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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Thorsten Bastigkeit, Wuppertal, DE;
Salvatore Fileccia, Oberhausen, DE;
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rhein, DE;
Christian Nitsch, Düsseldorf, DE;
Heinz-dieter Eichholz, Iserlohn, DE;
Gerold Jans, Waldburg, DE;
Roland Schmalz, Waldburg, DE;
Thorsten Bastigkeit, Wuppertal, DE;
Salvatore Fileccia, Oberhausen, DE;
Arnd Kessler, Monheim am Rhein, DE;
Christian Nitsch, Düsseldorf, DE;
Heinz-Dieter Eichholz, Iserlohn, DE;
Gerold Jans, Waldburg, DE;
Roland Schmalz, Waldburg, DE;
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
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−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.