Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

A fluid dispenser having a body for mounting in a counter with a spout above the counter, a escutcheon for the upper end of the shank or body, and a pump with cylinder and piston in the body, with the upper end of the piston projecting above the cylinder and connected to the spout and with the lower end of the cylinder connected to a container below the counter. An electrical solenoid is carried on the body below the counter with a moving plunger connected to the cylinder for moving the cylinder upward relative to the piston for pumping fluid from the container through the piston and out through the spout. A lamp housing is carried in the escutcheon, with an infra red source and an infra red detector mounted in the housing, and an electrical cable is connected between the lamp housing and an electrical circuit mounted adjacent the solenoid for energizing the infra red source and for energizing the solenoid in response to a signal from the infra red detector.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim