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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:
Oct. 15, 2002

Filed:

Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;

Bruno Reiter, Neresheim-Kösingen, DE;

Reinhard Hering, Holzheim, DE;

Hans-Georg Bruchmüller, Giengen, DE;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/04 ; B08B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/04 ; B08B 3/00 ;
Abstract

A method for treating dishes in a dishwasher comprises the steps of radiating a radiation into a washing liquid in a given direction; detecting a radiation quantity of a radiation emerging from the washing liquid at a given angle with respect to the given direction for at least a given wavelength range; determining data including at least one of a type, a concentration, and a prevailing size of at least one of a dirt component, a cleaning agent component, and suspended particles in the washing liquid on the basis of the detected radiation quantity of the emerging radiation; and optimizing a washing program with the determined data.


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