Cleaning device and method for cleaning articles to be cleaned

US10856719B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Dirschus · Schutterwald, DE
• Phillip Huber · Oberkirch, DE
• Stefan Kolb · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Thomas Loos · Hohberg, DE
• Thomas Näger · Offenburg, DE
• Thomas Peukert · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Marijan Simundic · Ohlsbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/20
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention proposes a cleaning device (110) for cleaning articles (116) to be cleaned. The cleaning device (110) comprises at least one cleaning chamber (114) and at least one application device (120) for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the articles (116) to be cleaned in the cleaning chamber (114). The cleaning device (110) further comprises at least one controller (157) which is designed to actuate the cleaning device (110) for carrying out at least two operating modes. The controller (157) is further designed to detect at least one utilization variable. The utilization variable characterizes a current utilization of the cleaning device (110). The controller (157) is further designed to assign at least one weighting to the at least one utilization variables. The controller (157) further has at least one counting device (170) which is designed to cumulate utilization times of the cleaning device (110) which are weighted with the weighting and to generate at least one item of use information about a use of the cleaning device (110) therefrom.