Beverage making apparatus
OwnerWing Kin Chaninventor
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Abstract
An beverage making apparatus making including a fluid compartment (20), a beverage compartment (40), beverage processing means (51), heating means (30) and heating power control means (32), said beverage processing means (51) interconnecting said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment so that said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment being communicable via said beverage processing means, said heating means being adapted for heating said fluid compartment so that steam generated in said fluid compartment will force fluid to move from said fluid compartment to said beverage compartment via said beverage processing means, wherein the heating power of said heating means being user controllable.
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A beverage making apparatus including a fluid compartment, a beverage compartment, beverage processing means intermediate said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment, heating means and a user controllable heating power control means, said heating means being adapted for heating fluid inside said fluid compartment to generate steam in said fluid compartment so as to force fluid to move from said fluid compartment through said beverage processing means to said beverage compartment, wherein the heating power of said heating means is variable by said user-controllable heating power control means to control the rate of steam production in said fluid compartment through varying the heating power output of said heating means, whereby the transit time of a fluid transiting from said fluid compartment through said beverage processing means is controllable.
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