Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Guido Piai

Stefan Etter

Antoine Cahen

Matthieu Ozanne

Stefan Kaeser

Eric Granger

Frank Kräuchi

Rudolf Schenk

Christian Probst

Bernhard Kreitmayr

Dimitar Georgiev

Stefan Käser

A beverage production module 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 at a normal operation voltage (U) and to operate the pump over a predefined time (T,T) at a reduced voltage level (U, U). A method operates the pump of a beverage production module.

Beverage production module and method for operating a beverage production module

A beverage production module 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 at a normal operation voltage (U) and to operate the pump over a predefined time (T,T) at a reduced voltage level (U, U).

Beverage production module and method for operating a beverage production module with reduced voltage

An apparatus () for conditioning a food substance, such as milk or a milk-containing substance, comprises: &#x2014;a food conditioning module () that has a structure () for holding such food substance and that has an electric device () comprising a conditioner () for imparting a conditioning effect to such food substance and a conditioner control unit () for controlling the conditioner; and &#x2014;a user-interface device () in data-communication with the conditioner control unit to transmit user-data from the user-interface device to the control unit for controlling the conditioner accordingly. The user-interface device () is external to the food conditioning module () and disconnectably connected thereto.

Remote controlled food processor

A modular method of manufacturing a set of beverage production machines with different beverage-related functions. The machines are designed for producing a beverage on the basis of pre-portioned ingredient packages. The method includes providing a plurality of identical core units having control circuitry and a beverage production module for housing an ingredient package and feeding a liquid to the interior of the ingredient package, providing a plurality of different base platforms that differ as to beverage production functions, and manufacturing a set of different beverage production machines by mounting respectively at least one of the core units on a top surface of one of the differing base platforms while also mounting water reservoirs on the base platforms.

Modular manufacturing of beverage production machines

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.

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