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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;

Inventors:

Georg Hackert, Bochum, DE;

Martin Helmich, Duisburg, DE;

Lorenz Hillen, Wuppertal, DE;

Christian Holz, Dortmund, DE;

Gerhard Isenberg, Cologne, DE;

Hendrik Koetz, Wetter, DE;

Andrej Mosebach, Bochum, DE;

Roman Ortmann, Huerth, DE;

Robin Dulinski, Wuppertal, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); A47J 36/32 (2013.01); A47J 36/321 (2018.08); A47J 43/07 (2013.01); A47L 9/28 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 2201/00 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A household appliance in the form of a food processor has a controller that controls the preparation of a meal according to a sequence of prescribed steps that includes comminuting, mixing or heating the meal or ingredients. The controller is designed and set up to output a control command for controlling an external cleaning device depending on a progress of the sequence of steps. The control command to the external device includes a cleaning instruction for the external device to effect cleaning in an area where the household appliance is located.


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