US 12,760,461 B2 · Dosing apparatus

Abstract

A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, in particular to an industrial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium. The metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with the aid of at least one pump, causes a specific volume of medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of this volume towards the target apparatus. The fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein, by way of the measuring device, with the aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line can be determined and transmitted to the control unit.

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Dependent claims

A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium, and wherein the metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with at least one pump, causes a specific volume of the medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of the volume towards the target apparatus, wherein the fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein the measuring device, with aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, determines information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line and transmits the information to the control unit, wherein the measuring device has no movable parts arranged in the fluid line.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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