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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Rancilio Group S.p.a., Villastanza di Parabiago, IT;
Markus Zehnder, Villastanza di Parabiago, IT;
Benedict Ammann, Villastanza di Parabiago, IT;
Nuria Poblet Casanovas, Villastanza di Parabiago, IT;
RANCILIO GROUP S.P.A., Villastanz Adi, IT;
Abstract
A control arrangement for a coffee machine is provided and comprises a central unit having a main control unit and a plurality of peripheral units/components. Each peripheral unit/component is connected to the central unit by means of a 'smart' connector, which is coded and which can provide information relating to the unit/component connected thereto to the main control unit. In order to allow information to be transferred, the central unit comprises a master communication device, each peripheral unit/component is provided with a slave communication device, and a communication line is provided for connecting the master communication device to the slave communication devices. The transferred information is unambiguously associated to the unit/component and may comprise counters, historical information, performance data and the like.