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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device is provided for heating a liquid in a holder, having a heater element ( ) designed to be placed in said holder and to be immersed in liquid in said holder, a temperature sensor ( ) for measuring the temperature of the liquid in the holder and coupled to a control unit ( ) for the thermostatic control of power supply to the heater element ( ), a thermal safety cut-out ( ) for interrupting the power supply to the heater element in response to heating-up of the heater element to above a given temperature, which safety cut-out ( ) is in thermally conductive contact with the heater element ( ), and a carrier ( ) which is thermally coupled by means of a thermal coupling to a portion of said heater element which is immersed in the liquid in said holder in the operational state, the temperature sensor ( ) of the thermostat being situated on said carrier ( ) at a distance from said thermal coupling.