US 12,390,056 B2
Monitoring modules for hand hygiene dispensers
Jeffrey Rospierski, Alden, NY (US); David L. Snodgrass, Saint Paul, MN (US); Andrew M. Schultz, Minneapolis, MN (US); Viktor Slobodyan, Duluth, MN (US); Cheryl A. Littau, Apple Valley, MN (US); and Kenneth T. Dobizl, Mounds View, MN (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,202.
Application 18/404,202 is a continuation of application No. 17/648,389, filed on Jan. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,903,537.
Application 17/648,389 is a continuation of application No. 15/912,999, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,272,815.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,214, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292981 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 5/12 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC A47K 5/1217 (2013.01) [G08B 21/245 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispenser system comprising:
a dispenser beacon module configured to monitor actuations of a product dispenser, the dispenser beacon module including:
a module controller configured to generate dispenser data for each of a plurality of detected actuations of the product dispenser; and
one or more wireless transceivers configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive data, wherein at least one of the one or more wireless transceivers is configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive at least a portion of the dispenser data,
wherein the dispenser beacon module further includes a module housing sized to fit within a housing of the product dispenser, the module housing including a module base, and a bottle presence trigger configured on or about an outer surface of the module housing such that presence of a product bottle in the housing of the product dispenser provides a bottle presence signal indicative of presence of the product bottle in the housing of the product dispenser.