Patent ID: 7748565

Claim:
An automatic dispensing apparatus, comprising: a housing having a front portion, wherein the housing is capable of holding a container of a viscous substance proximate to the front portion, and the front portion further comprising a hole therethrough; a sensor component attached with the front portion of the housing; a compression apparatus that is connectable with the housing, the compression apparatus being operative for compressing the container of the viscous substance; a dispenser head attached with the housing proximate the front portion, wherein the dispenser head is capable of attaching with the container of the viscous substance; and a motor unit connected with the sensor component and the dispenser head, whereby a user can activate the sensor component by placing an object proximate the sensor component to activate the motor unit so that the motor unit rotates the dispenser head, with the compression apparatus compressing the container of the viscous substance such that the viscous substance is pressed out of the container and through the dispenser head and the hole in the front portion of the housing to be dispensed upon the object.