Patent ID: 8905266

Claim:
A method of using a dosing apparatus to dose a liquid product for use in a washing machine or dishwasher, comprising: calculating a maximum filled weight of a vessel when it is filled to a maximum filling volume with the liquid product optionally together with one or more other substances; optionally feeding a preset amount of the one or more other substances into the vessel; feeding the liquid product into the vessel during a dosing cycle; continuously determining a weight of the vessel during the dosing cycle; monitoring the determined weight of the vessel to determine when the maximum filled weight of the vessel corresponding to the maximum filling volume of the vessel has been reached and thereupon halting the feeding of the liquid product; determining a feeding time required to feed the liquid product into the vessel until the maximum filled weight of the vessel is reached; discharging the liquid product and the optional one or more other substances from the vessel to the washing machine or dishwasher; and if the desired amount of liquid product exceeds the maximum filled weight of the vessel such that desired amount of liquid product corresponds to a larger volume than is made available by the maximum filling volume of the vessel, feeding a remaining amount of liquid product into the vessel based on the feeding time until the desired amount of the liquid product is reached.