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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2021
Applicant:

B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);

Inventors:

Byron Devlin, Kansas City, MO (US);

Derek J. Taylor, Olathe, KS (US);

Jeb Stewart, Honolulu, HI (US);

Assignee:

B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/56 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/58 (2006.01); A47J 31/54 (2006.01); G05D 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/58 (2013.01); A47J 31/5253 (2018.08); A47J 31/56 (2013.01); A47J 31/542 (2013.01); G05D 23/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beverage maker may comprise a heating system, a temperature sensor operably coupled the heating system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a series of measured temperature signals from the temperature sensor, calculate a change in temperature using the series of measured temperature signals, and calculate an efficiency of the heating system based on the change in temperature. The controller may further estimate a scale buildup based on the efficiency of the heating system, and store at least one of the estimated scale buildup or the efficiency of the heating system in a heating system performance database.


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