EP 0616658 B2 20010523 - HAND WASHING UNIT
Title (en)
HAND WASHING UNIT
Title (de)
HANDWASCHANLAGE
Title (fr)
UNITE DE LAVAGE POUR LES MAINS
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9124819 A 19911122
- GB 9202165 W 19921123
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9310311A1] A hand washing and rinsing unit which operates automatically without the need for the user to touch any part of the unit. When the user's hands are inserted into a wash basin (12), a proximity switch (30) actuates the system to switch on a supply of water through a supply line (18). After a predetermined time interval such as 5 to 8 seconds, a metered quantity of liquid soap from a supply (28) is dispensed onto the user's hands, and the supply of water continues to enable the soap to be washed off. The system incorporates an electronic monitoring system to record each use, this being triggered only when soap has been dispensed, so that it is not possible to have a wash recorded merely by wetting the hands for a few seconds.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E03C 1/046 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
E03C 1/046 (2013.01); E03C 1/057 (2013.01); G08B 21/245 (2013.01); A47K 2210/00 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9310311 A1 19930527; AT E159067 T1 19971015; AU 2950892 A 19930615; DE 69222654 D1 19971113; DE 69222654 T2 19980520; EP 0616658 A1 19940928; EP 0616658 B1 19971008; EP 0616658 B2 20010523; GB 9124819 D0 19920115
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9202165 W 19921123; AT 92923900 T 19921123; AU 2950892 A 19921123; DE 69222654 T 19921123; EP 92923900 A 19921123; GB 9124819 A 19911122