Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Roland Schmalz

Arnd Kessler

Christian Nitsch

Thorsten Bastigkeit

Thomas Holderbaum

Salvatore Fileccia

Gerold Jans

Hans-Georg Mühlhausen

Heinz-Dieter Eichholz

Ba Loc Nguyen

Dieter Eichholz

Ulrich Böttger

Baloc Nguyen

A dispensing system for the interior of a dishwashing machine includes a component carrier on which components are detachably or nondetachably arranged, including at least a dispensing chamber, an actuator, and a closing element as well as an energy source and/or a control unit and/or a sensor unit. The closing element is coupled with the actuator such that movement of the actuator displaces the closing element into a closure or a release position. The at least one dispensing chamber is connected in communicating manner with at least one cartridge chamber and includes an inlet for inflow of washing or cleaning agent from a cartridge chamber and an outlet for outflow of washing or cleaning agent from the dispensing chamber into its surrounding environment. The outlet of the dispensing chamber is closable or openable by the closing element.

Metering system with component support

The present invention is a method for controlling a dispenser reversibly positioned in a dishwasher. The dispenser or dishwasher is configured with light transmission and receiving units. Light pulses are transmitted into the interior of the dishwasher and received by the receiving unit. The time difference (t&#x2212;t) between the pulses is determined and that time difference is used to encode an information item or a portion of an information item. Such information items include a control signal, a measured value, an operating state of the automatic dishwasher and/or of the dispensing apparatus.

Method for controlling a metering device arranged movably on the inside of a dishwasher

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Waldburg, Germany

Roland Schmalz