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AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsPeter William Appel, Paul Johan Birker, Ian Charles Callaghan, Roy Van Heesen, Cornelis Gerhard Van Kralingen, Rahul Dominic Vas-Bhat, Marinus Maria Warmoeskerken
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The invention provides a non-intrusive automatic dosing system for use with existing fabric- and dishwashing machines. The system contains a container house with one ore more containers which can contain a fabric- or dishwashing product or ingredient, said container(s) being connected with a pump, said pump being connected with the water inlet conduit of the machine. The container house also contains means for receiving and transmitting signals. Signals are received from at least one sensor, capable of reading at least one parameter of the washing process or machine when in operation, and cause the transmission of a signal to activate the pump to cause the delivery of the product or ingredient to the water inlet conduit of the machine. The system enables the user to adapt the dosing of the product or ingredient to the machine according to his wishes without having to invade the machine to change or adapt programmes of the machine.
A non-intrusive automatic dosing system, capable of being used with an existing fabric- or dishwashing machine, said system comprising a container house which can contain at least one container for a product or ingredient suitable for use in a fabric washing or dishwashing process or stage thereof in the fabric- or dishwashing machine, said container being connected with a pump, said pump being connected with the water inlet conduit of the machine, said container house also contaning means for receiving and transmitting signals, said means for receiving signals being capable of receiving signals from at least one sensor which is capable of reading at least one parameter of the washing process or machine when in operation, said means for transmitting signals being capable of activating the pump to cause the delivery to the water inlet conduit of the product or ingredient from the container.
A process for automatically dosing a washing or cleaning product or ingredient to an existing fabric washing or dishwashing machine, comprising the steps of measuring, by means of one or more sensors which are non intrusively connected with the washing machine, at least one parameter of the washing process or machine when in operation, feeding the signal from the sensor or sensors to a signal-receiving and transmitting device which is connected with a device for activating a pump connected with one or more containers for the washing or cleaning product or ingredients, activating through said device said pump to cause the delivery of said product or ingredient to the water inlet conduit of the machine.
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