Cleaning appliance in which access is granted based on an authorization carrier and authorization profile

US9367044B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Gilles Troff · Stuttgart, DE
• Frank Stadelmann · Trélex, CH
• Bernd Noller · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Rainer Schaefer · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C9/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a cleaning appliance, wherein in order to access same, an access authorization stored on an authorization carrier is required, the appliance including two or more authorization carriers with access authorizations stored thereon which are linked to different authorization profiles, and a detection unit for detecting the access authorization of an authorization carrier, wherein a range of functions dependent on the authorization profile linked to the access authorization can be provided to an operator by the cleaning appliance. In order to provide such a cleaning appliance which is more user-friendly in operation, it is proposed that each authorization carrier comprises an identification device for providing an identifier which is associated with the particular authorization profile of the authorization carrier and which is perceivable by the operator using a sensory organ, wherein identifiers associated with different authorization profiles are different from one another.