongated shape along a vertical axis (Z), and the reservoir (12) has a shape similar to the housing (4, 5). Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the casing (4, 5) has a front indentation (7) forming a hand washing space intended to receive the hands of a user , the dispensing device comprising a dispensing nozzle (23; 21) of hygiene product which is arranged above said hand-washing space. Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to Claim 7, in which the casing (5, 6) comprises fastening members (5a) arranged opposite the said front notch (7), making it possible to secure the said casing ( 5, 6) with a fixed element (2). Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to either of Claims 7 and 8, in which the casing (5, 6) comprises a hygiene product collection grid (9a) arranged under the said hand-washing space and a hygiene product collector (14) disposed under said hygiene product collection grid (9a). Dispenser (4) for hygiene product according to claim 9, in which said collector (14) of hygiene product has a bottom (14a) sloping downwards towards an evacuation duct (15) which extends towards the bottom from said collector (14) to a receiving tank (16) arranged under the reservoir (12),
and in which said reception tank (16) is closed and communicates only with said evacuation conduit (15), through a cover (16a) which separates the reception tank (16) from the bottom (12d) of the tank. Hygiene product dispenser (4) according to any one of Claims 7 to 10, in which the hygiene product collection grid (9a) is inclined downwards and forwards, with an angle of inclination above 30 degrees. Urban furniture (1) comprising a fixed structure (2) and a dispenser (4) for hygiene products secured to the fixed structure (2).