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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Guido Piai, München, DE;
Stefan Etter, Kehrsatz, CH;
Inventors:
Guido Piai, München, DE;
Stefan Etter, Kehrsatz, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 49/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/46 (2013.01); A47J 31/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage production module that includes a pump for delivering a fluid from a tank to an extraction chamber, a power source for the pump and a controller for operating the pump and for controlling the voltage applied from the power source to the pump. The controller is adapted to operate the pump both at a normal operation voltage over a predefined time at a reduced voltage level. The invention further relates to a method for operating the pump of the beverage production module.