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US 11,889,946 B2Granted
Heating devices and apparatus
AssigneeKoninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
InventorsHendrik Johan Dees, Abram Christiaan Knip
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Abstract
The invention provides a heating device comprising a base structure comprising a fluid channel and a heating element, the heating element arranged in use to heat fluid within the fluid channel, the heating device further comprising a cooling means, arranged in use to cool the fluid channel.
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A heating device comprising
- a base structure comprising a fluid channel and a planar heating element, the planar heating element arranged in use to heat fluid within the fluid channel, the heating device further comprising a cooling means, arranged in use to cool the fluid channel, wherein the cooling means comprises a cooling channel, and wherein the cooling channel is separate from the fluid channel and arranged side by side with the fluid channel, wherein in use the cooling channel is configured to cool the fluid channel after heated fluid is dispensed from the fluid channel, wherein the base structure comprises a plate-like structure including a first side and a second side, with the fluid channel and the cooling channel integrally formed with the plate-like structure and positioned between the second side of the plate-like structure and the planar heating element.
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