Appliance for producing hot drinks
AssigneeTenacta Group S.P.A.
InventorArturo Morgandi
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Abstract
An appliance for producing hot drinks comprising a water heating device; a heating source; a seat adapted to receive a product for preparing the drink; a duct for feeding hot water from the water heating device to the seat; a control device operatively associated with the heating source for adjusting the temperature of the water contained in the water heating device; and a compensating device to dynamically compensate for temperature drop undergone by the water flowing along the duct from the water heating device to the seat.
Claims9
1-30. (canceled)
An appliance for producing hot drinks comprising:
- a water heating device comprising a heating source;
- a first temperature sensor within the water heating device;
- a seat adapted to receive a product for preparing the drink;
- a duct for feeding hot water from the water heating device to the seat;
- a second temperature sensor associated with the duct;
- a control device operatively associated with the heating source for adjusting the temperature of the water contained in the water heating device;
- the control device being operatively connected to each of said first and second temperature sensors and said control device performing an adjustment varying with time of the temperature of the water contained in the water heating device by switching on/switching off the heating source, on the basis of both the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor associated with the duct.
A method for adjusting the water temperature in an appliance for producing hot drinks, the appliance comprising a water heating device with a heating source, a first temperature sensor within the water heating device, a seat for containing a product for preparing the hot drink, a duct for feeding the water from the water heating device to the seat, and a second temperature sensor associated with the duct, the method comprising:
- switching the heating source on for heating the water contained into the water heating device;
- detecting a temperature of the water contained into the water heating device with the first temperature sensor;
- detecting a temperature associated with at least one point of the water feeding duct with the second temperature sensor;
- performing a compensation, varying with time, for temperature drop undergone by the water flowing along the duct from the water heating device to the seat by adjusting the temperature of the water contained in the water heating device, as detected by the first temperature sensor, by switching on/switching off the heating source on the basis of both the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and the temperature detected by second temperature sensor associated with the duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.