Global Patent Index - EP 0946121 B1

EP 0946121 B1 20000802 - DOSING METHOD FOR ADDING DETERGENT TO A DISHWASHING MACHINE

Title (en)

DOSING METHOD FOR ADDING DETERGENT TO A DISHWASHING MACHINE

Title (de)

DOSIERVERFAHREN ZUM ZUFÜHREN EINES REINIGERS ZU EINER GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE DOSAGE POUR INTRODUIRE UN DETERGENT DANS UN LAVE-VAISSELLE

Publication

EP 0946121 B1 20000802 (DE)

Application

EP 97954371 A 19971210

Priority

  • DE 19652733 A 19961218
  • EP 9706888 W 19971210

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2002117187A1] The invention relates to a commercial dishwashing machine, where the detergent added to the first wash tank of the wash section is controlled by a regulator which controls a dosing device. The regulator is a fuzzy regulator, which in a learning phase determines characteristic influencing values of the system to be regulated. In the learning phase, detergent is continuously added to the first wash tank for a predefined period. The change in the water's conductivity over that period is determined. In the subsequent operating phase, the extent to which the conductivity measured deviates from a set value is determined. Dosing takes place by fuzzy regulation on the set value deviation, on the basis of the measured influencing values as fuzzy variables. Because in the learning phase all the influencing values of the dishwashing machine, dosage device and detergent are taken into account, dosing is automatically optimally adjusted to prevailing conditions.

IPC 1-7

A47L 15/44

IPC 8 full level

A47L 15/44 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A47L 15/0055 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 15/241 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 15/449 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 2401/30 (2013.01 - EP US); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2002117187 A1 20020829; AT E195062 T1 20000815; CA 2275388 A1 19980625; DE 19652733 A1 19980625; DE 19652733 C2 20010301; DE 59702115 D1 20000907; DK 0946121 T3 20001218; EP 0946121 A1 19991006; EP 0946121 B1 20000802; ES 2150293 T3 20001116; GR 3034327 T3 20001229; JP 2001506151 A 20010515; JP 4001391 B2 20071031; NO 992955 D0 19990617; NO 992955 L 19990617; NZ 336803 A 20000327; PT 946121 E 20001229; WO 9826704 A1 19980625

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 33137999 A 19990618; AT 97954371 T 19971210; CA 2275388 A 19971210; DE 19652733 A 19961218; DE 59702115 T 19971210; DK 97954371 T 19971210; EP 9706888 W 19971210; EP 97954371 A 19971210; ES 97954371 T 19971210; GR 20000402014 T 20000905; JP 52726798 A 19971210; NO 992955 A 19990617; NZ 33680397 A 19971210; PT 97954371 T 19971210