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US 2023/0389748 A1Published application
Dual purpose temperature and conductive probe for beverage machine
AssigneeKeurig Green Mountain, Inc.
InventorsBlair Mikkelsen, Matthew Martin Kenneth Hansen, Jianming Huang
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Abstract
Methods and systems for employing a sensor to detect two physical characteristics of a liquid in a beverage machine. A sensor may have a conductive probe portion to contact liquid, e.g., to detect a liquid level in a removable water tank, and a thermistor portion to detect a temperature of the liquid.
Claims20
A beverage machine comprising:
- a liquid supply configured to provide liquid for use in forming a beverage;
- a sensor arranged to detect two different physical characteristics of the liquid;
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- a controller coupled to the sensor and arranged to receive two different signals from the sensor indicative of the two different physical characteristics,
- wherein the controller is arranged to control at least a portion of the beverage machine based on the signals from the sensor.
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