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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard P Berg, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Floyd L Berg, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; D06F / ; B08B / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340679 ; 68 1227 ; 134113 ; 200 / ; 2502221 ; 34030915 ; 340326 ; 340522 ; 340545 ; 340556 ; 340666 ; 340692 ;
Abstract
An indicating system for a washing device having has at least one rack for holding articles during the washing of same and a door for gaining access to the articles. The indicating system includes a detector for sensing whether or not the rack holds articles and logic circuits responsive to the detector and to the operating state of the washer for providing an indication that the articles have been cleaned when a predetermined operating state is detected and for providing an indication that any articles in the washer are not clean after the detector senses that the articles in the rack were removed from the at least one rack.