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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Etienne Crozier, La Neuveville, CH;
Guillaume Heisel, Bienne, CH;
Marco Magatti, Lausanne, CH;
Damien Romand, La Neuveville, CH;
Jean-Luc Thuliez, Le Landeron, CH;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
Beverage preparation apparatus for preparing a beverage comprising: —a water tank () for storing water, —a brewing unit () for receiving a dose of beverage ingredients, —a water line () for supplying water from the water tank to the brewing unit () including a pressure pump () for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit and a fluid heater () for heating liquid, —a control unit () for selectively controlling the activation of the pressure pump, wherein it further comprises a fluidic interrupter () positionable in fluidic interruption position for interrupting the fluidic communication between the water tank () and the water line () and, reversely, positionable in fluidic communication position for restoring the fluid communication between the water tank and the water line and wherein the control unit () is arranged for automatically activating an anti-freeze mode by activating the fluidic interrupter () in fluidic interruption position and by running the pressure pump () to at least partially empty the water line () from water contained therein.