Beverage production module and method for operating a beverage production module
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsGuido Piai, Stefan Etter
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Abstract
A beverage production module that includes a pump for delivering a fluid from a tank to an extraction chamber, a power source for the pump and a controller for operating the pump and for controlling the voltage applied from the power source to the pump. The controller is adapted to operate the pump both at a normal operation voltage over a predefined time at a reduced voltage level. The invention further relates to a method for operating the pump of the beverage production module.
Claims20
1-28. (canceled)
A beverage production module comprising:
- a pump for delivering a fluid from a tank to an extraction chamber,
- a power source for the pump and
- a controller for operating the pump and for controlling the voltage applied from the power source to the pump,
- wherein the controller is adapted to operate the pump both at a normal operation voltage and at a reduced voltage level over a predefined time.
A method for operating the pump of a beverage production module, which comprises:
- providing a power source for a pump,
- delivering via the pump a fluid from a tank to a extraction chamber;
- and
- during the delivering operating the pump both at a normal operation voltage and at a reduced voltage level over a predefined time.
A beverage production module comprising:
- a pump for delivering a fluid from a tank to an extraction chamber,
- a power source for the pump and
- a controller for operating the pump and for controlling the voltage applied from the power source to the pump,
- wherein the controller is adapted to start the operation of the pump at a reduced voltage level and after a predefined time to operate the pump at a normal operation voltage.
A method for operating the pump of a beverage production module, which comprises:
- providing a power source for the pump,
- delivering via the pump a fluid from a tank to a extraction chamber, and
- at the beginning of the delivering operating the pump at a reduced voltage level and after a predefined time operating the pump at a normal operation voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.