US 12,009,689 B2
Dispenser energy on refill unit
Jackson William Wegelin, Stow, OH (US); and Chip W. Curtis, West Dundee, IL (US)
Assigned to GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed by GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/033,855.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,080, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099004 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/345 (2013.01) [H02J 7/00038 (2020.01); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01); H02J 7/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispenser for dispensing a material, comprising:
a circuit in communication with a battery and a rechargeable energy storage device, the circuit placing the battery and the rechargeable energy storage device in series during a dispense event such that an actuator that facilitates dispensing the material during the dispense event receives power from the battery and the rechargeable energy storage device during the dispense event,
wherein the circuit places the battery and the rechargeable energy storage device in parallel in the absence of the dispense event such that the battery recharges the rechargeable energy storage device.