WO2003086159A1 - Dispositif sanitaire de pulverisation securise - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
- A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
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- the present invention relates to a secure sanitary device for spraying a sanitizing fluid in a spraying area where objects or members to be cleaned may be extended.
- Said sanitary device is fixed, mobile or portable, and it comprises means for spraying the sanitizing fluid, which is contained in a reservoir.
- a field of application envisaged is notably, but not exclusively, that of cleaning hands in hospitals or food industry, in which the risks of transmission of microorganisms or germs are significant. Any other type of service and place of activity in which the device is fixed or mobile are likely to be envisaged.
- Known cleaning devices make it possible to clean the hands in the absence of water supply, by means of a sanitizing liquid which is contained in a reservoir and which is sprayed through an injector by means of a pump.
- the sanitizing liquid can be a hydroalcoholic solution, a gel or a soapy and / or softening solution.
- the use of an airtight tank guarantees a standardized cleaning fluid that meets all current health standards.
- the devices comprise means for detecting the presence of the hands in the spraying zone making it possible to actuate the means for spraying the sanitizing fluid on the hands.
- the sanitizing fluid is sprayed there and as soon as he withdraws them, the spraying ceases.
- no hand contact with the device is necessary, which reduces the risk of contamination.
- handling during filling also presents risks of contamination of said sanitizing fluid and spraying means.
- a problem which arises and which the present invention aims to solve is then to provide a sanitary device for spraying a sanitizing fluid which not only makes it possible to spray a sanitizing fluid with all the sanitary conditions required, but also which makes it possible to spray a fluid whose sanitary qualities respect the standards in force.
- the present invention provides a secure sanitary spraying device comprising: means for reading and writing in the memory of a memory card, said memory card being capable of storing a determined number corresponding to a number of spraying sequences or to a quantity of sanitizing fluid to be sprayed corresponding to a limited number of reservoirs; decrementing means for decrementing said determined number in the memory of said memory card, after each spraying corresponding to a spraying sequence or to an amount of sprayed sanitizing fluid; means for controlling said means for spraying said sanitizing fluid; and, means for deactivating said control means when said determined number, stored in said memory card, corresponds to zero spraying sequence or to a zero amount of sanitizing fluid to be sprayed, whereby said sanitary device can only be used for a given number of spraying sequences or a given quantity of sanitizing fluid to be sprayed corresponding to a limited number of reservoirs.
- a characteristic of the invention resides in the operating mode of the device which can only be implemented with the introduction of a memory card into a card reader, which card does not allow the use of the device only for a determined number of spraying sequences or for a determined quantity of sanitizing fluid corresponding to a limited number, preferably only one, of tanks.
- This card is supplied at the same time as the tank (s).
- the decrementing means decrements the memory of the card each time a value corresponding to a spraying sequence or to a determined quantity of aseptic fluid is used. As soon as said determined number no longer corresponds to any sequence or to any quantity of sanitizing fluid, means make it possible to deactivate the control means of the spraying means.
- memory card is meant standard memory cards of the bank card or telephone card type, but also any information medium containing a memory, memory access circuits and means of information exchange with a read / write device.
- the sanitary device further comprises means for detecting the presence of said members to be cleaned in said spraying zone, said detection means being connected to said control means, and in that said spraying means are controlled as soon as said members are detected in said spraying zone.
- the detection means emit a signal towards said control means which in turn controls the operation of the spraying means .
- said means for detecting the presence of said members to be cleaned in said spraying zone comprise infrared means.
- the processing means are capable of providing a signal to said control means, which drive said means for spraying the sanitizing fluid.
- the detection means may be constituted by any other photosensitive means, for example laser or acoustic of the ultrasonic type.
- said control means comprise peripheral input means capable of being actuated manually to control, in particular, said spraying means.
- said peripheral input means make it possible not only to regulate certain spraying parameters which will be detailed in the following description, but also to control said spraying means according to a manual mode, when necessary.
- the sanitary device comprises peripheral display means making it possible to display the operating states of said device.
- peripheral display means making it possible to display the number of spraying sequences still capable of being carried out, taking into account the number of spraying sequences already carried out or the amount of asepticizing fluid already sprayed in comparison with the amount of initial sanitizing fluid.
- This information is obviously contained in the memory of the memory card which is decremented after each use of the sanitary device.
- said spraying means consist of a peristaltic pump, or of any other type of pump, capable of pumping said sanitizing fluid into said tank and of projecting it through a spray nozzle or of nebulization.
- said spraying means comprise means for producing compressed air connected to a spray nozzle by means of a venturi system, said nozzle being connected to said fluid reservoir sanitizer, whereby the sanitizing fluid contained in said reservoir is capable of being aspirated and sprayed under the action of compressed air by venturi effect.
- the sanitizing fluid is pumped and then sprayed through the nozzle without the need to use a conventional fluid drive pump.
- this pump system is relatively inexpensive, so it can be replaced frequently to avoid the risk of contamination.
- said means for producing compressed air comprises a pump driven by a direct current motor forming a compressor. Any other means, for example hydraulic, can be used to produce compressed air.
- said pump is extended by a hose which is connected to said spray nozzle by said venturi system. Compressed air is thus supplied to the venturi system by actuation of said pump by means of said motor.
- said spray nozzle comprises a connection sleeve and said tank of sanitizing fluid consists of a cartridge having a connection end, said connection end being capable of cooperating with said connection sleeve to allow the flow of said sanitizing fluid in said venturi system.
- the cartridge of “airless” or normal type, is capable of being easily replaced by another cartridge by disengaging the connection end of said connection sleeve and by engaging therein the connection end of the other cartridge.
- the connection end of the cartridges and the connection sleeve are able to cooperate together to ensure a sealed connection between the cartridge and the venturi system.
- the connection sleeve is capable of constituting in itself a means for supporting said cartridge.
- the memory card is capable of storing a number corresponding to a number of spraying sequences or to an amount of sanitizing fluid to be sprayed associated with the total amount of sanitizing fluid contained in said cartridge.
- the decrementing means having decremented, at each use, the determined number corresponding to the spraying sequences or to the quantity of sanitizing fluid contained in said memory card, the latter can no longer be used because the means for inactivating said memory cards control means are implemented.
- the present invention relates to an assembly for recharging a sanitary device according to the first object of the invention, comprising a limited whole number N of cartridges containing said aseptic fluid; and, a single memory card containing at least a determined number corresponding to a determined number of spraying sequence of the sanitizing fluid or to the amount of sanitizing fluid, contained in said limited number of cartridges, this number N being ideally equal to one.
- FIG. 1 is a partial schematic perspective view of a sanitary spray device according to the invention
- - Figure 2 is a schematic detail view of the sanitary device illustrated in Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 is a view of the functional diagram of the sanitary device illustrated in Figure 1.
- Figure 1 illustrates a sanitary device for spraying a sanitizing fluid according to the invention. It comprises a lower part 10 in which is formed a cavity 12 bordered by five walls and in which the hands are capable of being introduced and an upper part 14 comprising a compartment 16 in which are housed the means for implementing the invention.
- a cartridge 18 of sanitizing fluid forming a reservoir
- spraying means 20, 22, reading and writing means 24 of memory card opening out of the sanitary device and means of management and control 26 capable of controlling and managing the spraying means 20, 22 and the reading and writing means 24.
- the cavity 12 includes infrared means 28 for detecting the presence of hands in said cavity 12 , connected to said management and control means 26.
- the spraying means 20, 22 comprise a compressed air pump 20 and tubular spraying means 22 forming a venturi which will be detailed in the following description with reference to FIG. 2 and which in particular comprise a nozzle 30 which opens into the cavity 12 to be able to spray the hands which are housed there.
- the front face 32 of the upper part 14 of the sanitary device comprises peripheral input means 34, consisting of a key keyboard and peripheral display means 36 consisting of a liquid crystal screen.
- peripheral input means 34 consisting of a key keyboard
- peripheral display means 36 consisting of a liquid crystal screen.
- the sanitary device is supplied with voltage by means of mains supply, not shown, connected to means for managing the charge of a battery which itself supplies the various means of the sanitary device and in particular the means of control and 26, the reading and writing means 24, the peripheral input 34 and display 36 means, the infrared detection means 28 and the compressed air pump 20 of the spraying means.
- the tubular means 22 for spraying forming a venturi, of the sanitizing liquid With reference to FIG. 2, a description will be given of the tubular means 22 for spraying forming a venturi, of the sanitizing liquid.
- the cartridge 18 containing the sanitizing liquid It has a connection end 40, of cylindrical symmetry, through which the sanitizing fluid is liable to flow and it is capable of being mounted on the tubular spraying means 22, which comprise a connection sleeve 42 in which the the connection end 40 is engaged.
- the connection sleeve 42 has a shape complementary to the connection end and it ensures a sealed connection between the cartridge 18 and the tubular spraying means 22.
- connection sleeve 42 is extended by a spray head 44 or nebulization head making it possible to project the sanitizing fluid into fine droplets.
- the spray head 44 comprises said tubular means 22 forming a venturi, extended by a spray nozzle 30.
- the compressed air pump is connected by a hose 48 to the tubular means 22 so that the air injected into said tubular means 22 makes it possible to suck the sanitizing fluid through a capillary tube 50 housed in the cartridge 18 and to spray said fluid through the spray nozzle 30 to spray the hands or any other object located in the cavity 12 or spray area.
- tubular means 22 and the hose 48 which connect them to the compressed air pump have different diameters depending on whether the sanitizing fluid is of low viscosity, for example that of a hydro-alcoholic solution or of high viscosity, for example that of a gel. Indeed, to cause freezing the air pressure must be higher than to entrain a liquid.
- tubular spraying means 22 and of the cartridge 18 lies in the connection mode which makes it possible to easily remove the cartridge 18 and replace it with another cartridge without handling or even touching said tubular spraying means 22. In this way, the risks of contamination by contact are significantly reduced.
- tubular spraying means 22 are produced at an advantageous cost, so that they can be replaced at each cartridge change 18, by new sanitized tubular means, which further increases the health security of the device.
- the management and control means 26 that are found in the center of Figure 3, in particular consist of a microprocessor, clocked, for example, at 24 Mhz.
- the management and control means 26 are connected to the reading and writing means 24 of the memory card in order to make it possible to condition the operation of the sanitary device, object of the invention, to the introduction of a permanent memory card. , or non-volatile, containing, in particular, a determined number corresponding to a given number of spraying sequences or to a given quantity of sanitizing fluid.
- the memory card which will include said determined number corresponding to a credit for the supply of sanitizing liquid, may be debited each time the sanitary device is used corresponding to a spray, and when the memory card is used up, the sanitary device does not will only be usable again by the introduction of a new credit card.
- the memory card of type EPROM, EEPROM etc.
- the electronic microcircuit comprises an electronic microcircuit having a memory in which a determined number of memory points are initially carried at 0, said determined number corresponding to a given number of spraying sequences or to a given quantity of sanitizing fluid to be sprayed which is allowed to the user.
- the electronic microcircuit integrated into the card, is connected to contact terminals opening onto the surface of the card.
- the memory card is capable of having an external surface forming a communication and in particular advertising medium.
- the reading and writing means 24 comprise a box having a passage in which the memory card can be inserted.
- the corridor wall has flexible contacts intended to cooperate and to make contact with said contact terminals of the memory card.
- the detection means 28, connected to the control and management means 26, detect a presence in the spraying zone or cavity 12, they send a signal to said control and management means 26. As soon as the latter receive this signal , they verify that a memory card is inserted in the housing and the reading and writing means 24, and they verify that the determined number stored in the memory corresponds to a number of non-zero sanitizing fluid spraying sequence or to a non-zero amount of fluid to be sprayed. In the positive case, the control and management means 26 transmit a signal to control means 54 which they understand. The control means 54 control the drive of the compressed air pump 20, according to a determined time or as long as the detection means 28 send a signal to the control and management means 26.
- the compressed air pump 20 injects the compressed air in the tubular spraying means 22 forming a venturi, which allows the suction of the sanitizing fluid and its projection into the spraying zone 12.
- decrementing means contained in the management and control means 26 send a pulse to the reading and writing means 24 which carry a memory point of the memory card, from state 0 to state 1.
- the memory of the card is decremented at each use and when the determined number stored in the memory corresponds to a number of spraying sequence of sanitizing fluid equal to zero or to a zero amount of fluid to be sprayed, means for deactivating said control means 54, contained in said management and control means 26, make it possible not to authorize the driving of the pump 20.
- the sanitary device can no longer be used without the introduction of a new loaded card.
- management and control means 26 make it possible, via the control means 54, to display on the display screen 36 to which they are connected, information relating, in particular, to the number of sequences spray still likely to be performed or on the amount of fluid still available.
- the management and control means 26 are also connected to the input device 34, making it possible in particular to switch the secure sanitary device in manual mode or in automatic mode, and to an audible alarm 56 or buzzer making it possible to warn the user of '' a possible malfunction or exhaustion of the memory card and of the cartridge.
- the spraying of the sanitizing fluid is conditioned on the exertion of a pressure on a contactor of the input device.
- the sanitizing fluid is capable either of being sprayed according to a determined sequence corresponding to a determined spraying time, or of being sprayed as long as the presence of the hands is detected in the spraying zone 12.
- the management and control means 26 are capable of commanding the display, on the display screen 36, of the remaining quantity of sanitizing fluid contained in the cartridge 18.
- the management means and control 26 are likely to order " the display on the display screen 36 of the number of spraying sequences still capable of being carried out for a spraying time also determined.
- the spraying sequence is also capable of being modulated by the exercise of pressing one of the (+) or (-) contactors of the input device.
- management and control means 26 are supplied with voltage by the mains supply 58 connected to the management means 60 for charging the battery 62.
- a memory card corresponds to a single cartridge 18 of sanitizing fluid, so that when the cartridge 18 is empty, it is necessary to replace it with a full cartridge and to introduce a new loaded card into the reading means and writing 24 of the sanitary device so that it functions.
- the level of security is then optimal.
- the user at the same time that he acquires the limited whole number N of compliant full cartridges, receives a single card whose memory contains information corresponding to the total volume of continuous sanitizing fluid in the limited number of cartridges. With the card received, the N cartridges can be successively used.
- the memory card has no payment function. Indeed, the price of the N cartridges of sanitizing product is acquired when these cartridges are obtained.
- the memory cards are capable of containing a plurality of codes making it possible to correspond a type of card to a type of sanitary device, a type of card authorizing the operation only of a corresponding type of device.
- other counters than that of the number of spraying sequences or of quantities of sprayed fluids may be integrated into the memory card.
- said device is capable of being controlled remotely by means of a laser or infrared type remote control from a microcomputer by means, for example of the telephone network.
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EP03740609A EP1538959A1 (fr) | 2002-04-16 | 2003-04-15 | Dispositif sanitaire de pulverisation securise |
AU2003262159A AU2003262159A1 (en) | 2002-04-16 | 2003-04-15 | Secure sanitary spray device |
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