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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Sven Beutner, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Michael Kloeppel-riech, Friedberg, DE;
Sven Beutner, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Friedberg, DE;
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is disclosed. The apparatus includes a collector housing for collecting ions impinging on the inner surface of the collector housing and a determining means coupled with the collector housing for determining the number of ions collected by the collector housing. The collector housing has an input opening dimensioned such that the domestic appliance is at least partially insertable into the collector housing via input opening. A method for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is also disclosed.