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EP 3896340 B1 20240110 - METHOD FOR DETECTING A CURRENT OR IMMINENT BLOCKAGE OF AT LEAST ONE FLOW PATH

Title (en)

METHOD FOR DETECTING A CURRENT OR IMMINENT BLOCKAGE OF AT LEAST ONE FLOW PATH

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM ERKENNEN EINER VORLIEGENDEN ODER DROHENDEN BLOCKADE MINDESTENS EINES STRÖMUNGSWEGS

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION D'UN BLOCAGE PRÉSENT OU D'UN RISQUE DE BLOCAGE D'AU MOINS UN CHEMIN D'ÉCOULEMENT

Publication

EP 3896340 B1 20240110 (DE)

Application

EP 21167762 A 20210412

Priority

DE 102020110475 A 20200417

IPC 8 full level

F23N 5/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F23N 5/242 (2013.01); F23J 2213/70 (2013.01); F23N 2231/26 (2020.01)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3896340 A1 20211020; EP 3896340 B1 20240110; EP 3896340 C0 20240110; DE 102020110475 A1 20211021

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21167762 A 20210412; DE 102020110475 A 20200417