Patent ID: 8025740
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: F22B,F24C

Abstract:
1. Method for conducting, at predetermined time intervals, cleaning operations carried out in at least one of an inner chamber and a container of a fluid-receiving device of a foodstuff-processing apparatus, whereby at least one first fluid can be contained in the at least one of the inner chamber and the container, the method comprising: (a) determining at least one first degree of cleaning at at least one first moment in time of a first cleaning process; (b) determining at least one second degree of cleaning at at least one second moment in time of at least of one second cleaning operation subsequent to the first cleaning process; (c) determining a first difference between the first degree of cleaning and the second degree of cleaning; (d) at least one of determining and adjusting an action duration of a cleaning agent for at least one subsequent cleaning operation as a function of at least one of the first degree of cleaning, the second degree of cleaning, the first difference, and a cleaning speed in a first case, in which at least one of the following occurs: (e) at least one of increasing a dosage of the cleaning agent and shortening a time interval between two subsequent successive cleaning operations in a second case, in which at least one of the following occurs: