Arno C Wilke

US Patent:

6668842, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Jan 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/483429

Inventors:

Arno C. Wilke - Wauwatosa WI
James E. Carroll - Elm Grove WI
Jeffery S. Jaworski - Pewaukee WI

Assignee:

Bradley Corporation - Menomonee Falls WI

International Classification:

B08B 302

US Classification:

134 44, 134 56 R, 134 57 R, 134 58 R, 134113, 134119

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for dispensing a fluid of mixed disinfectant and water in a spray to footwear of a worker is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing including a base section, a platform installed within the base section, a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the housing, and a fluid dispensing system of mixed disinfectant and water including a first valve assembly configured to dispense fluid to the fluid dispensing assembly when a force is applied to the platform so that the spray of the fluid is dispensed onto the footwear. A method of sanitizing the footwear of a worker with a fluid may include the steps of detecting when the worker has stepped onto a platform and dispensing the fluid onto the footwear for at least a predetermined period. A method of sanitizing the footwear of a worker entering or exiting a location in a work or industrial environment may include the steps of positioning an apparatus at the entrance or exit of the location, coupling the apparatus to a supply of a fluid and wherein the apparatus is actuated to provide a flow including the fluid when the worker steps into the apparatus so that the flow including the fluid is dispensed onto the footwear of the worker.

US Patent:

D4331095, Oct 31, 2000

Filed:

Oct 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

D/112417

Inventors:

Arno C. Wilke - Wauwatosa WI
Jon W. Hauser - Geneva IL
Teresa H. Murray - Oak Park IL

Assignee:

Bradley Corporation - Menomonee Falls WI

International Classification:

2302

US Classification:

D23284