EP3091114B2 - Systeme de dosage de milieux pour installations de lavage et/ou de nettoyage - Google Patents

Systeme de dosage de milieux pour installations de lavage et/ou de nettoyage Download PDF

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EP3091114B2
EP3091114B2 EP16000941.1A EP16000941A EP3091114B2 EP 3091114 B2 EP3091114 B2 EP 3091114B2 EP 16000941 A EP16000941 A EP 16000941A EP 3091114 B2 EP3091114 B2 EP 3091114B2
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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 dosing media for washing and/or cleaning systems according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • each washing machine or cleaning system which is also generally referred to as a target device within the scope of this present patent application, is assigned its own dosing device.
  • the dosing device can include a peristaltic pump or a dosing pump, for example.
  • dosing devices which have been developed by the applicants and which are described, for example, in the German patent applications, also come into consideration as dosing devices within the meaning of the present patent application 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, which are filled with different media, for example with different detergents or cleaning agents or with different detergent components.
  • the dosing device can in each case bring about 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, ie a predetermined volume of medium, is supplied to the target appliance, ie the washing machine or dishwasher, at a point in time previously determined by a control program. It is also possible to successively supply detergent components from the different containers to the target device, in particular to a mixing chamber arranged in the target device or upstream of it, according to sophisticated washing and cleaning programs.
  • the dosing processes are carried out taking into account specified parameters.
  • the parameters can be stored, for example, in a memory unit in the dosing device.
  • Dosing programs can also be saved in the target device. In this case, corresponding dosing signals can be passed on to the dosing device via a control line.
  • an operator to influence the dosing process or the predefined, possibly changeable parameters, directly or via an input on the target device, and to adjust them if necessary.
  • the invention relates exclusively to systems for dosing media in which the dosing devices are arranged separately from the target appliance and, particularly in the case of a target appliance designed as a household washing machine or household dishwasher, are not an integral part of a household washing machine or household dishwasher.
  • the invention relates in particular to systems in which the target device, i.e. in particular the commercial washing or cleaning system, addresses and controls the separately arranged dosing device and/or in which the target device is supplied by the separately arranged dosing device with a corresponding medium or with several corresponding media is loaded.
  • the invention also includes systems in which several target containers are connected to a dosing device.
  • Corresponding switching devices for example such as those listed in the patent applications of the applicants mentioned at the outset, can be used here in a switchably controlled manner to bring about a connection of containers to different target devices in each case.
  • the invention also relates to a system for dosing media for cleaning agent systems.
  • the target device can be designed, for example, as a device for applying or introducing a cleaning agent.
  • a device for introducing a cleaning agent into a cleaning solution for cleaning the hotel rooms can be provided in the hotel.
  • a container for receiving a cleaning agent is connected to the dosing device, and the dosing device can fill the container with one medium or with several media, in a predetermined mixing ratio and in a predetermined concentration, if necessary additionally providing and mixing with water.
  • Such a target device can also be designed to apply a cleaning agent to a cleaning device to z. B. to moisten a mop for floor cleaning with an appropriate cleaning agent solution.
  • a corresponding dosing device can also be designed and provided for this.
  • the object of the invention is to printed not verifiable, system according to the preamble of claim 1 in such a way that a simplified and convenient management of dosing information, in particular parameters for dosing processes, is possible.
  • the invention solves this problem with the features of claim 1.
  • the principle of the invention essentially consists in providing a system which has a plurality of dosing devices. This was already not the case in the prior art, since one could not speak of a real system. In the prior art, the parameters for the dosing processes are managed in the dosing device or in the target device,
  • each dosing device is assigned a control unit and a memory unit.
  • the control unit and/or the memory unit is an integral part of the dosing device.
  • the control unit and/or the storage unit is arranged on a component that is separate from the dosing device, but is operatively connected to the dosing device.
  • Metering information can be stored in the memory unit.
  • the memory unit can be addressed by the control unit, that is, the control unit can access the data stored in the memory unit, ie the dosing information. It can also store changed dosing information, which the control unit has received either automatically or through a user setting, in the memory unit.
  • the system includes a device for remote data transmission of dosing information.
  • the device enables remote transmission of dosing information from an external computer to the device, and/or from the device to the external computer.
  • a bi-directional long-distance transmission of the dosing information can be achieved in a particularly advantageous manner. It is essential that the device for remote data transmission can accomplish remote data transmission jointly for the multiple dosing devices. In this respect it is sufficient to provide only a single device for remote data transmission for the large number of dosing devices. This enables a system to be provided at only a low cost. In particular, it is not necessary to design each individual dosing device with a device for remote data transmission.
  • the device for long-distance data transmission is arranged in a stationary manner. It is located in particular in the immediate vicinity of the metering devices, which are also arranged in a stationary manner, in particular in the same room in which the metering devices are also arranged and/or in the same building in which the metering devices are arranged, or in the same plant, or on the same factory premises where the dosing devices are located.
  • the external computer is very far away from the device for long-distance data transmission, for example several kilometers, or an even greater distance.
  • a device that has a GSM module can be referred to as a device for long-distance data transmission.
  • a device for long-distance data transmission This allows a telephone or data transmission to an external computer to be accomplished. 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 that has an Internet connection is also referred to as a device for long-distance data transmission.
  • any other communication interface like any other suitable communication module, which is suitable for carrying out a long-distance data transmission can be provided on the device for long-distance data transmission.
  • Long-distance data transmission enables dosing information to be transmitted over practically any distance via a suitable data network.
  • the external computer with which the device for remote data transmission can communicate for the purpose of 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 that operates several systems, for example.
  • the device for long-distance data transmission is in communication with the several dosing devices for the purpose of local data transmission of the dosing information.
  • Local data 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 local data transmission between the device and the dosing devices connected to it can take place via conventional local transmission standards such as W-LAN, Bluetooth, or LAN.
  • inexpensive and commercially available communication interfaces or communication modules or communication components can be used for the communication between the device and the individual dosing devices.
  • the communication modules such as a GSM module, which are designed to be significantly more complex, and which are required to effect long-distance data transmission of dosing information, are only unique in the system, viz in the device.
  • the device for remote data transmission is designed in particular to manage the dosing information from the dosing devices connected to it or for the dosing devices connected to it.
  • the device for long-distance data transmission is further designed in particular to manage the dosing devices connected to it.
  • Known or proprietary addressing systems and protocols, as well as known or proprietary address allocation methods, can be used for this purpose.
  • the multiple dosing 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 circuit or a ring circuit, or alternatively in the manner of a bus system.
  • the proposed management of the individual dosing devices or the dosing information from or for the individual dosing devices by the remote data transmission device enables, for example, specific addressing, assignment and forwarding of specific dosing information that the remote data transmission device has received from the external computer , to individual dosing devices.
  • the device can also assign the dosing information received from the individual dosing devices, store them in an orderly manner and, for example, transmit them en bloc to the external computer. A corresponding assignment can then be achieved there.
  • the specified, changeable parameters for dosing processes are referred to as dosing information, for example.
  • modified parameters can be received from an external computer via the device for long-distance data transmission. If, for example, new detergents or cleaning agents or components are developed that enable or require special dosing parameters, or if new findings about the application or dosing of the media are to be announced, the parameters can be changed centrally from an external computer via the Device for remote data transmission are transmitted to the individual dosing devices.
  • a dosing device advantageously also includes a device for acquiring dosing information, in particular process data.
  • a device for acquiring dosing information can be a direct integral part of the dosing device, or it can be arranged externally, that is to say separately from the dosing device, and be operatively connected to the dosing device.
  • Process data to be recorded for example measured values of the metered volumes or metered amounts, or variables used in metering processes, such as pH value of the medium, conductivity of the medium, temperature of the medium, are viewed as dosing information in the sense of the invention.
  • the sizes can be recorded for documentation purposes.
  • Process data and parameters that are recorded, for example, by a device for recording process data that is arranged in or on the target device, or is assigned to the target device, are also regarded as dosing information.
  • the conductivity of the washing liquor or liquor can be measured in a target device designed as a textile washing machine during the washing process. This information can then be transmitted as dosing information via a corresponding signal line from the target device to the dosing device.
  • dosing information is then referred to, for example, as information that includes data that takes into account dosing processes carried out by the dosing devices.
  • simple quantity measurements can be carried out in order to determine, for example, which dosing device has used which medium with which cumulative total quantity or with what frequency or with what regularity or within the scope of which washing program.
  • Process events are also referred to as dosing information within the meaning of the present patent application, ie in particular events that are directly or indirectly related to a dosing process.
  • the switching on and/or switching off of a dosing system or the target device and/or its point in time, the start are used as a process event of a washing program, the occurrence of a certain error in the dosing system or in the target device, information on a process variable, such as the PH value of the medium, measured conductivity of the medium and/or temperature of the medium or ambient temperature of the dosing device.
  • a measured value which has been measured upstream of the dosing device or downstream of the dosing device or within the dosing device is regarded as a process variable in relation to the medium.
  • the dosing information can be transmitted from and/or to the external computer in a simple and efficient manner via the remote data transmission device.
  • dosing information within the meaning of the present patent application, for example, information about dosing amounts of the medium, as well as information about the number of dosing processes carried out with it, or information about the dosing times, or information about the dosing location, about the type of medium used, as well as information about an operator that carried out the dosing process can be viewed.
  • the dosing information can also contain location information.
  • location information can include, for example, information about the location of the individual dosing devices, or also information about the location of the stationary 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 when such location information - for example using the position data that is automatically generated or can be generated automatically when using a GSM module - is transmitted from the device for remote data transmission to an external computer every time a transmission of Dosing information takes place.
  • the invention also includes when the external computer receives position data as a result of the transmission of dosing information from the device for remote data transmission, for example due to the transmission of a GSM signal, and an association with the device for data transmission based on the transmission of this position data. long-distance transmission can occur.
  • the system according to the invention is used for dosing media for washing and/or cleaning systems and includes a number of dosing devices.
  • a washing and/or cleaning system within the meaning of the present patent application is understood to mean, in particular, a washing machine or dishwasher or another cleaning or, for example, disinfecting system.
  • a dosing device of a system according to the invention can be charged with one medium or successively with a plurality of different media for the purpose of carrying out a washing or cleaning process.
  • the invention also includes when a medium or several media are supplied to a washing or cleaning system with a dosing device of a system according to the invention in order to mix or produce cleaning or disinfecting solutions,
  • a water-bearing household appliance which has a single dosing device.
  • a system with several dosing devices does not emerge from the publication.
  • the publication also does not show a device for remote data transmission of dosing information with which remote transmission of dosing information can be accomplished jointly for several dosing devices and which is in communicative connection with the several dosing devices for the purpose of local data transmission of dosing information.
  • the publication does not describe a system that comprises a plurality of dosing devices that are each connected to at least one container on the input side and to at least one target device or a device for applying a cleaning agent on the output side.
  • No device for remote data transmission of dosing information is described either, with which remote transmission of dosing information can be accomplished jointly for several dosing devices, and which is in communicative connection with the several dosing devices for the purpose of local data transmission of dosing information.
  • the device for long-distance data transmission of dosing information has a GSM module and/or an Internet connection.
  • the device has another communication module suitable for long-distance data transmission, or an interface suitable for this. This is a communication module that enables data to be transmitted over long distances, in particular of more than one kilometer, and in particular over an unlimited range.
  • the device for long-distance data transmission and each dosing device connected to this device each have a communication module and/or a communication interface which is suitable for short-distance data transmission.
  • the communication module or the communication interface can be designed as a W-LAN or LAN or Bluetooth interface.
  • any suitable communication module or any suitable communication interface that allows data transmission over short distances of up to a few meters, at most up to about 100 meters is referred to as a communication module for short-distance data transmission. This takes into account that the system according to the invention is intended for use, for example, inside a building, and only short ranges for data transmission between the device and the individual dosing devices are relevant here.
  • the device for remote data transmission can be used to transmit dosing information from an external computer to the device.
  • this can be used to transmit parameters for dosing processes to the individual dosing devices.
  • this offers the possibility of transmitting dosing information to the individual dosing devices, which includes parameters for dosing processes.
  • the individual dosing processes can be influenced from the external computer. For example, specific dosages can be increased or reduced if specific washing or cleaning programs are to be carried out.
  • dosing information can be transmitted from the device to an external computer using the device for remote data transmission.
  • dosing processes can be documented here.
  • the media used in the metering processes, and/or their quantities, and/or their sequence, and/or their times of use and/or places of use can be easily and reliably documented, archived and, if necessary, checked in this way.
  • the device for remote data transmission is designed to collect and/or store dosing information that it receives from the individual dosing devices, and/or regularly and/or upon request to the external to transmit computers.
  • the device for remote data transmission thus not only has a suitable communication module for remote data transmission, but also includes a control unit and/or a memory unit with which it can use metering information received from the metering devices managed, in particular taking into account the assignment to the individual dosing devices and stores, and subsequently, regularly or on request, transmitted to the external computer according to a predetermined format.
  • the device is designed to administrate or manage the metering devices connected to it and/or the metering information received from them and/or the metering information intended for them.
  • the device for remote data transmission can specifically address the metering devices connected to it or receive associated information from the metering devices connected to it and store and store it while maintaining or guaranteeing the assignment and transmit it to the external computer.
  • the device for remote data transmission can sort and/or arrange and/or address the dosing information received from an external computer and/or send it to the individual dosing devices. It can therefore ensure, for example, that information provided for a specific dosing device and received from the external computer reaches this specific dosing device.
  • the device for remote data transmission in a network of dosing devices acts as a kind of master and administers and/or manages the network of dosing devices.
  • the dosing information can then also be received from the individual dosing devices or sent addressed to the individual dosing devices by the device for remote data transmission.
  • the device for remote data transmission is not designed as the master of a network of dosing devices, but only administers and/or manages the dosing information.
  • the device for remote data transmission can, for example, actively, for example regularly, query or retrieve dosing information to be obtained from the individual dosing devices.
  • the invention also includes an embodiment of the system in which the device for long-distance data transmission passively waits, so to speak, for the corresponding dosing information to be provided and, so to speak, delivered by the dosing devices.
  • the invention also includes embodiments in which the device for long-distance data transmission passively receives the information received from an external computer and actively forwards it, or alternatively, after receiving information from an external computer, this information is only passively available and on request of individual dosing devices, for example at the request of the individual dosing devices, and/or pass them on to these dosing devices.
  • the step of receiving the dosing information from an external computer by the device for remote data transmission can also be carried out actively, for example in such a way that the device for remote data transmission regularly, for example at predetermined times, requests an external computer to receive new dosing information .
  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 10.
  • the invention is based on the object of specifying a method with which systems for metering media, which comprise a number of metering devices, can be operated conveniently and efficiently.
  • the essential principle of the method according to claim 10 is that dosing information is transmitted from the multiple dosing devices to the device for remote data transmission, and then the dosing information received from the multiple dosing devices is transmitted from the device for remote data transmission—together—to an external computer can.
  • This special data transfer creates a possibility for efficient data collection and long-distance data transmission.
  • This method can also provide that only a single central device for long-distance data transmission has to be configured with a communication module, such as a GSM module, which allows long-distance data transmission.
  • the invention relates to a method according to claim 11.
  • the invention is again based on the object of specifying a method with which a system for metering media for washing or cleaning systems, which system comprises a number of metering devices, can be operated efficiently and conveniently.
  • dosing information is transmitted from an external computer to a device for remote data transmission—collected—and then dosing information is transmitted from the device to a first dosing device and from the device to a second dosing device or can be transmitted.
  • dosing information is transmitted centrally from an external computer only to the device, which then either sends this information in a kind of broadcast process to all connected dosing devices or, specifically addressed, transmits it to individual dosing devices.
  • the transmission of this dosing information to the connected dosing devices can be accomplished or operated actively by the device for remote data transmission, or passively, upon request of individual dosing devices.
  • ID 1 a first exemplary embodiment is shown in a schematic, block diagram-like representation.
  • the system 10 of 1 comprises a device 18 for remote data transmission to which three dosing devices 14a, 14b and 14c are connected.
  • the metering device 14a includes in the embodiment of 1 an input disk 26a with three connections 30a, 30b, 30c shown by way of example, and an output disk 27a with an output connection 31.
  • the two disks 26a, 27a can be rotated relative to one another about an axis of rotation 32, which is only indicated schematically, so that one of the three input connections 30a , 30b, 30c can be brought into communicative connection with the output 31 .
  • a relative rotational position of the disks 26a, 27a is also possible, in which any communicative connection between the inputs 30a, 30b, 30c and the output 31 is blocked.
  • a dosing device 14a with two rotatable discs 26a, 27a is only to be understood as an example, as an embodiment.
  • any type of dosing devices can be considered, regardless of their structural design.
  • a dosing device 14a, 14b, 14c within the meaning of the present patent application is considered to be any device which is connected to at least one container on the input side and which is connected to at least one target container on the output side, and which delivers a specific volume of a liquid medium to the target device at a specified point in time can send.
  • the metering device 14a of the embodiment of 1 is connected on the input side to three separate containers 12a, 12b, 12c via connecting lines 23a, 23b, 23c, which are each filled with different media 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • these can be different detergents or cleaning agents or detergent components.
  • a pump 17a can be provided, for example, downstream of the dosing device 14a.
  • the metering device 14a in particular its outlet 31, is connected to a target device 13a via the connecting line 23d.
  • target devices 13a, 13b, 13c In the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 only washing machines for washing textiles are shown as target devices 13a, 13b, 13c.
  • the invention also encompasses other target devices, for example dishwashing systems, or other cleaning systems or washing systems.
  • a target device 13a, 13b, 13c is connected to each of the three dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c.
  • the invention also includes systems in which several target containers 13 are connected to one or more dosing devices 14 .
  • Each dosing device 14a, 14b, 14c can, after setting a washing or cleaning program according to predetermined parameters at predetermined times, ensure the provision of a corresponding communicative connection between the input connection 30a, 30b, 30c and the outlet 31, and by activating the pump 17a corresponding, predetermined ones Dispense doses of medium to the target device 13a, 13b, 13c.
  • the washing program can be set, for example, by a program selector switch 33 on the washing machine 13a.
  • the washing machine 13a can be connected to the dosing device 14a with a control device provided there via a signal or control line, not shown in the figures.
  • a control unit 15a is provided on the dosing device 14a, which ensures a corresponding sequence of dosing steps at the specified times.
  • a memory unit 16a again only indicated, which, as indicated, can also be formed integrally with the control unit 15a, that is, can be provided by a single component, can store dosing parameters.
  • the control unit 15a can receive and manage dosing information from a device 18, which will be described later. It can also write or store dosing information about dosing processes carried out by this dosing device 14a in the memory unit 16a. Finally, the control unit 15a is also capable of transmitting dosing information, which is located in the memory unit 16a, to the device 18.
  • the metering devices 14a, 14b, 14c are in the embodiment of 1 designed analogously to one another, so that only other small letters are appended to the reference symbols to distinguish them.
  • the device 18 for remote data transmission is connected to the individual dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c via a type of star connection with the aid of individual communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c.
  • the device 18 can exchange dosing information bidirectionally with the dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c via the communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c.
  • the device 18 also has a memory 28 in which dosing information can be stored. It also includes a communication module 21, in the present case of the embodiment of FIG 1 a GSM module in order to be able to communicate wirelessly with an external computer 19 as a result. A screen 20 with an input option is shown—shown only schematically—on the computer 19 .
  • the device 18 can wirelessly receive dosing information from the external computer 19 as part of remote data transmission and transmit it to it.
  • the distance between the device 18 and the external computer 19 can be very large, for example several kilometers.
  • the patent application designates this data transmission as long-distance data transmission.
  • the long-distance data transmission takes place wirelessly in all the exemplary embodiments of this patent application.
  • the invention also includes exemplary embodiments in which the long-distance data transmission takes place by cable.
  • the long-distance data transmission between the stationary device 18 for long-distance data transmission and the external computer 19 takes place over very long ranges, in particular over ranges of more than 100 meters, in particular several kilometers.
  • this also allows for exemplary embodiments of the invention in which there are only small distances between the stationary device 18 for long-distance data transmission and a base station of the GSM network, not shown in the figures, because, for example, accidentally, in the immediate vicinity of the stationary arranged device 18 for long-distance data transmission, also a base station of a GSM network is located.
  • the GSM network computer 19 which is of course also in the Figures 1 to 3 not shown GSM counter-module, or is connected to such a GSM counter-module, arranged far away from the device 18 .
  • the communication between the device 18 and the individual dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c is referred to as local data transmission.
  • the entire system 10, including all dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c of the target devices 13a, 13b, 13c and the device 18 for remote data transmission are located within a building that is represented by a dashed line 25.
  • the dashed line 25 designates in 1 a business premises or a plant or a room of a building.
  • the communication modules in the device 18 and in the dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c or the corresponding communication interfaces that enable local data transmission are called local communication modules 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d or as local communication interfaces 29a, 29b, 29c, 29d.
  • the device 18 with the aid of the remote communication module 21 and/or the memory 28 and/or a further control unit arranged on the device 18 but not shown in the figures, also manages the data connected to the device 18 connected dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c can take place.
  • control commands for dosing information or dosing information are entered directly via the input option on the screen 20 of the external computer 19 in order to transfer dosing information from an in 1 not shown, but operatively connected to the external computer 19 GSM counter module to the device 18 to transmit.
  • the dosing information for the dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c connected to the device 18 is managed there.
  • the dosing information that the device 18 has received from the external computer 19 via remote data transmission is now, for example, simultaneously or successively to all connected dosing devices 14a, 14c, 14c, or specifically to some, i.e.
  • the dosing information can be transmitted actively by the device for remote data transmission 18, or passively, at the request of one or more dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c.
  • the received, transmitted dosing information can contain the information that a specific medium is to be used by the dosing devices in a lower or higher dosage than previously provided.
  • a new, changed dosing parameter can be sent to all dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c, so that the individual dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c can take this changed parameter into account in a later dosing process.
  • dosing information for example information about consumption quantities of media
  • dosing information is transmitted from the individual dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c via the local communication lines 24a, 24b, 24c to the device 18, and there in the memory 28 filed.
  • This information is collected and transmitted to the external computer 19 at a later point in time, for example when requested by the external computer 19, or also regularly at specified times or after specified intervals. This information can then be evaluated and processed there.
  • the embodiment of 2 corresponds essentially to the embodiment of 1 .
  • no star-shaped network architecture is provided between the individual dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c and the device 18, but here the dosing devices 14a, 14b, 14c are connected in series in the manner of a—not closed—ring line.
  • a transmission of metering information for example, from the metering device 14c of 2 to the device 18 by transmitting the information via the local communication line 24c to the dosing device 14b, from there further via the local communication line 24b to the dosing device 14a, and finally from there via the local communication line 24a to the device for data Long-distance transmission 18.
  • the assembly and cabling costs can be kept low overall.
  • the local communication links are guaranteed wirelessly by appropriate local communication modules 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d. These can be designed according to the W-LAN or Bluetooth standard, for example. However, in the embodiment of the figures 1 and 2 the short-range communication links are implemented by using known wired standards such as LAN or other bus systems.
  • the invention also includes dishwashers and other washing or cleaning systems as target devices.
  • Systems according to the invention may also include different types of target devices, for example laundry machines and dishwashers.
  • devices for applying a cleaning agent e.g. B. for applying a cleaning solution to a cleaning device such. B. a mop for floor cleaning, may be included.

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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 de nettoyage et/ou des installations de produit de nettoyage, comprenant plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), dans lequel chaque dispositif de dosage est relié du côté entrée avec des conteneurs (12a, 12b, 12c) contenant différents fluides et du côté sortie avec au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c) tel qu'une machine à laver, un lave-vaisselle ou un dispositif pour appliquer ou introduire un fluide détergent, lequel dispositif de dosage exécute des processus de dosage en tenant compte de paramètres prédéfinis et lequel dispositif de dosage est agencé séparément du dispositif cible,
    caractérisé
    a) en ce qu'à chaque dispositif de dosage sont associées une unité de commande (15a) et une unité de mémoire (16a) à laquelle celle-ci peut s'adresser, dans laquelle des informations de dosage peuvent être enregistrées,
    b) que ce système (10) comprend un dispositif (18) de télétransmission d'informations de dosage qui est adapté pour mettre en oeuvre une télétransmission des informations de dosage conjointement pour les multiples dispositifs de dosage
    c) et que ce dispositif est en communication avec les multiples dispositifs de dosage en vue d'une transmission à courte portée de données des informations de dosage.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif comporte un module de communication pour la télétransmission de données, en particulier un module GMS (21) et/ou une connexion Internet.
  3. Système selon une des revendications précédentes, 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 portée de données et/ou une interface de communication (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d) pour la transmission à courte portée de données configurés en particulier sous la forme d'une interface WLAN ou LAN ou Bluetooth.
  4. Système selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'avec le dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données peut être mise en oeuvre une communication d'informations de dosage d'un ordinateur externe (19) au dispositif, en particulier dans le but de communiquer des paramètres pour des processus de dosage aux différents dispositifs de dosage.
  5. Système selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'avec le dispositif de télétransmission de données peut être mise en oeuvre une communication d'informations de dosage du dispositif (18) à un ordinateur externe (19), en particulier dans le but de documenter des processus de dosage.
  6. Système selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les informations de dosage communiquées par le dispositif (18) aux différents dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c) comprennent des paramètres pour des processus de dosage.
  7. Système selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les informations de dosage communiquées par les différents dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c) au dispositif (18) comprennent des données qui concernent des processus de dosage exécutés par les dispositifs de dosage.
  8. Système selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif (18) collecte et/ou mémorise et/ou communique régulièrement à un ordinateur externe ou communique sur demande à un ordinateur externe des informations de dosage obtenues des dispositifs de dosage.
  9. Système (10) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif administre et/ou gère les dispositifs de dosage raccordés à celui-ci par le biais d'un module de communication (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) pour la transmission à courte portée de données et/ou une interface de communication (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d) pour la transmission à courte portée de données, et en particulier gère dans ce but des coordonnées par le biais des différents dispositifs de dosage.
  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 de nettoyage (13a, 13b, 13c) et/ou des installations de produit de nettoyage, qui comprend plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), dans lequel chacun de la pluralité de dispositifs de dosage est relié du côté entrée avec plusieurs conteneurs (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h, 12i) contenant différents fluides et du côté sortie avec au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c) tel qu'une machine à laver, un lave-vaisselle ou un dispositif pour appliquer ou introduire un fluide détergent, lequel dispositif de dosage est adapté pour exécuter des processus de dosage en tenant compte de paramètres prédéfinis et lequel dispositif de dosage est agencé séparément du dispositif cible, une unité de commande (15a) et une unité de mémoire (16a) à laquelle celle-ci peut s'adresser, dans laquelle des informations de dosage peuvent être enregistrées, étant associées à chaque dispositif de dosage, caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    i) transmission d'informations de dosage dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte portée de données d'un premier dispositif de dosage (14a) à un dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données,
    ii) transmission d'informations de dosage dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte portée de données d'un deuxième dispositif de dosage (14b) au dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données et
    iii) communication des informations de dosage obtenues des deux dispositifs de dosage par le dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données dans le cadre d'une télétransmission de données à un ordinateur externe (19).
  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 et/ou de nettoyage (13a, 13b, 13c) et/ou des installations de produit de nettoyage, qui comprend plusieurs dispositifs de dosage (14a, 14b, 14c), dans lequel chacun de la pluralité des dispositifs de dosage est relié du côté entrée avec plusieurs conteneurs (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h, 12i) contenant différents fluides et du côté sortie avec au moins un dispositif cible (13a, 13b, 13c) tel qu'une machine à laver, un lave-vaisselle ou un dispositif pour appliquer ou introduire un fluide détergent, lequel dispositif de dosage est adapté pour exécuter des processus de dosage en tenant compte de paramètres prédéfinis et lequel dispositif de dosage est agencé séparément du dispositif cible, lequel dispositif de dosage est adapté pour exécuter des processus de dosage en tenant compte de paramètres prédéfinis et lequel dispositif de dosage est agencé séparément du dispositif cible, une unité de commande (15a) et une unité de mémoire (16a) à laquelle celle-ci peut s'adresser, dans laquelle des informations de dosage peuvent être enregistrées, étant associées à chaque dispositif de dosage, caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    I) communication d'informations de dosage pour plusieurs deux dispositifs de dosage par un ordinateur externe (19) dans le cadre d'une télétransmission de données à un dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données,
    II) transmission d'informations de dosage par le dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte portée de données à un premier dispositif de dosage (14a) et
    III) transmission d'informations de dosage par le dispositif (18) de télétransmission de données dans le cadre d'une transmission à courte portée de données à un deuxième dispositif de dosage (14b).
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