Patent ID: 6205840
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A combined time clock breathalyzer comprising, in combination:a housing with a rectangular configuration having a front face, a rear face, a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of side faces, the front face having a clock mounted thereon for tracking a current time and visually indicating the same, a first one of the side faces having a plurality of vertically spaced horizontally oriented slots formed therein for storing a plurality of timecards therein, the front face having a flexible bellowed inlet tube with an inboard end coupled to the front face adjacent to the top face and a second one of the side faces, the top face having a slot formed therein for releasably receiving one of the timecards;an air flow rate sensor situated within the housing and connected to the inboard end of the inlet tube for determining a rate of air flow therethrough;an alcohol sensor situated within the housing and connected to the inboard end of the inlet tube for determining an amount of alcohol in the air flow;a printer positioned within the housing adjacent to the slot of the housing for printing characters on the timecard when inserted therein; anda controller situated within the housing and connected to the air flow rate sensor, alcohol sensor, and printer, the controller adapted to calculate an alcohol percentage amount within a user from the amount of alcohol detected by the alcohol sensor upon the detection of a sufficient air flow rate by the air flow rate sensor, the controller further adapted to print the alcohol percentage amount and a time of beginning work upon a first insertion of one of the timecards within the slot of the housing and print the alcohol percentage amount and a time of ending work upon a subsequent second insertion of the timecard within the slot of the housing, wherein alert indicia is printed on a top of the timecard upon the alcohol percentage amount being greater than a predetermined amount.