Patent ID: 11910962
Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 11:
12. The dispenser according to claim 11,
wherein the first measurement section is included in an electronic housing part, the electronic housing part comprising a member configured to engage with a corresponding member of the dispenser;
wherein the capacitive sensor including the first channel and the second channel is configured to engage with the electronic housing part and with the dispenser;
wherein the capacitive sensor comprises an adhesive back side, the adhesive back side engaging the capacitive sensor with the dispenser;
the sensor device further comprising a second measurement section;
wherein the second measurement section is configured to measure a humidity in the air, wherein the first measurement section is configured to adapt a measurement of the filling status of the dispenser to the humidity in the air measured by the second measurement section;
wherein the second measurement section is configured to determine the filling status of a sensor area, the sensor area having a predetermined height and wherein the first measurement section is configured to adapt a measurement of the filling status of the dispenser by calculating a capacitance reference value obtained on a basis of a height of a bundle of the web material corresponding to the predetermined height;
wherein the sensor device is configured to transmit data to a data collection unit, the data indicating the filling status of the dispenser;
the consumable being web material of continuous or non-continuous sheets of paper towels, toilet paper, tissue paper, facial tissues, or nonwoven wipe, the sheets being folded into stacks or rolled into a roll; and
wherein the sensor device is further configured to detect types of web materials stored in the dispenser, the type of web material being differentiated by at least one of a thickness of the web material, a size of the web material and a material composition of the web material.