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I just saw the most obvious and brilliant invention - it's a dispensing bottle of hand sanitizer on a stand - you press a pedal at the base and a gearing presse
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
I just saw the most obvious and brilliant invention - it's a dispensing bottle of hand sanitizer on a stand - you press a pedal at the base and a gearing presses down and dispenses a dollop. it solves so many issues !
- boogies 6y agoThere are automatic battery-operated (probably infrared?) dispensers posted in public places in my area. The whole thing is smaller than a tissue box, so the logistics are probably a lot simpler than they would be with dispensers the height of the distance between the ground and people's hands.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoWe had those at work long before covid, and they were always failing in some way, batteries, detector fouled etc Just the simplicity seemed ideal
- userbinator 6y agoYes, a mechanical foot-operated dispenser would be perfectly realistic with the technology of a century ago.
- dylan604 6y agoIf it ain't broke, don't fix it. A simple pedal on the floor seems perfectly acceptable. Doesn't need batteries to replace. Nothing wrong with that. Not everything needs to have "tech" applied to make it functional
- userbinator 6y agoExactly, that's the point I was trying to make. (I'm not sure why I got downvoted though --- I see something like that being possible with 1920s technology as a good thing. I recall foot-operated refrigerator doors being marketed in 1930s ads.)
- SECProto 6y agothere are lots of people who don't have the physical ability to use a floor pedal (wheelchair, elderly/using a walker, etc) for whom a simple sensor dispenser works great. Checking the dispenser once/a few times a day wouldn't be a big hassle. It's not even tech, it's just off the shelf junk that any shop can buy for an extra $5 over a manual dispenser.
- joegahona 6y agoSame. Mostly ours was empty or didn't trigger reliably, but one time I walked by and it was just a steady stream of sanitizer onto the floor.
- jayd16 6y agoMost of the time they were just empty. These days they're stocked with soap and batteries. You already need a person to come by and refill it so I really don't think the small electric one is at that much of a disadvantage.
- Natsu 6y agoI'd love to see more automatic doors, especially on restrooms, but I understand that automatic doors are pretty expensive for some reason?
- ceejayoz 6y agoNo need to have 'em automatic; just ensure they open outwards, so you can push 'em open with your foot.
- echelon 6y agoFire code requires that doors swing open in the direction of egress under certain conditions: https://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/101/101_FAQs.pdf https://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/101/101_FAQs... (PDF link)
- Nextgrid 6y agoCan this be worked around with two sets of doors (opening in separate directions) or doors that can swing either way?
- IncRnd 6y agoUnless, according to code, there isn't enough room in the outer area, or opening outwards would create a hazard. This is often why many public bathroom door open inwards, and yet passed code inspections. The very first sentence of the paragraph in your link's section on this subject mentions these exceptions.
- echelon 6y agoMy post includes the clause "under certain conditions". I was trying to inform the OP of fire code regulations that might impede this design. I'm not sure why this was responded to so negatively.
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- catblast 6y agoThey have had these for years in OR suites to dispense surgical scrub soap. They use an air bulb and tubing rather than mechanical link since that is much more durable and cheaper to replace. These obviously present an accessibility issue in public places that don't generally apply to ORs. I think the hand operated or IR is the good enough solution in most cases though.
- amelius 6y agoWhat problem does it solve? Consider a normal hand sanitizer bottle with a pump. Pressing the pump with your hand may make your hand dirty (theoretically) but you can immediately disinfect it with the drop of sanitizer you just dispensed!
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoHonestly my theory here is that my hand is probably clean, but I am disinfecting to reduce harm to others or myself. Once I touch that bottle, standing in a public place for days touched by hundreds of random hands, I think my hand is not merely unclean, but looks a lot like Emil in Robocop after he gets smashed into that green goop at the end of the movie. I prefer to use the soles of my shoes frankly - and if I prefer it I suspect most others would hence increasing the likelihood of use and so efficacy of the solution.
- joegahona 6y agoAssume that's true, what if you knew 100% that the person who touched the sanitizer pump seconds before you has COVID and has snot on his hands. What's the problem? You're going to disinfect that, right?
- baddox 6y agoIf you knew that, you might choose to avoid the area because the disinfectant probably isn’t 100% effective (not to mention you don’t want to be breathing the air right around where an infected person was just breathing). That’s not really a contradiction.
- amelius 6y agoIf you think like this, then of what use is the sanitizer in the first place?
- saagarjha 6y agoExcept for the times where there is no sanitizer, so now your hand is "extra dirty" in your mind.
- vermarish 6y agoI've seen music stores who have repurposed their hi-hat stands for this exact device.
- polishdude20 6y agoWhy not just have it hand operated? If you're going to sanitize your hands directly after pumping it, what's the big deal?
- spike021 6y agoIn N Out in California has ones like this. You just squeeze this rubbery piece and it causes the sanitizer gel to come out, then you just use it on the entirety of your hands after. No big deal.
- KeepFlying 6y agoI've never understood this about public bathrooms. I don't need my soap dispenser to be automatic since I only use it when I'm going to be washing my hands already. It's weird to see automatic soap dispensers but manual "hand pump" paper towel dispensers.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 6y agoMany things are over engineered just because. Throw a battery in it, hell, just throw a chip in it. In most cases (Most cases) analog Trumps digital.
- zaroth 6y agoThe soap dispenser is automatic because in theory it reduces the amount of soap used. Except for the ones built into the sink which try to shoot soap at you while you’re rinsing, and it becomes a game to dodge it.
- sturgill 6y agoI’ve had more than one experience where you go to use a hand operated and it’s empty. Then you wonder who touched that thing before you and what did you pick up. I despise the hand operated ones now. Same with mechanical faucets in a public bathroom. I don’t want to turn it off once my hands are clean...
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- s5300 6y agoNot ADA compliant, therefore not worth it in the eyes of most businesses.
- nsomaru 6y agoThe use of these has exploded in South Africa during the current pandemic. It’s quite common here. Also interesting to watch the market dynamics at play as the price has steadily come down and everyone is copying it.