EP3091114B1 - Systeme de dosage de milieux pour installations de lavage et/ou de nettoyage - Google Patents

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EP3091114B1
EP3091114B1 EP16000941.1A EP16000941A EP3091114B1 EP 3091114 B1 EP3091114 B1 EP 3091114B1 EP 16000941 A EP16000941 A EP 16000941A EP 3091114 B1 EP3091114 B1 EP 3091114B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/022—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents in a liquid state
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/0018—Controlling processes, i.e. processes to control the operation of the machine characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • A47L15/0063—Controlling processes, i.e. processes to control the operation of the machine characterised by the purpose or target of the control using remote monitoring or controlling of the dishwasher operation, e.g. networking systems
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/44—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants
    • A47L15/4418—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants in the form of liquids

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  • the invention initially relates to a system for metering media for washing and / or cleaning systems according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • each washing machine or cleaning system which is generally referred to as a target device in the context of this present patent application, associated with its own metering device.
  • the metering device may comprise, for example, a peristaltic pump or a metering pump.
  • metering device in the sense of the present patent application, in particular those metering devices which have been developed by the applicants, and which are described, for example, in the German patent applications 10 2011 108 396.4 , or DE 10 2011 119 021.3 , or DE 10 2014 002 560.8 , or DE 10 2011 122 921.7 are described.
  • a plurality of containers is provided on the input side, with different media, for example with different detergents, or detergents or with different detergent ingredients, are filled.
  • the metering device can accomplish a switchable, communicative connection with one of the different containers and the target device by means of a corresponding control process.
  • a pump ensures that a predetermined amount of medium, that is, a predetermined volume of medium, at a predetermined time of a control program time the target device, ie the washing machine or the dishwasher, is supplied.
  • a successive supply of detergent components from the different containers to the target device, in particular to a arranged in the target device or upstream of this mixing chamber, according to sophisticated washing and cleaning programs, is thus possible.
  • the metering processes are carried out taking into account predetermined parameters.
  • the parameters may for example be stored in a storage unit in the metering device.
  • Dosing programs can also be stored in the target device. Via a control line corresponding metering signals can be passed to the metering device in this case. Also, with many dosing devices, directly or via an input on the target device by an operator, it is possible to influence the dosing process or the predefined, possibly changeable parameters, and to adjust these if necessary.
  • the invention relates exclusively to such systems for metering of media, in which the metering devices are arranged separately from the target device, and in particular in the case of a designed as a household washing machine or household dishwasher target device is not an integral part of a Household washing machine or a household dishwasher are.
  • the invention is in particular to systems in which the target device, ie in particular the commercial washing or cleaning system, the separately arranged metering device responds and / or controls and / or where the target device of the separately arranged metering device with a corresponding medium or with several appropriate media is charged.
  • the invention also includes such systems in which a plurality of target containers are connected to a metering device.
  • a metering device for example, as they are listed in the aforementioned patent applications of the Applicants, controllably controlled in each case a connection of containers to different target devices out.
  • the invention also relates to a system for metering media for detergent installations.
  • the aiming device can be designed, for example, as a device for applying or for introducing a cleaning agent.
  • a device for introducing a cleaning agent into a cleaning solution may be provided for cleaning the hotel rooms in the hotel.
  • z. B. a container for receiving a cleaning agent connected to the metering device, and the metering device, the container with a medium or with a plurality of media, in a predetermined mixing ratio and in a predetermined concentration, optionally in addition to provide and mix with water fill.
  • Such a target device may also be adapted to apply a cleaning agent on a cleaning device to z. B. to moisten a mop for floor cleaning with a suitable detergent solution.
  • a corresponding metering device can be formed and provided.
  • the present invention seeks to further develop the known, typewritten unverifiable system according to the preamble of claim 1 such that a simplified and convenient management of dosing information, in particular of parameters for dosing processes, is possible.
  • the invention solves this problem with the features of claim 1,
  • the principle of the invention is essentially to provide a system comprising a plurality of metering devices. This was already not the case in the prior art, since one could not speak of a real system. In the prior art, management of the parameters for the dosing processes takes place respectively in the dosing device or in the target device.
  • each metering device is assigned a control unit and a storage unit.
  • the control unit and / or the storage unit is an integral part of the metering device.
  • the control unit and / or the storage unit is arranged on a separate component from the metering device, but operatively connected to the metering device.
  • Dosing information can be stored in the storage unit.
  • the memory unit can be addressed by the control unit, that is, the control unit can fall back on the data stored in the memory unit, ie the dosing information. It can also store changed dosing information which the control unit has either automated or obtained by means of a user setting in the memory unit.
  • the system comprises a device for remote data transmission of dosing information.
  • the device allows remote transmission of dosing information from an external computer to the device, and / or from the device to the external computer. Particularly advantageous is a bidirectional remote transmission of the dosing information can be accomplished. It is essential that the device for remote data transmission together for the multiple dosing a Data telecontrol can accomplish. It is sufficient in this respect to provide only a single device for data remote transmission for the plurality of metering devices. This allows the provision of a system at a low cost. In particular, it is not necessary to design each individual metering device with a device for remote data transmission.
  • the device for remote data transmission is arranged stationary. It is located in particular in the immediate vicinity of the also stationary arranged dosing, especially in the same room in which the metering devices are arranged, and / or in the same building in which the metering devices are arranged, or in the same factory, or on the same factory site on which the metering devices are arranged.
  • the external computer is very far away from the device for remote data transmission, for example, several kilometers, or at an even greater distance.
  • a device may be referred to, which has a GSM module. This can be done a telephone or data transfer to an external computer. In particular, this enables bi-directional data transmission from the device to an external computer or from the external computer to the device.
  • a device for remote data transmission a device is referred to, which has an Internet connection. Any other communication interface, such as any other suitable communication module, which is suitable for performing a remote data transmission, according to the invention may be provided on the device for remote data transmission.
  • a data remote transmission according to the present patent application allows a transmission of dosing information over virtually arbitrary large distances over a suitable data network.
  • the external computer with which the device for remote data transmission can communicate for remote data transmission can, for example, be arranged centrally for all dosing devices of a manufacturer, or centrally for all dosing devices of a company which operates, for example, several systems.
  • the device for data remote transmission for the purpose of a data-Nahübertragung the dosing information with the multiple dosing devices communicatively connected.
  • Data near transmission refers to data transmission within very short distances, typically within a building, typically within a few meters, but preferably within less than 100 meters.
  • the data near-transmission between the device and the dosing devices connected to it can take place via conventional near-transmission standards such as W-LAN, Bluetooth, or LAN.
  • the communication between the device and the individual metering devices can be accessed using inexpensive and commercially available communication interfaces or communication modules or communication modules.
  • the communication modules designed substantially more expensively such as, for example, a GSM module, which are required to effect a data remote transmission of dosing information, are arranged in the system only once, namely in the device.
  • the device for remote data transmission is in particular designed to manage the dosing information from the dosing devices connected to it or for the dosing devices connected to them.
  • the device for remote data transmission is in particular further configured to manage the dosing devices connected to it.
  • the device for remote data transmission is in particular further configured to manage the dosing devices connected to it.
  • recourse can be had to known or proprietary addressing systems and protocols, as well as to known or proprietary address allocation methods.
  • the plurality of metering devices can be connected to the device for remote data transmission, for example in the manner of a central, star-like circuit, or alternatively in the manner of a series connection, or a ring circuit, or alternatively in the manner of a bus system.
  • the inventively proposed management of the individual metering devices or the metering information from or for the individual metering devices by the device for remote data transmission allows, for example, targeted addressing, assignment and forwarding certain metering information, which has received the device for remote data transmission from the external computer , to individual metering devices.
  • the device can receive the received from the individual metering devices Also allocate dosing information, store it in an orderly manner, and, for example, send it en bloc to the external computer. There, a corresponding assignment can then be achieved.
  • the predetermined, changeable parameters for dosing processes are referred to.
  • parameters changed via the remote data transmission device from an external computer may be received.
  • a corresponding change in parameters can be centrally made by an external computer Device for remote data transmission to the individual metering devices are transmitted.
  • systems can be provided at the individual metering devices which can automatically recognize which container is connected to which medium which has just been filled, and possibly also to which level.
  • reference may be made, for example, to the German copending patent application DE 10 2014 002 560 A1 the applicant.
  • a metering device advantageously also comprises a device for detecting metering information, in particular of process data.
  • a device may be a direct integral part of the metering device, or externally, that is to say arranged separately from the metering device, and be operatively connected to the metering device.
  • process data for example measured values of the metered volumes or the metered quantities, or variables used in the context of metering processes, such as the pH of the medium, conductivity of the medium, temperature of the medium.
  • the sizes can be recorded for documentation purposes.
  • a detection of these process parameters which are considered within the scope of the invention as dosing information, can be done by attachments that are associated with the metering device, or by facilities that are an integral part of a metering device.
  • dosing information such process data and parameters are considered, which are detected for example by a device for detecting process data, which is arranged in or on the target device, or is associated with the target device.
  • a device for detecting process data which is arranged in or on the target device, or is associated with the target device.
  • This information can then be transmitted as dosing information via a corresponding signal line from the target device to the metering device.
  • dosing information includes data that take into account the dosing processes performed by the dosing devices.
  • simple quantity measurements can be made in order to determine, for example, which metering device used which medium with which cumulative total quantity or with which frequency or with which regularity or as part of which washing program.
  • process events are also referred to, that is to say in particular events which are directly or indirectly related to a metering process.
  • a process event the switching on and / or off of a dosing system or the target device and / or its time, the start of a wash program, the occurrence of a specific error on the dosing or on the target device, information on a process variable, such as PH Value of the medium, measured conductivity of the medium and / or temperature of the medium or ambient temperature of the metering device considered.
  • a measured value which has been measured upstream of the metering device or downstream of the metering device or within the metering device is regarded as the process variable in relation to the medium.
  • the transmission of the dosing information from and / or to the external computer can take place via the device for remote data transmission in a simple and efficient manner.
  • dosing information in the sense of the present patent application, for example, information about doses of the medium, as well as information about the number of dosing performed, or information about the Dosierzeitfound, or information about the dosing, on the type of media used, as well as information about an operator , which has performed the dosing, be viewed.
  • the dosing information can also contain location information according to the present patent application.
  • location information may include, for example, information about the location of the individual metering devices, or also information about the location of the stationarily arranged device for remote data transmission.
  • location information can be individually controlled, possibly also input by a user, transmitted to the external computer.
  • the invention also includes, however, if such location information - for example, using the automatically generated with the use of a GSM module or automatically generated position data - are then transmitted from the device for remote data transmission to an external computer, whenever a transmission of Dosing information takes place.
  • the invention therefore also includes when the external computer receives position data as a result of the transmission of dosing information from the device for data remote transmission, for example due to the transmission of a GSM signal, and an assignment to the device for data transmission due to the transmission of this position data. Remote transmission can meet.
  • the system according to the invention serves for metering media for washing and / or cleaning systems and comprises a plurality of metering devices.
  • washing and / or cleaning system is understood in particular to mean a washing machine or dishwashing machine or another cleaning or, for example, disinfection system.
  • a metering device of a system according to the invention such a washing and / or cleaning system for the purpose of performing a washing or cleaning process with a medium or successively with a plurality of different media are charged.
  • a metering device of a according to the invention one medium or several media are fed to a washing or cleaning installation in order to mix or prepare cleaning or disinfecting solutions,
  • a water-conducting household appliance which has a single metering device.
  • a system with multiple dosing devices is not apparent from the document.
  • the document also does not show a device for remote data transmission of dosing information with which a remote transmission of dosing information can be accomplished in common for a plurality of dosing devices, and which is in communicative communication with the plurality of dosing devices for data transmission of the dosing information.
  • a metering device (controller 102) emerges, which communicates with two washing machines.
  • the document does not describe a system which comprises a plurality of metering devices which are each connected on the input side to at least one container and on the output side to at least one target device or a device for applying a cleaning agent.
  • the device for data remote transmission of dosing information on a GSM module and / or an Internet connection has another suitable for a remote data transmission communication module, or a suitable interface on. It This is a communication module, which allows data transmission over long distances, in particular more than one kilometer, more particularly of unlimited range.
  • the device for remote data transmission and each device connected to this device each metering a communication module and / or a communication interface, which is suitable for data-Nahübertragung.
  • the communication module or the communication interface can be designed as a W-LAN or LAN or Bluetooth interface.
  • recourse can be made to commercially available, known communication modules or communication interfaces, as they are in common use.
  • As communication module for data-Nahübertragung any suitable communication module or any suitable communication interface is called, which allows data transmission over short distances of up to a few meters, up to a maximum of about 100 meters. This takes into account that the system according to the invention is intended for use, for example, within a building, and here only short ranges are decisive for the data transmission between the device and the individual metering devices.
  • a transmission of dosing information from an external computer to the device can be accomplished.
  • a transmission of parameters for metering processes to the individual metering devices can be accomplished hereby.
  • This offers, for example, the possibility of transmitting dosing information to the individual dosing devices, which comprise parameters for dosing processes.
  • the individual metering processes can be influenced to that extent. For example, certain dosages may be increased or decreased if certain washing or cleaning programs are to be performed.
  • metering information can be transmitted from the device to an external computer with the device for remote data transmission.
  • dosing processes can be documented herewith.
  • the media used in the dosing processes, and / or their quantities, and / or their sequence, and / or their times of use and / or locations can be easily and securely documented, archived, and checked if necessary in this way.
  • the device for remote data transmission is adapted to collect metering information that it receives from the individual metering devices, and / or to save, and / or regularly, and / or on request to the external To transmit computers.
  • the device for remote data transmission not only has a suitable communication module for remote data transmission, but also includes a control unit and / or a storage unit, with which they receive from the metering dosing information manages, in particular taking into account the assignment to the individual metering devices deposits and stores, and subsequently transmitted according to a predetermined format, regularly or on request to the external computer.
  • the device is designed to administer the metering devices connected to it and / or the dosing information obtained from them and / or the metering information intended for them, or to administer.
  • the device for remote data transmission can individually address the dosing devices connected to it individually or receive information associated with them from the dosing devices connected to them and record and store them while maintaining or ensuring the assignment and transmit them to the external computer.
  • the device for data remote transmission can sort the dosing information received from an external computer and / or arrange and / or addressed to the individual dosing devices. It can thus ensure, for example, that information intended for a particular metering device and obtained from the external computer reaches this particular metering device.
  • the device for remote data transmission in a network of dosing devices acts as a master, so to speak, and administers and / or manages the network of dosing devices.
  • the dosing information can then also be received by the individual dosing devices or sent by the device for remote data transmission to the individual dosing devices.
  • the device for remote data transmission is not designed as a master of a network of metering devices, but administers and / or manages only the metering information.
  • the device for data remote transmission for example, active, for example, regularly query or retrieve from the individual metering dosing information obtained.
  • the invention also encompasses an embodiment of the system in which the device for data remote transmission, so to speak, passively waits for the corresponding dosing information to be provided by the dosing devices and, as it were, delivered.
  • Embodiments are also encompassed by the invention in which the remote data transmission device passively receives and actively forwards the information received from an external computer or, alternatively, upon receipt of information from an external computer, only passively holds that information, and upon request individual metering devices, for example, on request of the individual metering devices, dispenses and / or passes on to these metering devices.
  • the step of obtaining the dosing information from an external computer by the device for remote data transmission can be active, for example, such that the device for data remote transmission regularly, for example, at predetermined times in an external computer after receiving new dosing requests ,
  • the invention relates according to a further aspect to a method according to the preamble of claim 10.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method with which systems for dosing of media comprising multiple dosing devices can be operated comfortably and efficiently.
  • An essential principle of the method according to claim 10 is that metering information is transmitted from the plurality of metering devices to the device for remote data transmission, and then the metering information obtained from the plurality of metering devices is transmitted from the device for remote data transmission - jointly - to an external computer can.
  • This special data transmission creates a possibility of efficient data collection and remote data transmission.
  • a communication module such as a GSM module
  • the invention relates to a method according to claim 11.
  • the object of the invention is to specify a method with which a system for metering media for washing or cleaning systems, which comprises a plurality of metering devices, can be operated efficiently and conveniently.
  • the principle of the method according to claim 11 consists essentially in that dosing information from an external computer to a device for remote data transmission - collected - are transmitted, and then transferred dosing information from the device to a first metering device and from the device to a second metering device or can be transmitted.
  • the transmission of these metering information to the connected metering devices can be actively accomplished or operated by the device for remote data transmission or passive, on request of individual metering devices.
  • FIG. 1 is shown in a schematic, block diagram-like representation of a first embodiment.
  • the system 10 of Fig. 1 comprises a device 18 for remote data transmission, to which three metering devices 14a, 14b and 14c are connected.
  • the metering device 14a comprises in the embodiment of Fig. 1 an input disk 26a with exemplified three terminals 30a, 30b, 30c and an output disk 27a with an output terminal 31.
  • the two disks 26a, 27a can be rotated relative to each other about an axis of rotation 32 indicated only schematically, so that either one of the three input terminals 30a , 30b, 30c can be communicated with the output 31. It is also a relative rotational position of the discs 26a, 27a possible in which any communicative connection between the inputs 30a, 30b, 30c and the output 31 is locked.
  • a metering device 14a with two rotatable discs 26a, 27a is to be understood merely by way of example, as an exemplary embodiment.
  • any types of metering devices come into consideration, regardless of their structural design.
  • each device is considered, the input side is connected to at least one container, and the output side is connected to at least one target container, and the specific volume of a liquid medium at a given time to the target device can deliver.
  • the metering device 14a of the embodiment of Fig. 1 Input side is connected to three separate containers 12a, 12b, 12c via connecting lines 23a, 23b, 23c, which are each filled with different media 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • these may be different detergents or cleaning agents or detergent ingredients.
  • a pump 17a may be provided downstream of the metering device 14a. Via the connecting line 23d, the metering device 14a, in particular its output 31, connected to a target device 13a.
  • target devices 13a, 13b, 13c exclusively washing machines for textile washing.
  • the invention also encompasses other target devices, for example dishwashers, or other cleaning systems or washing systems.
  • Fig. 1 is connected to the three metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c each have a target device 13a, 13b, 13c connected.
  • the invention also includes systems in which a plurality of target containers 13 are connected to one or more metering devices 14.
  • Each metering device 14a, 14b, 14c, after setting a washing or cleaning program according to predetermined parameters at predetermined times for the provision of a corresponding communicative connection between input terminal 30a, 30b, 30c and the output 31 provide, and by responding to the pump 17a corresponding, predetermined Feed metered quantities of medium to the target device 13a, 13b, 13c.
  • An adjustment of the washing program can be made, for example, by a program selector switch 33 on the washing machine 13a.
  • the washing machine 13a may be connected thereto by means of a control device provided thereon via a signal or control line (not shown in the figures) to the metering device 14a.
  • control unit 15a At the metering device 14a is provided in the figures only indicated control unit 15a, which ensures a corresponding sequence of dosing at the predetermined times.
  • a memory unit 16a which in turn is only indicated, and which can also be integrally formed with the control unit 15a, as indicated, that is, provided by a single component, can store metering parameters.
  • the control unit 15a may receive and manage metering information from a later-described device 18. It can also write or store metering information in the storage unit 16a via metering processes carried out by this metering device 14a. Finally, the control unit 15a is also able to communicate metering information located in the storage unit 16a to the device 18.
  • the metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c are in the embodiment of the Fig. 1 formed analogous to each other, so that are appended to distinguish the reference numerals only other small letters.
  • the device 18 for data remote transmission via a kind of star connection with the aid of individual communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c with the individual metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c is connected.
  • the device 18 can bidirectionally exchange dosing information with the dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c via the communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c.
  • the device 18 also has a memory 28 in which metering information can be stored. It also includes a communication module 21, in the present case the embodiment of Fig. 1 a GSM module to thereby communicate wirelessly with an external computer 19. On the computer 19 is shown - only schematically - a screen 20 with an input option.
  • the device 18 can receive from the external computer 19 wireless dosing information in the context of a data remote transmission, and transmit to this.
  • the distance between the device 18 and the external computer 19 can be very large, and can be, for example, several kilometers.
  • the patent application refers to this data transmission as data remote transmission.
  • the data remote transmission is wireless. From the invention but also embodiments are included, in which the data Femübertragung is wired.
  • communication between the device 18 and the individual metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c is referred to as data near transfer.
  • the entire system 10, including all metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c of the target devices 13a, 13b, 13c and the remote data transmission device 18 are within a building, represented by a dashed line 25.
  • the dashed line 25 in FIG Fig. 1 a site or plant or room of a building.
  • the communication modules in the device 18 and in the metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c or the corresponding communication interfaces which enable a data close transmission are referred to as near-communication modules 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d or as near-communication interfaces 29a, 29b, respectively. 29c, 29d.
  • the device 18 with the aid of the remote communication module 21 and / or the memory 28 and / or arranged on the device 18, but not shown in the figures, another control unit, a management of the device 18 connected metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c can be done.
  • control commands for dosing information or direct dosing information are input in a first variant in order to supply dosing information from an in Fig. 1 not shown, but operatively connected to the external computer 19 GSM counter module to the device 18 to transmit.
  • the dosing information that the device 18 has received from the external computer 19 via data remote transmission is now, for example, addressed simultaneously or successively to all connected dosing devices 14a, 14c, 14c, or specifically to some, that is, to certain dosing devices 14a , 14b, 14c are forwarded via the local communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c.
  • a transmission of the dosing information can take place actively by the device for remote data transmission 18, or passively, at the request of one or more dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c.
  • the dosing information obtained can contain the information that a specific medium is to be used by the dosing devices in future in a lower or higher dosage than previously provided. Accordingly, a new, changed metering parameter can be sent to all metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c so that the individual metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c can take account of these changed parameters in a later metering process.
  • metering information for example information about consumption quantities of media
  • metering information is transmitted from the individual metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c via the local communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c to the device 18, and there in the memory 28 stored.
  • this information is collected and transmitted to the external computer 19. There, this information can then be evaluated and processed.
  • Fig. 2 corresponds essentially to the embodiment of the Fig. 1 , Here is in contrast to the embodiment of Fig. 1 no star-shaped network architecture is provided between the individual metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c and the device 18, but here the metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c connected in series in the manner of a - not closed - ring line.
  • the near-communication links are wirelessly ensured by respective near-communication modules 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d. These can be designed, for example, according to the W-LAN or Bluetooth standard.
  • the near-end communication links are realized by resorting to known wired standards such as LAN or other bus systems.
  • targeting devices also includes dishwashers and other washing or cleaning equipment.
  • Systems according to the invention may also comprise different types of targeting devices, for example textile washing machines and dishwashers.
  • target devices in a system according to the invention for example, also devices for applying a cleaning agent, eg. B. for applying a cleaning solution to a Cleaning device, such. As a mop for floor cleaning, can be included.
  • a cleaning agent for. B. in a designated container, together with water and / or other media, in particular for the purpose of mixing or providing a detergent solution or a disinfectant solution may be provided.

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  1. Système (10) pour le dosage de fluides (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h, 11i) pour des installations de lavage et/ou nettoyage et/ou des installations d'agents de nettoyage comprenant plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), chaque dispositif de dosage étant relié côté entrée, avec un récipient (12a, 12b, 12c) ou avec plusieurs récipients contenant différents fluides, et côté sortie, à au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c), tels que lave-linge, lave-vaisselle ou dispositif pour l'application ou l'incorporation d'un agent de nettoyage, ledit dispositif de dosage effectuant des procédés de dosage selon des paramètres prédéterminés, caractérisé en ce que :
    a) à chaque dispositif de dosage sont associées une unité de commande (15a) et une unité mémoire adressable (16a) par celle-ci, dans laquelle des informations de dosage peuvent être déposées,
    b) le système (10) comprend un dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données d'informations de dosage, qui est prévu pour effectuer, conjointement, une transmission à distance des informations de dosage pour plusieurs dispositifs de dosage,
    c) le dispositif, à des fins d'une transmission de données à courte distance des informations de dosage, est relié en communication avec la pluralité de dispositifs de dosage.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif comporte un module de communication pour la transmission à distance de données, en particulier un module GSM (21) et/ou une connexion à Internet.
  3. Système selon l'une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif et chaque dispositif de dosage comportent un module de communication (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) pour la transmission à courte distance de données et/ou une interface de communication (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d) pour la transmission à courte distance de données, en particulier réalisé en tant qu'interface Bluetooth ou LAN ou WLAN.
  4. Système selon l'une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce qu'avec le dispositif (18), pour la transmission à distance de données, un transfert des données de dosage peut être effectué d'un ordinateur (19) externe au dispositif, en particulier à des fins de transfert de paramètres pour des process de dosage aux dispositifs de dosage individuels.
  5. Système selon l'une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce qu'avec le dispositif, pour la transmission à distance de données, un transfert des données de dosage peut être effectué du dispositif (18) à un ordinateur (19) externe, en particulier à des fins de documentation des process de dosage.
  6. Système selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les informations de dosage transférées du dispositif (18) au niveau des dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c) individuels comprennent des paramètres pour des process de dosage.
  7. Système selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les informations de dosage transférées des dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c) individuels au niveau du dispositif (18) comprennent des données qui prennent en compte des process de dosage réalisés par les dispositifs de dosage.
  8. Système selon l'une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif (18) recueille et/ou enregistre et/ou transfert régulièrement à un ordinateur externe ou transfert sur demande à un ordinateur externe des informations de dosage reçues des dispositifs de dosage.
  9. Système (10) selon l'une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif administre et/ou gère les dispositifs de dosage raccordés à lui-même par le biais d'un module de communication (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) pour la transmission à courte distance de données et/ou une interface de communication (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d) pour la transmission à courte distance de données, et en particulier gère, à cette fin, des données d'adresses par le biais des dispositifs de dosage individuels.
  10. Procédé pour l'exploitation d'un système (10) pour le dosage de fluides (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h, 11i) pour des installations de lavage ou nettoyage (13a, 13b, 13c) et/ou des installations d'agents de nettoyage qui comprennent plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), chacun de la pluralité des dispositifs de dosage étant relié côté entrée, avec plusieurs récipients (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h, 12i) contenant différents fluides, et côté sortie, à au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c), tels que lave-linge, lave-vaisselle ou dispositif pour l'application ou l'incorporation d'un agent de nettoyage, ledit dispositif de dosage effectuant des procédés de dosage selon des paramètres prédéterminés, caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    i) transmission d'informations de dosage dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte distance de données d'un premier dispositif de dosage (14a) au niveau d'un dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données,
    ii) transmission d'informations de dosage dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte distance de données d'un deuxième dispositif de dosage (14b) au niveau d'un dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données,
    iii) transfert des informations de dosage reçues des deux dispositifs de dosage, du dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données dans le cadre d'une transmission à distance de données au niveau d'un ordinateur (19) externe.
  11. Procédé, en particulier selon la revendication 10, pour l'exploitation d'un système (10) pour le dosage de fluides (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h, 11i) pour des installations de lavage ou nettoyage (13a, 13b, 13c) et/ou des installations d'agents de nettoyage qui comprend plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), chacun de la pluralité des dispositifs de dosage étant relié côté entrée, avec plusieurs récipients (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h, 12i) contenant différents fluides, et côté sortie, à au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c), tels que lave-linge, lave-vaisselle ou dispositif pour l'application ou l'incorporation d'un agent de nettoyage, ledit dispositif de dosage effectuant des procédés de dosage selon des paramètres prédéterminés, caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    i) transfert d'informations de dosage pour plusieurs dispositifs de dosage d'un ordinateur externe dans le cadre d'une transmission à distance de données (19) au niveau d'un dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données,
    ii) transmission d'informations de dosage du dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte distance de données au niveau d'un premier dispositif de dosage (14a),
    iii) transmission d'informations de dosage du dispositif (18) pour la transmission à distance de données dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte distance de données au niveau d'un deuxième dispositif de dosage (14b).
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