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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Marie Sybien Nijboer, Drachten, NL;
Klaas Kooijker, Drachten, NL;
Joldert Maria Boersma, Drachten, NL;
Fred Fraij, Drachten, NL;
Peter Sofrides Viet, Drachten, NL;
Marie Sybien Nijboer, Drachten, NL;
Klaas Kooijker, Drachten, NL;
Joldert Maria Boersma, Drachten, NL;
Fred Fraij, Drachten, NL;
Peter Sofrides Viet, Drachten, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a beverage from water and an instant product includes a water supply system for supplying water, a heating device for sterilizing water by heating it; and a cooling device for cooling water heated in the heating device. The cooling device uses water from the water supply system as cooling-water. The water that is sterilized in the heating device has preferably previously been used in the cooling device as cooling-water. The cooling device includes a counter flow heat exchanger.