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Creaholic S.a.

Francesco Illy

Matthias Hell

A continuous flow heater has an elastic, flexible or rigid pipe (,) which is movably mounted and a heat source (,). When a liquid flowing through the pipe is heated in the pipe interior (,), undesired scale tends to be deposited on the interior of the pipe walls. To prevent or remove this deposit, the pipe (,) is moved and/or deformed by an internal overpressure or by application of external forces, causing the deposits to be detached from the pipe inner walls and carried away by the fluid flow. The overall pipe (,) can have an inner pipe (,), inner insulating layers (,), a filament (,) and external insulating layers (,).

Instantaneous water heater

The coffee machine for different coffee types requires no preheating time and consumes no energy in the standby mode. It essentially comprises a water supply chamber (1), a pump (5), a continuous flow heater (8) for heating the water and a brewing chamber (10) for receiving the coffee (10'). The continuous flow heater (8) has a low heat capacity and can therefore perform large temperature changes within a short time. In order to obtain the desired water starting temperature, use is made of a control loop. The unheated parts (9-12) along the water path between the continuous flow heater (8) and the coffee (10') are so designed that a minimum amount of heat energy is abstracted from the hot water, but at the same time the parts have an adequate strength.

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Meggen, Switzerland

Francesco Illy