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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Wmf Gmbh, Geislingen/Steige, DE;
Inventor:
Oliver Schneider, Geislingen/Steige, DE;
Assignee:
WMF GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/60 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/54 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/60 (2013.01); A47J 31/4428 (2013.01); A47J 31/525 (2018.08); A47J 31/54 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage maker and a method for operating a beverage maker are provided, wherein the. beverage maker includes a discharge channel having a sensor configured to detect a cleaning agent in water and a control unit configured to receive measured values from the sensor and to take the received measured values as a basis for regulating a water intake from the water source. The method includes regulating water intake from the water source based upon the measured values from the sensor in the dis-charge channel to ensure that only an amount of water necessary for re-moving remaining cleaning agent from the beverage maker is utilized for flushing.