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Apparatus with a discharge module and sensor module

US12188168B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

Arnd Kessler · Monheim am Rhein, DE
Lars Zuechner · Langenfeld, DE
Robert Ruiz Hernandez · Dressendorf, DE
Ingo Hardacker · Hamminkeln, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/12
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device for use in a household appliance is disclosed. The device includes at least one casing configured to be placed in a treatment chamber of a household appliance. The casing includes at least one output module configured to dispense at least one preparation into the treatment chamber of the household appliance and/or to trigger an output and at least one sensor module configured to determine sensor data characteristic of the condition of the treatment chamber of the household appliance (300) and/or of the device. The sensor module includes at least one acceleration sensor, wherein the sensor data at least partially represents data determined by the at least one acceleration sensor. The dispensing and/or triggering of the output of the preparation by the at least one output module is based at least partially on the sensor data.

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