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Thermal energy conservation systems and methods

A heating system and heat energy technology, which is applied in the direction of program control devices, beverage preparation devices, household appliances, etc., to achieve the effect of improving heat energy saving

Active Publication Date: 2015-08-19
SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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Reheating liquid requires a certain wait time, which can be very frustrating for users waiting for the beverage machine to reheat liquid

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[0037] figure 1 An example of a beverage machine 20 is shown in which the thermal energy saving system 10 according to the invention may be implemented. However, the thermal energy saving system 10 can be implemented into substantially every beverage machine 20 equipped with a heating system 21 , the following description being merely an illustrative example of a beverage machine 20 . However, all beverage machines 20 are composed of more or less similar components, and so the following description will be useful.

[0038] figure 1 The beverage maker 20 of the present invention includes a housing 170, which accommodates more components, or has more components attached thereto. A hot beverage may be prepared by the beverage maker 20 and may be delivered to the beverage delivery port 80 by a pump 240 located inside the beverage maker 20 . On the rear side of the housing 170, a liquid supply or liquid container 160 may be provided. The liquid may be any liquid, such as water ...

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The present invention presents a heating-energy saving system 10 and a heating-energy saving method, which realize self-learning energy preservation (SLEP) system or method. By means of this system 10 or method, the energy consumption of a beverage machine 20, which is mainly due to heating of the liquid required to provide hot beverages, can be reduced. At the same time, by adaptively learning and anticipating when a user is likely to use the beverage machine 20, the waiting time for the user, which is typically caused by the reheating process of the liquid in the beverage machine 20, can be significantly reduced. The system adapts the heating to what it learns from the user behavior. The described system and method are adapted to be installed in all kinds of beverage machines 20, either used in private or in public.

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technical field [0001] The invention discloses a heat saving system and a heat saving method for a heating system of a beverage machine adapted to produce hot drinks. In particular, the present invention discloses a so-called Self-Learning Energy Conservation (SLEP) system and method developed to save thermal energy in commonly used beverage machines. The SLEP system and method help reduce the energy consumption of the beverage machine while also helping to minimize the wait time for the beverage machine user when the liquid in the beverage machine needs to be reheated. Background technique [0002] Apparatus for preparing hot beverages are well known in the art, especially in the field of making tea, coffee or coffee-like beverages. Additionally, other substances, such as chocolate and dairy products, can be extracted or dissolved to form hot beverages in such beverage machines. For preparing such a hot drink in a suitable beverage machine, a suitable liquid (eg water or ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A47J31/44G06F9/44
CPCA47J31/56A47J31/545A47J31/52
Inventor M·卡尔松
Owner SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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