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Henkel Patents Device for Metered Addition of Detergents

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 8,845,818 B2; Henkel AG has been awarded patent coverage for an apparatus to dispense one or more cleaning substances in a household appliance. The apparatus is comprised of a dispensing unit having means to control dispensing of the substances; a tank receptacle; a tank for stocking the substances, the tank being embodied as a replaceable unit connectable to the tank receptacle; at least one connection for data transmission between the dispensing unit and the tank; and at least one connection for data transmission between the household appliance and at least one of the tank and the dispensing unit while the tank and dispensing unit are situated inside the household appliance, the connection for data transmission being figured for the emission and/or reception of optical signals in the visible region, wherein the tank comprises a controlling unit to control dispensing and/or a cleaning program, the controlling unit being disposed on the tank and sized to be received with the tank by the tank receptacle. 

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