Patent ID: 11903536
Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. An automatic liquid soap supplying mechanism for an aircraft lavatory unit,
the aircraft lavatory unit comprising:
a washbasin on a counter table above a floor; an automatic faucet that discharges water into the washbasin;
a storage portion provided below the counter table; and
a liquid soap dispenser,
the liquid soap dispenser comprising:
a dispenser body having a vertically long shape and storing liquid soap; and
a nozzle provided at an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the dispenser body for dispensing the liquid soap stored in the dispenser body by being moved in the longitudinal direction,
the automatic liquid soap supplying mechanism for an aircraft lavatory unit being provided with:
a bracket attached to a wall of the aircraft lavatory unit inside the storage portion below the counter table, the bracket holding the dispenser body such that the longitudinal direction of the dispenser body is in a vertical direction and such that the nozzle is exposed from the storage portion and positioned above the washbasin;
an actuator attached to the wall, disposed inside the storage portion, and having a vertically moving member that moves along the vertical direction on a side of the dispenser body and having a motor disposed on the side of the dispenser body between longitudinal ends of the dispenser body;
a connecting member that connects the vertically moving member and the nozzle;
a human body detection unit that detects that a hand is located near the nozzle; and
a control unit that activates the actuator based on a detection result of the human body detection unit to move the vertically moving member along the longitudinal direction of the dispenser body,
the actuator and the bracket being configured as separate elements which are horizontally spaced apart from each other and separately attached on the wall, the actuator and the bracket being indirectly connected to each other only via the wall of the aircraft lavatory.