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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jarno Beekman, Eindhoven, NL;
Fred Fraij, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a liquid heating device () for a hot beverage machine, comprising: —a flow through heater ('); —a first tank () for receiving liquid () to be heated; —a second tank () for temporarily storing pre-heated liquid (′); —a liquid outlet () for releasing heated liquid; and —a switching unit (′″) which is configured to switch a liquid-flow cycle of the liquid heating device () between a pre-heating cycle, in which liquid () flows from the first tank () through the flow through heater (′) and into the second tank () in order to temporarily store pre-heated liquid (′) in the second tank (), and a end-heating cycle, in which the pre-heated liquid (′) flows from the second tank () through the flow through heater (′) to the liquid outlet ().