Patent ID: 11925289
Assignee: MELITTA PROFESSIONAL COFFEE SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. An automatic beverage maker for preparing a hot beverage, comprising:
a water inlet;
a hot water and a cold water line coupled to the water inlet;
a boiler arranged for providing hot water in the hot water line;
a brewing unit coupled to an output of the boiler for providing the hot beverage in the hot water line;
a dispensing unit coupled to the brewing unit and disposed at an end of the hot water line for dispensing the hot beverage from the automatic beverage maker;
at least one cold water supply line for feeding cold water into the hot water line upstream of the brewing unit or for feeding cold water into the hot beverage after it has been made available by the brewing unit;
at least one temperature sensor arranged for determining a temperature of the hot beverage;
a cold water supply coupled to the cold water line;
a controllable metering valve coupled to the cold water supply to provide a metered addition of the cold water as a liquid medium into the cold water supply line as a function of the temperature determined by the temperature sensor in order to adjust the temperature of the hot beverage; and
an homogenizer arranged to mix hot beverage from the brewing unit and cold water from the cold water line.