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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2006
Peter Rijskamp, Hoogeveen, NL;
Johan Kuiper, Hoogeveen, NL;
Hendrik Post, Bildtzijl, NL;
Henk Smitt, Hoogeveen, NL;
Edwin Wilco Drost, Hoogeveen, NL;
Peter Rijskamp, Hoogeveen, NL;
Johan Kuiper, Hoogeveen, NL;
Hendrik Post, Bildtzijl, NL;
Henk Smitt, Hoogeveen, NL;
Edwin Wilco Drost, Hoogeveen, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device for making a predetermined quantity of a hot beverage includes a boiler chamber for heating water and a tubular heating element inside the boiler chamber near the bottom of the boiler chamber. A main portion of the tubular heating element extends along a helical line around a horizontal axis. The bottom of the boiler chamber includes a wall substantially having the shape of a part of cylindrical surface around the horizontal axis.