US 12,240,746 B2
Touchless flowable product dispenser
Joe Carone, Darien, IL (US); and Chad Elliott, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to A. J. ANTUNES & CO., Carol Stream, IL (US)
Filed by A. J. ANTUNES & CO., Carol Stream, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/212,968.
Application 18/212,968 is a continuation of application No. 17/368,264, filed on Jul. 6, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,599, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391602 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/12 (2006.01); A47G 19/18 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/124 (2013.01) [A47G 19/183 (2013.01); B67D 1/0081 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/108 (2013.01); B67D 2001/009 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touchless flowable product dispensing system for dispensing flowable products in a hands-free, minimal contact manner, comprising:
a housing;
at least one first container disposed within said housing and within which a supply of at least one flowable product is stored;
at least one dispensing nozzle mounted upon said housing for dispensing the at least one flowable product stored within said at least one first container;
a flowable product dispensing mechanism for causing a predetermined amount of the flowable product to be dispensed from said at least one first container to said at least one dispensing nozzle when said flowable product dispensing mechanism is activated;
a horizontally oriented platform disposed upon said housing for supporting at least one second container into which at least one flowable product can be dispensed, wherein said horizontally oriented platform comprises a shelf which has at least one arcuate cut-out region operatively associated therewith for respectively confining a lower end portion of said at least one second container into which the at least one flowable product is to be dispensed; and
a sensing system operatively connected to said flowable product dispensing mechanism such that when said at least one second container is disposed upon said horizontally oriented platform, a signal is transmitted to said flowable product dispensing mechanism so as to dispense a precise predetermined amount of the flowable product into said at least one second container in a hands-free, minimal contact manner.