Patent ID: 8558701
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A47K,G07C,G07F,G08B,G16H,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A hygiene compliance module for a dispenser having a dispenser controller that supplies an actuation signal to a communication interface when an actuator is engaged to dispense material, the hygiene compliance module comprising: a card having a connector, said connector adapted to be inserted in the communication interface of the dispenser, so as to be electrically coupled to the dispenser controller; a module controller disposed on said card and coupled to said connector, wherein when said connector is inserted in the communication interface of the dispenser, said module controller enables hygiene compliance monitoring functions, such that said module controller is configured to detect the actuation signal from the dispenser controller as dispensing event data; and a transmitter coupled to said module controller; wherein when the actuator of the dispenser is engaged, said transmitter transmits said dispensing event data to a monitoring station.