FR3108489A1 - CONNECTED GEL OR SANITARY LIQUID DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND ACCESS DEVICE CONTAINING IT - Google Patents

Abstract

TITLE OF THE INVENTION: DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR GEL OR CONNECTED SANITARY LIQUID AND ACCESS DEVICE COMPRISING IT The device (40) for dispensing gel or connected sanitary liquid comprises:- a floor support plate (43) and/or on the wall, - a body (41) supported by the plate comprising, in the lower part, a pedal (42) for actuating a pump (44) connected, on the one hand, to a reservoir (60, 62) of gel or liquid and, on the other hand, to a pipe (45, 47) for distributing gel or pumped liquid, the pipe opening in the upper part of the body and- a means (70, 71) of transmission information representative of pressing the pedal. The device for accessing a place comprises a distribution device which is the subject of the invention, an information receiver representing pressing on the pedal and a means of inhibiting an access actuator configured to uninhibit the actuator for a predetermined time following pressing the pedal. Figure for abstract: Figure 8.

Description

CONNECTED SANITARY LIQUID OR GEL DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND ACCESS DEVICE COMPRISING IT

Technical field of the invention

The present invention relates to a connected sanitary gel or liquid dispensing device and an access device comprising it. It applies, in particular, to the field of equipment for collective or public places, such as offices, factories, shops, restaurants and official establishments. More particularly, the present invention applies to the distribution of hydroalcoholic gel for hand disinfection near access to a room, for example a kitchen, a canteen, a canteen, a public place, a public or professional establishment. , a factory, offices or housing.

State of the art

Known gel dispensers are of three types. Personal dispensers, bottles equipped with a dispensing head to be operated with the finger, are stolen if they are made available to the public. And the very fact of handling them can contaminate them and cause the contamination of other users. Wall-mounted dispensers have two drawbacks. For one, they are only compatible with one type, and usually one brand, of gel container. On the other hand, their handling requires touching a part, which can thus become contaminating. Their use is therefore costly since a specific delivery of containers must be planned and the absence of competition generally increases the unit cost of containers.

Electrical distributors fixed to the wall, for example equipped with a presence detector of a hand and a motorized overflow, require either an independent energy source or a connection to the electrical network. They are therefore expensive both to install and to use. In addition, to be sure that a person who accesses a room has indeed disinfected his hands, it is necessary to place a guard, who authorizes, or not, the access of this person to the room.

Presentation of the invention

The present invention aims to remedy all or part of these drawbacks.

To this end, the present invention relates, according to a first aspect, to a sanitary gel or liquid dispensing device, which comprises:
- a floor and/or wall support plate,
- a body supported by the plate comprising, in the lower part, a pedal for actuating a pump connected, on the one hand, to a reservoir of gel or liquid and, on the other hand, to a distribution pipe of gel or pumped liquid, the pipe opening in the upper part of the body and
- A means of transmitting information representative of the pressure on the pedal.

Thanks to these provisions, the device is entirely mechanical and does not require any source of energy. In addition, the user does not have to touch the device, except with the foot which activates the pedal. There is therefore no risk of making the device contaminating during use. By transmitting information representative of pressing the pedal, the device allows access to be controlled, for example the disengagement of a lock or an electric strike or the activation of motors for opening a door. sliding or pivoting.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of pressing the pedal is passive, comprising no energy source.

Thanks to these provisions, the device does not need to be recharged or connected to an electrical network.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of pressing the pedal comprises a dry contact which changes state with movement of the pedal.

Thanks to these provisions, an electric strike, for example, can be inhibited as long as the device pedal has not been pressed.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of pressing the pedal comprises an electrical energy generator which supplies a circuit configured to transmit a code.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of pressing the pedal comprises a piezoelectric crystal deformed by pressing the pedal.

Thanks to each of these arrangements, no source or reserve of energy is necessary in the device but it can emit an electrical signal or a radio signal signaling the pressing of the pedal.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of pressure on the pedal comprises a source of permanent electrical energy and/or a storage of electrical energy, a pressure sensor on the pedal and a circuit coding which transmits a coded signal, as soon as this support is detected.

Thanks to these provisions,

In embodiments, the sensor includes a reed switch or reed switch.

Thanks to these provisions, the force exerted by the user on the pedal does not risk damaging the sensor.

In some embodiments, the device that is the subject of the invention comprises a means of transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the reservoir.

Thanks to these provisions, an operator can be warned that the tank of the device must be recharged or replaced.

In embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of the level is configured to count the number of presses on the pedal since the supply.

Thanks to these provisions, the level of gel or sanitary liquid available can be estimated indirectly.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of the level comprises a pressure or force sensor positioned in a support of the tank.

Thanks to these provisions, the level of frost or sanitary liquid can be estimated precisely, without the circuit needing to know that a supply has taken place.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank is configured to transmit this information only when the estimated level is lower than a predetermined value.

In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank is configured to measure an average daily consumption of gel or sanitary liquid, the predetermined value being this average daily consumption multiplied by a predetermined number of days.

Thanks to these provisions, the operator always has the same time to intervene, regardless of the actual daily consumption of gel or sanitary liquid.

In some embodiments, the device that is the subject of the invention further comprises a thermal camera supported at the average height of the users head by an arm connected to the body, this thermal camera estimating the temperature of the user's forehead, a circuit being configured to, in the event that this temperature is greater than a predetermined value, transmit an alert or an alarm to this user.

Thanks to these provisions, access to a place can be refused to a user with a fever.

According to a second aspect, the present invention relates to a device for accessing a place, which comprises a distribution device which is the subject of the invention, an information receiver representative of pressing the pedal and a means of inhibiting an access actuator configured to disinhibit the actuator for a predetermined time following pressing on the pedal.

The advantages, aims and characteristics of this access device being similar to those of the distribution device which is the subject of the invention, they are not repeated here.

Brief description of figures

Other advantages, aims and particular characteristics of the invention will emerge from the non-limiting description which follows of at least one particular embodiment of the compression device which is the subject of the present invention, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

represents, in elevation and in front view, a first particular embodiment of the device which is the subject of the invention,

represents an enlargement of the upper part of the device represented in FIG. 1,

represents an enlargement of the lower part of the device represented in FIG. 1,

represents a top view of the device illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3,

shows a side view of the lower part of the device illustrated in Figures 1 to 4,

shows a side view of the entire device illustrated in Figures 1 to 5,

represents a photograph, in perspective, of the upper part of the device illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6,

represents a second embodiment of the device which is the subject of the invention,

shows a forehead temperature measurement system integrated with variants of the second embodiment and

represents a frontal temperature measurement zone with the measurement system illustrated in figure 9.

This description is given on a non-limiting basis, each characteristic of an embodiment being able to be combined with any other characteristic of any other embodiment in an advantageous manner.

We note, from now on, that the figures are each to scale and that the scales of the different figures can be different.

Throughout the description, the term “upper” or “top” is used to refer to what is at the top or oriented upwards, in the figures, figures which correspond to the normal configuration of use of the device. We call "lower" or "low", what is below or directed downwards, in these figures. The notions of vertical and horizontal derive from these definitions. “Internal” is what is close to or oriented towards a vertical longitudinal axis of the tank or device and, external, is what is oriented opposite to this vertical axis. The height of the device is defined along this vertical axis.

Throughout the description, the term distributor or dispensing device interchangeably refers to a system which dispenses the contents of a reservoir whose mouth is facing downwards.

We first describe below, with reference to Figures 1 to 8, the mechanical constitution of different embodiments of the distributor object of the invention. We then describe means for transmitting information representative of the pressure on the pedal of the device.

A first embodiment of the device 10 for dispensing gel or sanitary liquid is observed in FIGS. 1 to 7. This device comprises a support plate 29 on the ground. In variants, the plate constitutes a means of anchoring to a wall or to the floor and to the wall. A body 11 is supported by the plate 29. The body 11 connects a lower part 12, at the height of a user's feet, and an upper part 13, at the height of a user's hand. The lower part 12 comprises an actuating pedal 14 extending outside the body 11 to receive the downward vertical action (from top to bottom as represented by the arrow 22 in FIG. 3) of a foot of a user and extending inside the body 11 up to a horizontal axis of rotation 15. Due to the support of the user's foot, the internal part of the pedal 14 which is, with respect to the external part, on the other side of the axis of rotation 15 rises inside the body 11. A lower part 24 of a piston 17, resting on this part of the pedal 14, therefore describes an upward movement, as illustrated by the arrow 23. The piston 17 transmits this upward movement to a support 18 of a container 19 of sanitary gel or liquid, as illustrated in Figure 2.

Thus, the body 11 comprises, in its interior; a piston 17 for transferring the movement of the pedal 14 to a support 18 of a container 19 of gel or sanitary liquid set in motion by the piston 17 under the action of the pedal 14.

A stop 21, in the upper part 13 of the device 10, retains the container 19 inside the body 11 of the device 10. The stop 21 for retaining the container 19 is configured to, during the movement of the container 19, pressurize the gel or liquid inside the container 19 and cause an expulsion of part of this gel or liquid.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7, the container 19 is a bottle provided with a pump 27, in known manner. In this type of bottle, the pressure of the finger or the palm on this pump causes the ejection of a dose of gel or liquid. It is noted that other ejection or spray heads, known to those skilled in the art, exist. In the embodiment shown, the head of the bottle, which actuates the pump, remains stationary in abutment against the stop 21 and the reservoir of the container 19 moves towards the pump with the upward vertical movement of the support 19. The pump is thus actuated and releases gel or sanitary liquid contained in the tank of the container 19.

As is understood, the device 10 is entirely mechanical and does not require any source of energy. Moreover, the user does not have to touch the device 10, except with the foot which actuates the pedal. There is therefore no risk of making the device contaminating during use. The device 10 cannot be stolen, in particular if it is fixed to the floor or to the wall. The device 10 is compatible with all containers capable of holding in the body 11 above the support 18.

In embodiments such as the one shown, the body 11 has, around the abutment 21, a side opening 26 configured to allow several fingers of a user to pass below a spout 20 of the container 19. Thus, for receive the sanitary gel or liquid, the user does not risk touching and therefore contaminating part of the device 10 or the container 19.

Preferably, the stop 21 is removable and provided with a locking means (not shown). This locking means can be a nut, a padlock, for example.

Thus, the public cannot access the container 19 and steal it, on the one hand, but an operator can easily unlock the stop 21 and replace an empty container 19.

In embodiments such as the one shown, the piston 17 is provided with guides internal to the body 11, guides consisting of the lower parts 24 and support 18, guides which are configured to slide on the internal wall of the body 11. For example, the body 11 is cylindrical and the lower part 24 and the support 18 bear against the walls of the body 11, with a clearance allowing them to slide freely in the body 11.

The piston is thus free to slide in the body, without risk of blocking.

In embodiments (not shown), the body 11 includes a light facing the container 19. An operator can thus see the filling level of the container 19. Preferably, the light is closed by a window or is not side of the pedal 14 so as not to encourage a child to put their fingers there.

In embodiments (not shown), the device 10 comprises a means for retaining the movement of the piston 17 in its direction of movement towards the container 19. The piston 17 is thus with incremental advance and can progressively compress a pocket 19 of gel or sanitary liquid present above the support 18. Those skilled in the art can take inspiration from glue or sealant guns for the production of this type of piston with incremental advance.

In embodiments (not shown), the piston 17 comprises a position indicator visible from the outside of the device 10. This indicator, for example a ruler moving in front of an opening of the device 10 (for example the opening 26 or an opening symmetrical with respect to the axis 30) or a lug protruding from a slot formed in the body of the device 10, allows an operator to view the level of filling of the container 19, in particular when it comes to a pocket.

In some embodiments (not shown), the device 10 comprises a spout extension 20 of the container 19. This extension, for example a flexible pipe, is fixed by force on the spout and makes it possible to dispense gel or liquid sanitary above the outside of the body 11.

In the embodiments shown, the plate 29 comprises fixing elements 28 to the ground. These fasteners are conical screw head housings. Thanks to these provisions, the device 10 can be made irremovable and therefore untheftable.

Preferably, the device 10 has a larger dimension, its height, between 90 cm and 110 cm. Thus, the delivery of the sanitary gel or liquid is done at the height of a hand with a substantially horizontal arm for the average height of adults and adolescents.

In embodiments (not shown), the piston constitutes a rod between the pedal and the support 18 of the container 19.

In some embodiments, the body is cylindrical and closed apart from the passage opening of the pedal and the opening for delivering the sanitary gel or liquid.

For example, the parts of device 10 are made of brushed stainless steel. This device is self-stabilized, anti-vandalism and very resistant, it adapts to all standard vials and bottles.

For example, the dimensions of device 10 are:
Height: 1000mm
Body diameter 11: 114 mm
Plate diameter 29: 330 mm
Maximum container diameter 110 mm
Maximum height of containers: 300 mm

In the second embodiment of the dispensing device illustrated in FIG. 8, this device 40 comprises:
- a support plate on the ground and/or on the wall and
- a body supported by the plate comprising, in the lower part, a pedal for actuating a pump connected, on the one hand, to a reservoir of gel or liquid and, on the other hand, to a pipe for raising the gel or pumped liquid, the pipe opening in the upper part of the body.

Thanks to these provisions, the device is entirely mechanical and does not require any source of energy. In addition, the user does not have to touch the device, except with the foot which activates the pedal. There is therefore no risk of making the device contaminating during use. The device cannot be stolen and can be fixed to the floor and/or to the wall.

In some embodiments, the dispensing device comprises a reservoir that is the subject of the invention.

We observe, in FIG. 8, a device 40 for dispensing gel or sanitary liquid. This device 40 comprises a reservoir 60 and a connector 65. This device also comprises a plate 43 for ground support. In variants, the plate constitutes a means of anchoring to a wall or to the floor and to the wall.

The device 40 comprises a body 41 supported by the plate 43 comprising, in the lower part, a pedal 42 for actuating a pump 44 connected, on the one hand, to the reservoir 60 of gel or liquid, via the connector 65 and, on the other hand, to a pipe 45 for raising gel or pumped liquid, the pipe opening into a delivery orifice 47 in the upper part of the body 41. The orifice 47 is preferably surrounded by a rigid part 50 to prevent a user from deforming the pipe 45. A spring 46 ensures the ascent of the pedal 46. A shaft 48 allows the rotation of the pedal 42 when a user presses with his foot.

In other embodiments, the liquid or gel dispensing device that is the subject of the invention does not include the reservoir 60 and/or not the connector 65. The pump 44, of known type, ensures the pumping in a reservoir any, through any fitting.

The body 41 connects a lower part at the height of a user's feet to an upper part, at the height of a user's hand. The lower part comprises an actuating pedal 42 extending outside the body 41 to receive the downward vertical action (from top to bottom in FIG. 8) of a user's foot and extending to the inside the body 41 to the horizontal axis of rotation 48.

As is understood, the dispensing device 40 is entirely mechanical and does not require any source of energy. In addition, the user does not have to touch the device 40, except with the foot which actuates the pedal 42. There is therefore no risk of making the device 40 contaminating during its use. Due to its weight and its size, the device 40 cannot be stolen, especially if it is fixed to the floor or to the wall.

Preferably, the upper part 49 of the body 41 is removable, to provide access to the interior of the body 41 and to change the reservoir 60, and provided with a locking means (not shown). This locking means can be a nut, a lock or a padlock, for example. Thus, the public cannot access the tank 60 and steal it, on the one hand, but an operator can easily replace an empty tank 60. In particular, preferably, the tank 60 is provided with a handle 51, for example molded, on the side opposite the mouth of the container 62. Preferably, vertical rails 52 form guides so that the central opening of the cap 63 is coaxial with connector 65 when the operator slides a full tank into body 41.

In some embodiments, the body 41 includes a slot 53 facing the reservoir 60. An operator can thus see the filling level of the reservoir 60. Preferably, the slot 53 is closed by a window or is not on the side of the pedal 42, for example by being offset by at least one third of the circumference of the body 41, so as not to encourage a child to put their fingers there.

In embodiments (not shown), the plate 43 comprises elements for fixing to the ground. These fixing elements are, for example, housings for conical screw heads. Thanks to these arrangements, the device 40 can be made irremovable and therefore untheftable.

Preferably, the device 40 has a larger dimension, its height, between 90 cm and 110 cm. Thus, the delivery of the gel or the sanitary liquid is done, through the orifice 47, at the height of a hand of a substantially horizontal arm for the average size of adults and adolescents.

In embodiments, the body 41 is cylindrical and closed apart from the passage opening of the pedal 42 and the passage opening of the pipe 45.

A description will now be given of means for transmitting information representative of pressing pedal 14 or 42. This information can be received by means of access (not shown) to a space or room, by means of statistical processing, in particular with a view to determining whether the gel or liquid reservoir must be recharged or replaced, for example.

In a first embodiment (not shown), the means of transmitting information representative of the pressing of the pedal 14 or 42 is passive, that is to say that it does not comprise a source of energy . For example, this means consists of a dry contact which changes state with the movement of the pedal. This dry contact, placed in series with an electric strike, for example, prohibits the opening of a door locked by such an electric strike as long as, at the same time, no pressing of the pedal has taken place and the opening command of the strike, for example a push button, an electronic tag reader (for example Vigik, registered trademark), recognition of an intelliphone (in English smartphone) or a digicode (registered trademark), has not been triggered . A time delay can make it possible to carry out these two actions successively within a limited time interval, for example fifteen seconds.

Thus, it is easy to equip a room already protected by an electric strike, with a hand sanitizing device.

In a second embodiment (not shown), the information means representative of the pressing of the pedal 14 or 42 comprises an electrical energy generator. For example, this generator is a piezoelectric crystal deformed by pressing the pedal. This generator supplies for a few seconds a circuit for transmitting a signal transmitted by wire or wireless. This signal is, for example, a code assigned to the dispenser of gel or sanitary liquid. As indicated above, this signal is used to uninhibit access to a space or premises. In other words, access to the space or premises becomes inhibited again a few seconds (for example fifteen) after this signal has been received and remains so until this signal is received again.

In a third embodiment, the information means representative of the pressing of the pedal 14 or 42 comprises a source of permanent electrical energy and/or an electrical energy storage 71, for example a cell or a battery of 'accumulator. The energy source can be the mains or a solar panel, for example. A sensor, for example a switch or a microswitch (Reed switch or reed switch), integrated into the storage circuit 71 detects the pressing of the pedal 14 or 42. A coding circuit integrated into the storage circuit 71 transmits, as soon as that this support is detected, a coded signal, by a wired connection or not. In the figures, an antenna 70 allows the transmission of this code. This transmission can be carried out according to a Bluetooth, NFC, RFID or Wifi or GSM (registered trademarks) protocol, for example. Circuit 71 preferably comprises a means of transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in reservoir 19 or 60. This level is determined by circuit 71 by counting the number of presses on pedal 14 or 42 from the supply or, by a pressure or force sensor 74 positioned in a support of the tank 60. In some embodiments, the means for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank 19 or 60 transmits this information only when the estimated level is lower than a predetermined value, for example one tenth of the maximum level, or equivalent to a predetermined number of days of gel consumption, the average daily consumption being measured in the same way on the device (counting of presses or weight measurement). In other words, the means 71 for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank 19 or 60 is configured to measure an average daily consumption of gel or sanitary liquid, the predetermined level value, which triggers the transmission, being this average daily consumption multiplied by a predetermined number of days.

In the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8, the device 40 further comprises a thermal camera 73 supported at the average height of the users' heads by an arm 72 connected to the body 41. This thermal camera estimates the temperature of the forehead of the user and transmits it to the circuit 71. In the event that this temperature is higher than a predetermined value, for example 38° C., an alert or an alarm is transmitted to this user (for example with an indicator light 75 passing from a green color to a red color or a voice message) and, possibly, remotely, for example to inhibit access to a room or space.

The present invention also relates to a device for access to a place, which comprises a distribution device which is the subject of the invention, an information receiver representing the pressing of the pedal and a means of inhibiting an actuator of access configured to uninhibit the actuator after pressing the pedal.

For example, the parts of device 40 are brushed stainless steel. This device 40 is self-stabilized, anti-vandalism and very resistant.

For example, the dimensions of device 40 are:
Height: 1700mm
Body diameter: 250mm
Diameter of plate 43: 450 mm
Maximum tank diameter: 230 mm
Maximum container height: 900 mm

Figure 9 shows a forehead temperature measurement system 80 incorporated into variants of device 40. Figure 10 shows part of an image of a face captured by camera 73.

This system 80 comprises the camera 73, an image processing module 76 and a motorized temperature sensor 77. The optical field 78 of the camera 73 allows a user to position his face facing in front of the camera 73. For example, a message visible on the device 40 invites you to stand straight in front of the camera. Optionally, a visual guide, for example a mirror, allows the user to check that his face 83 is substantially centered horizontally in the optical field 78. The image processing module 76 extracts, in the captured image, an area 85 from the user's forehead. Different image processing techniques can be used by this module 76, in particular techniques from facial recognition systems or focusing systems (“autofocus”) of cameras and communicating mobile terminals, such as smart phones (“smartphones”). A simplified example of image processing and position control of motorized temperature sensor 77 is given below. First, contour extraction is performed and the contours are compared with stored contours from an image without a user in front of the camera 73. It is then verified that the user's face is correctly centered horizontally by recognizing, in the contours which are the most different from the stored contours, shoulders and a head. If the user is not correctly positioned, he is asked to position himself better (via an audible and/or visual message). Then, a vertical zone 82 of the image is extracted, zone 82 passing through the face centered horizontally, of the user. This zone 82 has a width proportional (for example a quarter) to the width of the shoulders previously identified. This zone 82 has a height proportional (for example twice) to the width and extends above the line 84 of the shoulders previously identified. In this zone 82, the chin, the mouth, the nose and the eyes are identified, by looking for them by the shadows and contours that they present and/or around their supposedly predetermined position. Once these organs have been identified, an area 85 is determined, below the hairs identified by their high contour density and above the eyes.

Once the frontal zone 85 of the face has been identified, the image processing module controls the angular motor of the motorized temperature sensor 77 to orient the measurement zone towards the forehead, preferably taking into account the parallax linked to the offset between the optical axis of the camera 73 and the axis of rotation of the temperature sensor, given that the measurement of the dimension of the face 83 in the captured image is representative of the distance between this face 83 and the optical center of the lens of the camera 73. Depending on the variants, the temperature sensor 77 is motorized to perform a single rotational movement around a horizontal axis or is motorized to perform, in addition, a rotation around a vertical axis.

The temperature sensor 77 comprises, in a known manner, a lens for focusing light rays in the infrared thermal range, around an axis 79, and an electronic sensor of the type known in contactless measurement thermometers receiving the focused rays .

Depending on the measured temperature, the distribution device 40 authorizes, or not, access to the room. For example, if the measured temperature is above 37.8°C, access is denied.

Claims (10)

Device (10, 40) for dispensing sanitary gel or liquid, characterized in that it comprises:
- a plate (29, 43) supporting the ground and/or the wall,
- a body (11, 41) supported by the plate comprising, in the lower part, a pedal (14, 42) for actuating a pump (27, 44) connected, on the one hand, to a reservoir (19, 60, 62) of gel or liquid and, on the other hand, to a pipe (20, 45, 47) for dispensing gel or pumped liquid, the pipe opening out in the upper part of the body and
- A means (70, 71) for transmitting information representing pressure on the pedal. Device (10, 40) according to claim 1, in which the means of transmitting information representative of the pressure on the pedal (14, 42) is passive, comprising no energy source and comprises a dry contact which changes state with movement of the pedal. Device (10, 40) according to claim 1, in which the means for transmitting information representative of the pressure on the pedal (14, 42) comprises an electrical energy generator which supplies a circuit configured to emit a code, the generator comprising a piezoelectric crystal deformed by pressing the pedal. Device (10, 40) according to claim 1, in which the means for transmitting information representative of the pressure on the pedal (14, 42) comprises a source of permanent electrical energy and/or a storage of electrical energy (71), a pressure sensor on the pedal and a coding circuit (71) which transmits a coded signal, as soon as this pressure is detected. Device (10, 40) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, which comprises means (70, 71) for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank (19, 60). Device (10, 40) according to claim 5, in which the means (71) for transmitting information representative of the level is configured to count the number of presses on the pedal (14, 42) since supply. Device (40) according to one of Claims 5 or 6, in which the means (71) for transmitting information representative of the level comprises a pressure or force sensor (74) positioned in a support of the tank (60) . Device (10, 40) according to one of Claims 5 to 7, in which the means for transmitting information representing the level of gel or liquid in the reservoir (19, 60) is configured to transmit this information only when the estimated level is lower than a predetermined value, in which the means for transmitting information representative of the level of gel or liquid in the tank (19, 60) is configured to measure an average daily consumption of gel or liquid health, the predetermined value being this average daily consumption multiplied by a predetermined number of days. Device (40) according to one of Claims 1 to 8, which further comprises a thermal camera (73) supported at the average height of the users' heads by an arm (72) connected to the body (41), this camera thermal estimating the temperature of the user's forehead, a circuit (71) being configured to, in the event that this temperature is greater than a predetermined value, transmit an alert or an alarm to this user. Device for access to a location, which comprises a distribution device (10, 40) according to one of Claims 1 to 9, an information receiver representing pressure on the pedal (14, 42) and a means inhibition of an access actuator configured to uninhibit the actuator for a predetermined period following pressing of the pedal.