Global Patent Index - EP 3252198 A1

EP 3252198 A1 20171206 - A SENSING MULTI-MATERIAL DETERGENT DISPENSING SYSTEM

Title (en)

A SENSING MULTI-MATERIAL DETERGENT DISPENSING SYSTEM

Title (de)

ERFASSENDES SYSTEM ZUR AUSGABE EINES MEHRMATERIALREINIGUNGSMITTELS

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION DE DÉTERGENT À PLUSIEURS MATÉRIAUX DE DÉTECTION

Publication

EP 3252198 A1 20171206 (EN)

Application

EP 17172961 A 20170525

Priority

US 201615168815 A 20160531

Abstract (en)

A washing machine (10) has a reservoir (12) configured to hold materials to be washed, the reservoir (12) positioned to receive water from a water source, a drain pipe (14) connected to the reservoir (12), at least two cleaning agent dispensers (20), a controller (18) connected to the cleaning agent dispensers (20), the controller (18) arranged to control water flow into and out of the reservoir (12), and dispensing of agents from the cleaning agent dispenser (20), and at least one sensor (16) arranged to sense contents of one of either the water or materials to be washed and communicate the contents to the controller (18), the controller (18) to dispense cleaning agents based upon the contents. A method of dispensing cleaning agents includes receiving signals from at least one sensor, wherein the signals provide information about soil in a reservoir, using the information to select appropriate cleaning agents from a set of cleaning agents, and dispensing selected cleaning agents into the reservoir.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/22 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

D06F 33/37 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 34/14 (2020.02 - KR); D06F 34/18 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 34/22 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 39/02 (2013.01 - KR); D06F 34/28 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 35/006 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/20 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02 - EP KR US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3252198 A1 20171206; JP 2017213363 A 20171207; KR 20170135680 A 20171208; US 2017342634 A1 20171130

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17172961 A 20170525; JP 2017094060 A 20170510; KR 20170057890 A 20170510; US 201615168815 A 20160531