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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Stefan Etter, Kehrsatz, CH;
Peter Mori, Walperswil, CH;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns a unit for controlling transmission of power to a thermal conditioning device e.g. for coffee machine, comprising a controller with a start-up profile for starting-up the device from a temperature of inactivity to an operative temperature for bringing to a target temperature a fluid circulating through said device at start-up end, the controller being arranged to allow circulation of fluid through the device at start-up end and to compare the determined temperature of fluid circulated at start-up end to the target temperature and derive a temperature difference therefrom. The start-up profile has at least one parameter and in that the controller has a self-learning mode for adjusting the parameter as a function of the temperature difference and to store the adjusted parameter for a subsequent starting-up of the device. The invention concerns in particular a method for optimized heating up of a coffee machine.