A method of determining the volume of fluid contained in a collapsible bottle, the collapsible bottle containing a fluid to be dispensed from a fluid dispenser. The fluid dispenser has a distance measuring sensor, and the collapsible bottle is coupled to the fluid dispenser so that a preselected surface of the collapsible bottle is positioned in a measurement path of the sensor. The fluid dispenser is activated to dispense an allotment of the fluid from the collapsible bottle, the collapsible bottle collapsing in a predictable manner as the fluid is dispensed from the collapsible bottle. The sensor is used to measure a distance between the sensor and the preselected surface of the collapsible bottle, the distance changing predictably as the collapsible bottle collapses. The volume of the fluid contained in the collapsible bottle is determined based on the distance between the sensor and the preselected surface of the collapsible bottle.

A dispenser with a replaceable cartridge containing a product to be dispensed, and a housing configured to removably receive the cartridge. The cartridge has a surface that is marked with a first marking, and the housing has a surface that is marked with a second marking. The housing is configured so that, when the cartridge is received by the housing, the first marking and the second marking together form a machine readable code that is detectable from outside of the housing.

An analytical toilet is disclosed. The toilet includes a bowl for receiving excreta, a mechanism that uses a consumable for analyzing a sample of excreta, a storage structure for storing the consumable, a sensor that detects at least one property of the consumable, and a processor that generates an alert when the property is outside a predetermined parameter. The property the sensor detects can be used to determine at least one of the identity of the consumable, the quantity or supply of the consumable, or a property related to the suitability of the consumable.

Methods and systems are provided for verifying hygienic hand cleaning including a wash basin, having a contaminant sensor positioned in proximity to a drain of the wash basin, to measure a level of contamination of rinse fluid leaving the wash basin; and a processor and associated memory having instructions that when executed by the processor implement: receiving a signal from the contaminant sensor indicative of the level of contamination; and responsively, determining the level of contamination and comparing the level of contamination with a contamination threshold to determine a hand washing status.

Disclosed is an intelligent device for outputting liquid, including: a base and a cover body. The base extends into the liquid bottle, a cavity body is provided in the base for accommodating one or more of a pump, a motor and a power supply, the pump or/and the power supply is/are connected to a control assembly, a distance from a joint point of the cover body and the liquid bottle to a top surface of the cover body is less than a distance from a bottom surface of the base to the top surface of the cover body, and the cover body is connected to the base.

Exemplary embodiments of dispensing systems, dispensers, refill units, methods for autonomously updating firmware and/or software in dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a processor, dispenser memory, firmware for controlling one or more operations of the dispenser and a receptacle for receiving a refill unit. A reader for reading information from a near field communication tag is also included. The refill unit includes a near field communication tag secured thereto. Memory is located on the near field communications tag. Data stored on the memory. The data contains firmware update instructions. When the refill unit is installed in the receptacle, the reader reads the data. The processor causes the dispenser firmware to be updated by the firmware update instructions read from the near field communications tag on the refill unit.

A counter mount soap dispenser includes a spout having an opening for dispensing soap. A connection shaft extends downwardly from the spout. A swivel base mounted to the connection shaft swivels relative to the connection shaft to allow easy connection. Tubing connected to the swivel base are flexible and flex with the rotation of the swivel base. A first tube extension and a second tube extension extend from the swivel base. A extends barrel extending upwardly from a soap reservoir. The barrel has a barrel socket that receives the connection shaft. The barrel socket defines a barrel inside sidewall.

A product dispenser mounting system includes a dispenser holder body configured to support a product dispenser; and a mounting apparatus configured to fixedly mount on a support object and to removably connect to the dispenser holder body in one or more orientations such that dispenser holder body is maintained in a selected one of the one or more orientations when the dispenser holder body is connected to the mounting apparatus. The system may also include at least one actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the product dispenser.

A wireless dispenser beacon module for a product dispenser comprises a bottle presence trigger configured to detect one of presence or absence of a product bottle in the product dispenser; an actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the product dispenser; and a module controller configured to wirelessly transmit dispenser data indicative of the detected one of presence or absence of the product bottle in the product dispenser associated with each detected actuation of the product dispenser.

The present invention relates to a device (10) for delivering a fluid, in particular a cleaning, care or disinfecting fluid for hands, comprising a housing (12) which encloses a cavity (14) into which a container (18) for holding the fluid can be installed, and forms an outer housing surface (28), a pump and metering unit (20), which can be connected or is connected to the housing (12), which can be connected in a detachable manner to the container (18), and with which the fluid can be pumped out of the container (18) and delivered, comprises a monitoring unit (54), with which device-related and/or user-related data can be collected and stored, and a display (76) interacting with the monitoring unit (54) for entering and displaying the user-related data and/or the device-related data. The invention also relates to a system for monitoring such a device (10.sub.2).