Patent ID: 6895296

Claim:
A method for tracking usage parameters of product pulled from a roll, in which the product upon the roll is separated into a plurality of units, whereby a series of pulls comprise a dispensing event, the method comprising: (a) obtaining data in a spindle apparatus related to rotation of a rotating member in the spindle apparatus disposed within a product roll, the data representing values proportional to the degree of rotation of the rotating member; (b) providing a first microprocessor capable of receiving and processing said data; and (c) computing by said first microprocessor a set of parameters or values from said data comprising at least one of the following: i) the number of units per event, ii) the number of pulls per event, iii) the number of pulls per roll, iv) the number of units per day, v) the number of events per day, vi) the frequency of events per time of day (hour), vii) the frequency of the number of units per time of day; viii) the number of units per hour, ix) the time interval between pulls, x) the frequency of time interval between pulls, xii) the frequency of length of pull, xii) the date and corresponding time of each pull; and xiii) the total amount of product dispensed at a particular time.