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AssigneeDe' Longhi Appliances S.R.L. Con Unico Socio
InventorsGiuseppe De'Longhi, Gianpaolo Trevisan, Renzo Mazzon
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A method to prepare a beverage in a machine for preparing beverages, including: receiving through a user interface associated with a control and command unit the selection of a type of beverage to be prepared selected between a beverage obtained by infusion, or hot water; disenabling the commands of said user interface not related to the type of beverage selected, and enabling the commands correlated to the type of beverage selected, in order to allow the selection by the user of further specific organoleptic characteristics for the type of beverage selected; receiving and verifying the characteristics selected and conditioning the various functioning factors of said machine in relation to the specific selected characteristics and the operating parameters provided for the specific selected beverage.
A machine for preparing beverages comprising a tank for the water, fluidly associated, by means of a circuit, with a filtering container suitable to contain an aromatic mixture to be subjected to infusion, comprising, located in cooperation along said circuit, a flowmeter configured to measure the flow rate of the water in said circuit, a pump with an adjustable flow rate to feed the water into said circuit, a heating device for the water with an adjustable temperature, and temperature sensor means suitable to measure the temperature of the water downstream of said heating device, wherein said machine also comprises a selector device drivable by a user to select a type of beverage selected between a brewed beverage or only hot water and a user interface provided with suitable commands by means of which the user can select the characteristics of the beverage to be prepared and a control and command unit functionally connected to said user interface and configured to disenable the commands of said user interface not connectable to the type of beverage selected, or enable the commands correlated to said type of beverage selected, in order to allow and simplify the selection by the user of further specific organoleptic characteristics for said type of beverage selected, determine the state of a diversion element to selectively and fluidly connect the tank) to a first outlet for the brewed beverage, or to a second outlet for hot water depending on the type of beverage selected and to receive the data detected by said flow meter and by said temperature sensor means and to command the functioning of said pump and of said heating device in order to regulate the temperature and the flow rate of the water in said circuit as a function of the type and the organoleptic characteristics of the selected beverage.
The machine as in 1, wherein said heating device comprises at least a heating element associated with said boiler, wherein said heating element can be activated by said control and command unit so that it reaches the target temperature, or in a modulatable manner.
A method to prepare a beverage in a machine for preparing beverages, comprising:
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