Abstract: A metering device for metering and supplying media via fluid lines to at least one target apparatus, in particular to a commercial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device has a switching device which is connected on the input side to a metering pump and to a flush pump or to a flushing device and which is connected on the output side to a target apparatus and which can be addressed by a control device of the metering device to change its switch state. The switching device provides a communicative connection between the metering pump and the target apparatus in a first switch state, and, in a second switch state, provides a communicative connection between the flush pump or the flushing device and the target apparatus.

Abstract: A metering device for metering and supplying media via fluid lines to a plurality of target devices, wherein the metering device includes an entry disc having a plurality of entry-side connections which can each be connected to a container, and an actuator which is displaceable relative to the entry disc and includes a plurality of through-channels. Each through-channel can be connected to a target device, wherein due to a displacement of the actuator relative to the entry disc, in each case at least one of the through-channels can be brought into communicative connection with one of the connections. The metering device includes a plurality of pumps which can be activated by a controller of the metering device and which are configured for removing medium from the container and for conveying it to the target device. Each through-channel is associated with a pump that is arranged downstream of the through-channel.

Abstract: A metering device for metering powdery or solid-like media such as detergents or disinfectants and for supplying the media in a dissolved state to a washing or cleaning system, including a support, in particular a cartridge support, to which a container, in particular a cartridge, with a powdery or solid-like medium can be attached. The support or the container includes a grid which prevents the medium from exiting the container. A spray nozzle controlled by a controller of the metering device dispenses water for solvating the medium. The medium dissolved in water and passing through the grid can be supplied to the washing or cleaning system via a supply device. The metering device also has a switching device that can be activated by the controller and has at least two different switching states for operating the spray nozzle in different operating modes.

Abstract: A valve has a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port each connected to a respective supply of one of last two different liquid materials. A movable valve body in the valve has a passage and is shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port via the passage. A controller moves the valve body between the positions such that, after each time the valve body is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the valve body is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, in particular to an industrial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium. The metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with the aid of at least one pump, causes a specific volume of medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of this volume towards the target apparatus. The fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein, by way of the measuring device, with the aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line can be determined and transmitted to the control unit.

Abstract: A valve has a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port each connected to a respective supply of one of last two different liquid materials. A movable valve body in the valve has a passage and is shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port via the passage. A controller moves the valve body between the positions such that, after each time the valve body is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the valve body is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A valve system has an apparatus formed with a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port and respective supplies of at last two different liquid materials. The supplies are each connected to a respective one of the material inlet ports, and a supply of flushing medium is connected to the flushing inlet port. A rotor at the apparatus is formed with a passage and shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port. A controller moves the rotor between the positions such that, after each time the rotor is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the rotor is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A valve system has an apparatus formed with a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port and respective supplies of at last two different liquid materials. The supplies are each connected to a respective one of the material inlet ports, and a supply of flushing medium is connected to the flushing inlet port. A rotor at the apparatus is formed with a passage and shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port. A controller moves the rotor between the positions such that, after each time the rotor is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the rotor is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of inlet ports each connectable to a material supply container and an outlet port. A disk-shaped valve body has a first side and an opposite second side with a straight throughgoing passage from the first side to the second side, the body being displaceable relative to the inlet ports to provide a switchable connection between a respective one of the plurality of inlet ports and the outlet port. The passage can be also be connected with a respective one of the various inlet ports to enable feeding of different materials successively to the outlet port. One of the inlet ports is a flushing medium inlet port of a flushing device, and the passage can connected with the flushing medium inlet port by displacement of the valve body for flushing the passage.

Abstract: The invention relates, among other items, to a device (10) with a plurality of inlets (27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f) and one outlet (19), wherein each of the inlets (27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f) can be connected to a material supply container (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f). An actuator (12) that can be displaced relative to the inlets and has a through-channel (42) is furnished in order to provide a switchable connection between one of the plurality of inlets and the outlet. A communicative connection can be created between the through-channel and one of the various inlets in order to allow various materials to be successively supplied to the outlet. One of the characteristic features is that at least one of the inlets (28) is designed as a flushing medium inlet of a flushing device (47) and that, as a result of the actuator (12) being displaced, a communicative connection can be created between the through-channel (42) and the flushing medium inlet for the purposes of flushing the through channel.