DESC:FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
[001] The present invention relates to foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19 and method for operation thereof. The invention is a telescopic pipe type device for dispensing of hand sanitizer through actuation of foot pedal for use particularly in commercial establishments.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
[002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.

[003] Heavy engineering corporations are in a need of using hand sanitizer for the employees at the entry of the company premises or manufacturing plants to combat COVID 19 which is mandatory. Hence in order to dispense the hand sanitizer contactless to the hands of the employees for avoiding the spread of COVID 19, there is a requirement to design a device, which can serve the purpose efficiently.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
[004] It is therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide a foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19.

[005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user which can be used for employees to combat COVID 19 at the entry point to the commercial establishments.

[006] Still another object of the present invention is to provide a foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user which is simple in construction and efficient.

[007] These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which a preferred form of the present invention is illustrated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[008] One or more drawbacks of conventional systems and process are overcome, and additional advantages are provided through the apparatus/composition and a method as claimed in the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages are realized through the technicalities of the present disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered to be part of the claimed disclosure.

[009] According to the present invention, there is provided Foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19 comprising:
a base plate (1) mounted with annular tube (3) and Guide shaft (7) provided concentrically facilitating the free sliding up and down motion of the annular tube (3), wherein the annular tube (3) supports a sanitizer can (6) seated on sanitizer base plate (4) with a locking latch arrangement (5) and a foot pedal (2) is linked to the annular tube (3) for operating the device by foot.

[0010] The sanitizer base plate (4) with said locking latch arrangement (5) are secured to the annular tube (3).

[0011] The foot pedal (2) is linked to the annular tube (3) by pivot point and linkages, wherein the foot pedal can be metallic.

[0012] Said foot pedal (2) is placed at an angle to the base plate (1) for ease in usage by the users.

[0013] A clearance is maintained between said annular tube (3) and guide shaft (7) for easy up and down movement of the annular tube over the guide shaft, in which the guide shaft guides the movement of annular tube there over.

[0014] Said base plate (4) for sanitizer can (6) is placed in such a position of the annular tube that the nozzle of the sanitizer can is compressed with little stroke for dispensing the sanitizer without causing any damage to the sanitizer nozzle.

[0015] Said Locking latch arrangement (5) provides a tight locking of the sanitizer can (6) along with the annular tube (3) to ensure the right position of the sanitizer nozzle along the compression point and facilitate correct dispensing of the sanitizer.

[0016] The compression point (8) is fixed on the guide shaft (7) for facilitating the compression of the sanitizer nozzle (9) required for dispensing of the sanitizer.

[0017] Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.

[0018] It is to be understood that the aspects and embodiments of the disclosure described above may be used in any combination with each other. Several of the aspects and embodiments may be combined to form a further embodiment of the disclosure.

[0019] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS:
[0020] The illustrated embodiments of the subject matter will be best understood by reference to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals throughout. The following description is intended only by way of example, and simply illustrates certain selected embodiments of devices, systems, and processes that are consistent with the subject matter as claimed herein, wherein:-

[0021] Figures 1 shows: Foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19 according to the present invention.

[0022] Figures 2 shows: Foot operated sanitizer dispensing device of Figure 1 in working mode.
[0023] The figures depict embodiments of the disclosure for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION WITH REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS OF EXAMPLARY EMBODIMENT(S):
[0024] While the embodiments of the disclosure are subject to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof have been shown by way of example in the figures and will be described below. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the scope of the disclosure.

[0025] The present invention makes a disclosure regarding foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19.

[0026] The telescopic pipe sanitizer dispensing device with a foot pedal for dispensing the hand sanitizer includes a base plate on which an annular tube accommodating a guide shaft in the form of a telescopic pipe is mounted. The annular tube slides over the guide shaft up and down. The top end of the guide shaft is fitted with a compression point. The foot pedal is attached with the annular tube through linkages for actuating the up and down motion of the annular tube. By pressing foot pedal the annular tube takes sanitizer can up and compresses the sanitiser nozzle with the help of top compression point. This results in the dispensing of sanitizer to the users.

[0027] For the invention, reference may be made to the Figure 1 illustrating the device in idle condition and Figure 2 showing the device in working condition.

[0028] As discussed above, the telescopic pipe sanitizer dispensing device has various components including a base plate (1), foot pedal (2), Annular tube (3), Guide shaft (7) , Sanitizer base plate (4), Locking latch arrangement (5), Sanitizer can (6) and Compression point tip (8).

[0029] Now referring to the Figure 1, the base plate (1) is mounted with the annular tube (3) and Guide shaft (7) provided concentrically facilitating the free sliding up and down motion of the annular tube (3). The annular tube (3) supports the sanitizer can (6) seated on the sanitizer base plate (4) with a locking latch arrangement (5). The sanitizer base plate (4) with a locking latch arrangement (5) are secured to the annular tube (3).The foot pedal (2) is linked to the annular tube (3) by means of pivot point and linkages, wherein the foot pedal can be metallic.

[0030] Figure 2 depicts the device in working mode. As the user presses the foot pedal (2) by foot, the annular tube (3) supporting the sanitizer can (6) moves in the upward direction and the nozzle of the Sanitizer can (6) gets compressed by the compression point tip (8) at the top of the guide shaft (7) and dispenses the sanitizer from the sanitizer can (6) to the user hand placed in front of the nozzle of the sanitizer can (6). Thus the hand sanitizer can makes contactless delivery of the hand sanitizer to users just by actuating the foot pedal (2).

Features Of Invention
[0031] Said foot pedal (2) is placed at an angle to the base plate(1) for ease in usage by the users.

[0032] A clearance is maintained between said annular tube (3) and guide shaft (7) for easy up and down movement of the annular tube over the guide shaft. The guide shaft guides the movement of annular tube thereover.

[0033] Said base plate (4) for sanitizer can (6) is placed in such a position of the annular tube that the nozzle of the sanitizer can is compressed with little stroke for dispensing the sanitizer without causing any damage to the sanitizer nozzle.

[0034] Said Locking latch arrangement (5) provides a tight locking of the sanitizer can (6) along with the annular tube (3) to ensure the right position of the sanitizer nozzle along the compression point and facilitate correct dispensing of the sanitizer.

[0035] The compression point (8) is fixed on the guide shaft (7) for facilitating the compression of the sanitizer nozzle (9) required for dispensing of the sanitizer.

Operation Of Present Invention:
[0036] Placing a sanitizer can (6) over the sanitizer base plate (4) and locking of the sanitizer can by the locking latch arrangement (5). By pressing of the foot pedal (2) by the user vide foot the annular tube (3) takes the sanitizer can (6) towards upward direction and on compression of the sanitizer nozzle with the compression point tip (8), the sanitizer is dispensed to the user hand placed in front of the sanitizer nozzle (9).

[0037] Each of the appended claims defines a separate invention, which for infringement purposes is recognized as including equivalents to the various elements or limitations specified in the claims. Depending on the context, all references below to the “invention” may in some cases refer to certain specific embodiments only. In other cases, it will be recognized that references to the “invention” will refer to subject matter recited in one or more, but not necessarily all, of the claims.

[0038] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all groups used in the appended claims.

[0039] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particulars claim containing such introduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogues to “at least one of A, B and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B”.

[0040] The above description does not provide specific details of manufacture or design of the various components. Those of skill in the art are familiar with such details, and unless departures from those techniques are set out, techniques, known, related art or later developed designs and materials should be employed. Those in the art are capable of choosing suitable manufacturing and design details.
[0041] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. It will be appreciated that several of the above-disclosed and other features and functions, or alternatives thereof, may be combined into other systems or applications. Various presently unforeseen or unanticipated alternatives, modifications, variations, or improvements therein may subsequently be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as encompassed by the following claims.

[0042] The claims, as originally presented and as they may be amended, encompass variations, alternatives, modifications, improvements, equivalents, and substantial equivalents of the embodiments and teachings disclosed herein, including those that are presently unforeseen or unappreciated, and that, for example, may arise from applicants/patentees and others.

[0043] While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.
,CLAIMS:1. Foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19 comprising:
a base plate (1) mounted with annular tube (3) and Guide shaft (7) provided concentrically facilitating the free sliding up and down motion of the annular tube (3), wherein the annular tube (3) supports a sanitizer can (6) seated on sanitizer base plate (4) with a locking latch arrangement (5) and a foot pedal (2) is linked to the annular tube (3) for operating the device by foot.

2. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sanitizer base plate (4) with said locking latch arrangement (5) are secured to the annular tube (3).

3. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-2, wherein the foot pedal (2) is linked to the annular tube (3) by pivot point and linkages, wherein the foot pedal can be metallic.

4. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-3, wherein said foot pedal (2) is placed at an angle to the base plate(1) for ease in usage by the users.

5. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-4, wherein a clearance is maintained between said annular tube (3) and guide shaft (7) for easy up and down movement of the annular tube over the guide shaft, in which the guide shaft guides the movement of annular tube there over.

6. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-5, wherein said base plate (4) for sanitizer can (6) is placed in such a position of the annular tube that the nozzle of the sanitizer can is compressed with little stroke for dispensing the sanitizer without causing any damage to the sanitizer nozzle.

7. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-6, wherein said Locking latch arrangement (5) provides a tight locking of the sanitizer can (6) along with the annular tube (3) to ensure the right position of the sanitizer nozzle along the compression point and facilitate correct dispensing of the sanitizer.

8. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-7, wherein the compression point (8) is fixed on the guide shaft (7) for facilitating the compression of the sanitizer nozzle (9) required for dispensing of the sanitizer.

9. The foot operated sanitizer dispensing device as claimed in claims 1-8, wherein as the user presses the foot pedal (2) by foot, the annular tube (3) supporting the sanitizer can (6) moves in the upward direction and the nozzle of the Sanitizer can (6) gets compressed by the compression point tip (8) at the top of the guide shaft (7) and dispenses the sanitizer from the sanitizer can (6) to the user hand placed in front of the nozzle of the sanitizer can (6).

10. A method for operating foot operated sanitizer dispensing device for contactless dispensing of hand sanitizer to user to combat covid-19 comprising steps of:
- placing a sanitizer can (6) over sanitizer base plate (4) and locking of the sanitizer can by locking latch arrangement (5);
- pressing of foot pedal (2) by the user vide foot that an annular tube (3) takes the sanitizer can (6) towards upward direction and on compression of sanitizer nozzle (9) by compression point tip (8), the sanitizer is dispensed to the user hand placed in front of the sanitizer nozzle (9).