A47L 2401/00
Automatic detection in controlling methods of washing or rinsing machines for crockery
Official title: Automatic detection in controlling methods of washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware, e.g. information provided by sensors entered into controlling devices
A47L2401/00 (Automatic detection in controlling methods of washing or rinsing machines for crockery) appears on 1,017 US grants and 1,338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 48 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47L 2401/20TimeIndexing code204
- A47L 2401/30Variation of electrical, magnetical or optical quantitiesIndexing code179
- A47L 2401/04Crockery or tableware detailsIndexing code166
- A47L 2401/34Automatic detection in controlling methods of washing or rinsing machines for crockeryIndexing code166
- A47L 2401/12Water temperatureIndexing code164
- A47L 2401/02Consumable products informationIndexing code151
- A47L 2401/10Water cloudiness or dirtinessIndexing code129
- A47L 2401/09Water levelIndexing code114
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- A47L 2401/08Drain or recirculation pump parametersIndexing code98
- A47L 2401/14Water pressure or flow rateIndexing code94
- A47L 2401/26Loading door statusIndexing code93
- A47L 2401/06Water supply, circulation or discharge informationIndexing code63
- A47L 2401/18Air temperatureIndexing code62
- A47L 2401/24Spray arms statusIndexing code61
- A47L 2401/11Water hardness, acidity or basicityIndexing code46
- A47L 2401/22Number of operational cyclesIndexing code45
- A47L 2401/19Air humidityIndexing code41
- A47L 2401/32Vibration or sound detectionIndexing code41
- A47L 2401/03Operation modeIndexing code38
- A47L 2401/07Status of hydraulic componentsIndexing code23
- A47L 2401/17Air pressureIndexing code9
- A47L 2401/28Conveyor belt parametersIndexing code6
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