GB2244473A - Automatic cleaning fluid dispenser - Google Patents
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An automatic cleaning4luid dispensing device includes: a structure (10) for containing cleaning fluid; a sensing device (40) disposed on a base member (41) installed below said containing structure (10) wherein said base member (41) is provided with an outlet (413), a sensing circuit (43) disposed on a circuit board (431), a motor arrangement electrically connected to the sensing circuit, a photo emitter/receiver to detect the presence of an external object closing on the light source; and a dispensing mechanism (60), which is composed of a pusher connected with the driving motor (421) and a pumping structure (62) operated by the pusher, whereby when an external object closes to the sensing device (40), a given amount of cleaning fluid from container (10) will be automatically supplied. <IMAGE>
Description
TITLE: AUTOMATIC CLEANING-LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE
This invention relates to an automatic cleaningliquid dispensing device, and particularly to a type of cleaning-liquid dispensing device from which the contained cleaning liquid will be automatically fed in given amounts upon sensing the presence of an external object intended for receiving the cleaning liquid therefrom.
Soap or cleaning emulsion or other cleaning articles in public facilities are normally provided for the users to clean their hands. Because of direct contact with a user's hands necessary when using soap or cleaning liquids, the use of such cleansers in public facilities is not only inconvenient but also facilitates the spread of bacteria. In order to solve this problem, conventional automatic cleaning-liquid dispensing devices are produced for public use. However, since the construction of conventional automatic cleaning-liquid dispensing devices is generally composed of a cleaning liquid container and a pumping arrangement, external pressure has to be applied upon the pumping arrangement for cleaning-liquid dispensing purposes.As a result, either an excessive amount of cleaning liquid is supplied due to excessive pressure, or an insufficient amount of cleaning liquid is obtained due to Insufficient pressure, causing great inconvenience to the users and eventual damage to the pumping arrangement.
It is accordingly a primary object of the present invention to provide an automatic cleaningliquid dispensing device with photoelectric sensing arrangement for automatically detecting the presence of an external object and supplying the required cleaning liquid therefrom.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic cleaning-liquid dispensing device by which the unidirectional drawing and feeding of the contained cleaning liquid is performed without contact with the rigid members thereof by the user, so as to extend the life expectancy of said apparatus.
The present invention provides an automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device comprising:
a containing structure formed with an upper containing unit for accommodating cleaning fluid therein, having a cleaning fluid orifice located in a bottom side thereof, and a lower housing connected to the bottom side of said upper containing unit;
a sensing means disposed in the said lower housing for performing external-object sensing operations; and
a dispensing means, having a mechanical actuator controlled by the said sensing means, which actuctor operates with a reciprocal action, and pumping means operatively engaged with the mechanical actuator for drawing the contained cleaning fluid from said upper containing unit, which dispensing means is installed in said lower housing in connection with said sensing means; whereby, when an external object nears said sensing means under said lower housing, said sensing means will be energized to control the said actuator to operate the pumping means to supply a given amount of the ccntained cleaning fluid onto the external object for cleaning purposes.
Preferably the sensing means comprises:
a base plate formed for attachment to the said lower housing, having a first support member, a second support member, an outlet, and a plurality of apertures defined thereby, installed in the bottom side of said lower housing;
a motor arrangement comprising a driving motor and an eccentric gear, serving as a reciprocating member, connected to a motor shaft of said driving motor and located at a top end of said motor arrangement for rotation thereby; and
a sensing circuit disposed on a circuit board, comprising a microswitch electrically connected with said driving motor and photoelectric elements arranged on the circuit board, fixed on the first support member of said base plate with the said photoelectric elements located nearby the outlet of said base plate for emitting detecting light therefrom so as to sense the presence of an external object and actuate said motor arrangement accordingly.
Preferably the dispensing means comprises:
a mechanical actuator, which actuator is positioned on top of said driving motor, formed with a pushing member and a guide frame, said pushing member being provided with an inside open recess for being situated on top of the eccentric gear of said motor arrangement and an arch-shaped member fixed on a back side of said pushing member for being moved along to make contact with the microswitch of said sensing means, and said guide member, which is formed in conjunction with said pushing member, being provided with a sliding slot along with said pushing member is slidingly engaged, fixed onto said driving motor so as to enable said pushing member to be pushed to reciprocate by the eccentric gear of said driving motor; and
a pumping structure, which is installed on the second support member of said base plate, including a resilient suction nozzle provided at one end thereof, an inlet port located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle and adapted for communicative connection to the cleaning fluid orifice of said upper containing unit, and a flow tube communicatively linked between said suction nozzle and the outlet of said base plate; so that when said driving motor rotates, said eccentric gear will rotate to cause said pushing member to reciprocally press against said suction nozzle to effect cleaning-fluid dispensing operations, as well as to turn off the driving motor of said sensing means to stop the cleaning-fluid flow.
The objects of the present invention are achieved by the provision of a preferred embodiment of an automatic cleaning-liquid dispensing device which comprises: a containing structure having an opening formed in a bottom portion thereof for containing cleaning liquid; a sensing device disposed on a base member and installed in the lower portion of said containing structure wherein said base member is provided with an outlet, a sensing circuit means disposed on a circuit board, a motor arrangement coupled with said sensing circuit means, an outlet for passing the sensing light of said sensing circuit means therefrom so as to detect the presence of an external object thereat and perform cleaning-liquid drawing operations therewith; and a dispensing mechanism composed of a push structure functionally connected with said driving motor and a pumping structure operatively engaged with said push structure, installed on said base member in connection with said sensing device, wherein said pumping structure includes a suction nozzle resiliently provided at one end thereof, an inlet port located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle for being connected to the bottom opening of said containing structure, and a flowing tube communicatively connected to the outlet of said base member to allow for the flow of cleaning liquid out of said containing structure through said pumping structure; whereby, when an external object comes close to the lower side of said containing structure, said sensing device will actuate said driving motor which, in turn, drives said feeding mechanism to supply a given amount of the contained cleaning liquid through the bottom opening of said containing structure and automatically stop thereafter.
Other advantages and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled preferred embodiment of an automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective and exploded view of the preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 1;
Figure 3 is perspective view showing the combination of a sensing device and a dispensing mechanism of the preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 2;
Figure 4 is a circuit diagram and an operational illustration of said sensing device of the preferred embodiment; and
Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of said dispensing mechanism of the preferred embodiment.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the preferred embodiment of an automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to the present invention comprises a combination of a containing structure 10, a sensing device 40 and a dispensing mechanism 60.
As shown in Fig. 2, the containing structure 10 includes: an upper containing unit 10A for accomnoaating the cleaning fluid (not shown) therein, having a cover detachably disposed on a top side thereof, a rear side wall 11 extended downward to form a protruding portion 12 thereat and a cleaning-fluid orifice 13 located in the bottom side thereof; and a lower housing lOB formed in conjunction with said upper containing unit 10A, having an open section 15 provided at the rear siae thereof for being coupled with the protruding portion 12 of said upper containing unit 10A.
The sensing device 40 comprises a base plate 41, a motor arrangement 42 and a sensing circuit means 43. The base plate 41, which is formed in conjunction with the lower housing lOB, has a first support member 411, a second support member 412, an outlet 413 and a plurality of fitting openings 414, respectively provided thereon for being installed in the bottom side of said lower housing lOB. The motor arrangement 42 includes a driving motor 421 and an eccentric gear 422, serving as a reciprocating member, connected to the motor shaft (not shown) and located at a top end of said driving motor 421.The sensing circuit means 43 is composed of a microswitch 440 electrically coupled with said driving motor 421 and a photoelectric sensing circuit, (to be described later), disposed on a circuit board 431 which is positioned on said first support member 411 with light-emitting and photosensitive elements provided at a lower side of said circuit board 431 and located nearby the outlet 413 of said base plate 41 for emitting light downward therefrom so as to enable the sensing of the presence of an external object, (such as a user's hand), and effect cleaning-fluid dispensing operations therewith.
The dispensing mechanism 60 includes a combination of push structure 61 and a pumping structure 62. The push structure 61, which is positioned on top of said driving motor 421, includes a push member 611 and a guide frame 616. The push member 611 is provided with an inside open recess 612 for being situated on top of the eccentric gear 422 of said motor arrangement 42 and an arch-shaped member 613 fixed on the back side of said push member 611 for being moved along to make contact with the microswitch 440 provided on the circuit board 431 of said sensing device 40.The guide member 616, which is formed in conjunction with said push member 611, includes a sliding slot 617 along which said push member 611 is slidingly engaged, and a plurality of screw holes 618 through which said guide member 616 is fixed onto said driving motor 421 so as to enable said push member 611 to be pushed to move left and right by the eccentric gear 422 of said driving motor 421.
The pumping structure 62, which is installed on the second support member 412, as shown in rig. 3, includes: a suction nozzle 621 resiliently provided at one end thereof; an inlet port 622 located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle 621 for being communicatively connected to the cleaning fluid orifice 13 of said upper containing unit; and a flow tube 623 communicatively linked between said suction nozzle 621 and the outlet 413 of said base plate 41.
Referring to Fig. 5, after the assembly of said sensing device 40 and said dispensing mechanism 60 on the base plate 41 is completed, said base plate 41 is installed on the bottom side of said lower housing 10A wherein the inlet port 622 of said dispensing structure 60 is communicatively connected to the cleaning fluid orifice 13 of said upper containing unit 10A and the suction nozzle 621 is resiliently attached on the back side of said push member 611. Whereby, when the driving motor 421 is actuated, the eccentric gear 422 will push said push member 611 to apply pressure to said suction nozzle 621 and then remove the pressure therefrom, causing the contained cleaning fluid in said upper containing unit 10A to flow out in a given amount for cleaning purposes.
Referring to Fig. 4, the sensing circuit means 43 of said sensing device 40 includes: a voltage regulating circuit 431 for providing the required voltage level for the driving motor 421; a bridge rectifier 432 connected between said driving motor 421 and an external A.C. power source (llOV or 220V) for supplying the rectified D.C.
power therefrom; a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) 433 connected to said bridge rectifier 432 to serve as a D.C.
switch thereat; a bistable circuit 434 coupled with said
SCR 433 for controlling the gate thereof with an output of either a high-level or low-level from said bistable circuit 434 in order to turn on and off the entire loop circuit connected thereto; a detecting circuit 435 connected to said bistable circuit 434 for performing signal detection and amplification thereat; an operational amplifier 436 coupled with said detecting circuit 435 for inputting current signal and outputting amplified voltage signal thereat; a phototransistor connected to said operational amplifier 436 for being actuated to emit light current therefrom; a lightemitting diode (LED) 438 disposed for emitting light thereat; an oscillating circuit 439 coupled with said LED 438 for outputting an oscillatory pulse therefrom; and a microswitch circuit 440 connected between said bistable circuit 434 and said driving motor 421 for being actuated to turn on and off said driving motor 421. Operations of said sensing circuit means 43 are as follows:
When the SCR 433 remains at an off-state and said oscillating circuit 439 continuously outputs pulses 4391 therefrom, said LED 438 will be energized to emit a light source 4381 which, on being struck upon an external object (Q), will be reflected, as shown in Fig. 4, onto the base 4371 of said phototransistor 437, producing a forward bias 4372 thereat to enable said phototransistor to output a photocurrent 4373 to said operational amplifier 436. After the wave form of said photocurrent a373 is amplified by said operational amplifier 436, a voltage signal 4361 is fed into said detecting circuit 435 and is output therefrom. As a result, the potential level at point (A) is changed from a high-level to a lowlevel thereat, causing said bistable circuit 434 to output a high-level signal 4341 to the gate of said SCR 433 which is therefore actuated to start said driving motor 421. Thus, the eccentric gear 421, (as shown in
Fig. 2), located on top of said driving motor 421 will be turned to rotate and push said push member 611 to sway left and right thereat. While, when said eccentric gear 421 completes a rotation cycle along with said driving motor 421, the arch-shaped member 613 will be moved to contact the microswitch 440 and turn off the electric power therefrom.In this condition, the output of said bistable circuit 434 will also be changed to a low level and impressed across the gate of said SCR 433 so that said SCR is cut off and said driving motor 421 stops thereat with the entire sensing circuit means 43 recovered to the initial state. When another external object is placed before said LED 438, the above-described operations will be repeated in a complete cycle.
As shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, when a user's hand closes onto said sensing circuit means 43, said driving motor 421 will be started so as to drive said eccentric gear 422 to rotate thereat. The rotation of said eccentric gear 422 will push said push member 611 to sway left and right. Thus, when the push member 611 moves to the right, it will press forward the suction nozzle 621 of said pumping structure 62 to effect cleaning fluid drawing operations while, when the push member 611 moves to the left, said suction nozzle 621 will automatically return to the original position thereof through the resilient arrangement thereof, causing the contained cleaning fluid in said upper containing unit 10A to flow through the bottom opening 13 thereof to the inlet port 622 from which a given amount of the cleaning fluid flows out of the outlet 413 of said base plate 41 and drops onto the user's hand presented thereat. As described above, after said eccentric gear 422 has completed a rotation cycle, the arch-shaped member 613 will be moved to turn off said microswitch 440, thus said driving motor 421 stops and the sensing circuit 43 recovers to the initial state, ready for effecting next cleaning-fluid supply operation.
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1. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device comprising:
a containing structure formed with an upper containing unit for accomodating cleaning fluid therein, having a cleaning fluid orifice located in a bottom side thereof, and a lower housing connected to the bottom side of the said upper containing unit;
a sensing means disposed in the said lower housing for performing external-object sensing operations; and
a dispensing means, having mechanical actuator controlled by the said sensing means, which actuator operates with a reciprocal action, and pumping means operatively engaged with the mechanical actuator for drawing the contained cleaning fluid from said upper containing unit, which dispensing means is installed in said lower housing in connection with said sensing means; whereby, when an external object mears said sensing means under said lower housing, said sensing means will be energized to control the said actuator to operate the pumping means to supply a given amount of the contained cleaning fluid onto the external object for cleaning purposes.
2. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to Claim 1 wherein said sensing means comprises:
a base plate formed for attachment to the said lower housing, having a first support member, a second support member, an outlet, and a plurality of apertures defined thereby, installed in the bottom side of said lower housing;
a motor arrangement comprising a driving motor and an eccentric gear, serving as a reciprocating member, connected to a motor shaft of said driving motor and located at a top end of said motor arrangement for rotation thereby; and
a sensing circuit disposed on a circuit board, comprising a microswitch electrically connected with said driving motor and photoelectric elements arranged on the circuit board, fixed on the first support member of said base plate with the said photoelectric elements located nearby the outlet of said base plate for emitting detecting light therefrom so as to sense the presence of an external object and actuate said motor arrangement accordingly.
3. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein said dispensing means comprises:
a mechanical actuator, which actuator is positioned on top of said driving motor, formed with a pushing member and a guide frame, said pushing member being provided with an inside open recess for being situated on top of the eccentric gear of said motor arrangement and an arch-shaped member fixed on a back side of said pushing member for being moved along to make contact with the microswitch of said sensing means, and said guide member, which is formed in conjunction with said pushing member, being provided with a sliding slot along which said push member is slidingly engaged, fixed onto said driving motor so as to enable said pushing member to be pushed to reciprocate by the eccentric gear of said driving motor; and
a pumping structure, which is installed on the second support member of said base plate, including a resilient suction nozzle provided at one end thereof, an inlet port located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle and adapted for communicative connection to the cleaning fluid orifice of said upper containing unit, and a flow tube communicatively linked between said suction nozzle and the outlet of said base plate; so that when said driving motor rotates, said eccentric gear will rotate to cause said pushing member to reciprocally press against said suction nozzle to effect cleaning-fluid dispensing operations, as well as to turn off the driving motor of said sensing means to stop the cleaning-fluid flow.
4. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device
comprising:
a containing structure formed with an upper
containing unit for accommodating cleaning fluid therein,
having a cleaning fluid orifice located in a bottom side
thereof, and a lower housing provided with an open
section in a back side thereof connected to the bottom
side of said upper containing unit;
a sensing means disposed in the open section of
said lower housing in conjunction with said upper
containing unit for performing external-object sensing
operations therewith; and
a dispensing means, having a push structure
functionally connected with said sensing means for being
actuated to provide a sway action therewith and a pumping
structure operatively engaged with said push structure
for drawing the contained cleaning fluid from said upper
containing unit according to the sway action of said push
structure, installed in said lower housing in connection
with said sensing means; whereby, twhen an external object
comes closes on said sensing means under said lower
housing, said sensing means will be energized to actuate
said feeding .means to supply a given amount of the
contained cleaning fluid onto the external object for
cleaning purposes.
5. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to Claim 1 wherein said sensing means comprises:
a base plate formed in conjunction with the open section of said lower housing, having a first support member, a second support member, an outlet, and a plurality of fitting openings respectively provided thereon, installed in the bottom side of said lower housing through open section thereof;
a motor arrangement combined of a driving motor and an eccentric gear, serving as a reciprocating member, connected to a motor shaft of said driving motor and located at a top end of said motor arrangement for being actuated to rotate thereat; and
a sensing circuit disposed on a circuit board, having a microswitch thereof electrically coupled with said driving motor and photoelectric elements arranged thereon, fixed on the first support ember of said base plate with said photoelectric elements locatea nearby the outlet of said base plate for emitting detecting light therefrom so as to sense the presence of an external object and actuate said motor arrangement therewith.
6. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to Claim 1 wherein said feeding means comprises:
a push structure, which is positioned on top of said driving motor, formed with a push member and a guide frame, said push member being provided with an inside open recess for being situated on top of the eccentric gear of said motor arrangement and an arch-shaped member fixed on a back side of said push member for being moved along to make contact with the microswitch of said sensing means, and said guide member, which is formed in conjunction with said push member, being provided with a sliding slot along which said push member is slidingly engaged, fixed onto said driving motor so as to enable said push member to be pushed to sway left and right by the eccentric gear of said driving motor; and
a pumping structure, which is installed on the second support member of said base plate, including a suction nozzle resiliently provided at one end thereof, an inlet port located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle for being communicatively connected to the cleaning fluid orifice of said upper containing unit, and a flow tube communicatively linked between said suction nozzle and the outlet of said base plate; so that when said driving motor rotates, said eccentric gear will push said push
member to sway left and right against said suction nozzle
to effect cleaning-fluid feeding operations, as well as
to turn off the driving motor of said sensing means to stop the cleaning-fluid flow thereat.
7. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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member to sway left and right against said suction nozzle to effect cleaning-fluid feeding operations, as well as to turn off the driving motor of said sensing means to stop the cleaning-fluid flow thereat.
7. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device comprising:
a containing structure having an upper containing unit for containing cleaning fluid therein, a cleaning fluid orifice located in a bottom side of said upper containing unit and a lower housing having an open section in a back side thereof connected to said bottom side;
a sensing means located within said open section of said lower housing for performing external-object sensing operation; said sensing means including a base plate having an outlet formed in conjunction with said open section of said lower housing, a motor arrangement including an eccentric gear driven by a driving motor, and a microswitch for actuating said motor arrangement; and
a dispensing means installed in said lower housing and having a push structure functionally connected with said sensing means for providing a sway action and a pumping structure operatively engaged with said push structure for drawing cleaning fluid from said upper containing unit according to said sway action of said push structure; said push structure positioned on top of said driving motor and formed with a push member and a guide frame, said push member including an inside open recess situated on top of said eccentric gear of said motor arrangement and an arch-shaped member fixed on a back side of said push member for making contact with said microswitch of said sensing means, and said guide member fixed onto said driving motor and having a sliding slot slidingly engaging said push member so as to provide said sway action by enabling push member to be pushed to sway left and right by action of said eccentric gear of said driving motor thereon; said pumping structure supported by said base plate and including a suction nozzle resiliently provided at one end thereof, an inlet port located at another end thereof in communication with said suction nozzle and communicatively connected to said cleaning fluid orifice of said upper containing unit, and a flow tube communicatively linked between said suction nozzle and said outlet of said base plate; so that when an external object under said lower housing is sensed by said sensing means, said sensing means will be energised to rotate said driving motor causing said eccentric gear to push said push member to sway left and right against said suction nozzle to supply a given amount of cleaning fluid from said upper containing unit onto the external object for cleaning purposes, as well as to turn off said driving motor to stop flow of said cleaning fluid.
8. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device according to Claim 1 wherein said sensing means comprises:
said base plate having a first support member, a second support member for supporting said pumping structure, and a plurality of fitting openings respectively provided thereon, installed in the bottom side of said lower housing through said open section thereof;
said eccentric gear said of motor arrangement connected to a motor shaft of said driving motor and located at a top end of said motor arrangement for being actuated to rotate thereat; and
a sensing circuit disposed on a circuit board, having said microswitch as a part thereof electrically coupled with said driving motor and photoelectric elements arranged thereon, fixed on said first support member of said base plate with said photoelectric elements located near said outlet of said base plate for emitting detecting light therefrom so as to sense the presence of the external object and actuate said motor arrangement therewith.
9. An automatic cleaning-fluid dispensing device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to an as shown in the accompanying drawings.
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