Metering device for the metered addition of detergents
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorRudolf Lonski
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Abstract
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing substances, such as cleaning, washing, or dishwashing agents, in household appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, or the like, having a dispensing unit having control means to control dispensing of the substances, and a tank receptacle, a tank for stocking the substances, the tank being embodied as a replaceable unit connectable to the tank receptacle, at least one connection for data transmission between the dispensing unit and the tank, at least one connection for data transmission between the household appliance and the tank and/or the dispensing unit.
Claims18
A dispensing apparatus (2, 2′, 2″;
- 36, 37) for dispensing one or more cleaning substances in a household appliance, the apparatus comprising:
- a dispensing unit (25, 37) having control means to control dispensing of the substances;
- a tank receptacle (23, 24, 30, 31, 41);
- a tank (26, 36) for stocking the substances, the tank (26, 36) being embodied as a replaceable unit connectable to the tank receptacle (41);
- at least one connection for data transmission (40) between the dispensing unit (25, 37) and the tank (26, 36);
- and
- at least one connection for data transmission (38, 39) between the household appliance (1, 1′, 1″;
- 35) and at least one of the tank (26, 36) and the dispensing unit (25, 37).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.