Patent ID: 7530477
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A hand cleaning fluid dispenser comprising in combination, a fluid dispenser and an electrochemical cell, the fluid dispenser comprising a dispenser dispensing a hand cleaning fluid onto a person's hand, the dispenser including a reservoir containing the hand cleaning fluid to be dispensed and a dispensing mechanism requiring an electric current to dispense fluid from the reservoir onto a person's hand, the electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte and two electrodes namely, an anode and a cathode, separated from each other with the electrolyte between the two electrodes, fuel for the cell comprising the hand cleaning fluid from the reservoir in communication with a first of the electrodes, the two electrodes electrically coupled across the dispensing mechanism to provide current flow through the dispensing mechanism by chemical conversion of the fluid at the first of the electrodes.