Patent ID: 9560930
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A brewing unit for a production of a beverage, comprising: a brewing chamber comprising first and second brewing chamber portions movable one with respect to the other; a flow through water heater having an electric resistor and a water heating duct; a hot water feeding duct for feeding hot water from said water heater via the water heating duct to said brewing chamber; and a beverage dispensing duct from which said beverage is dispensed from the brewing chamber to an outer beverage dispensing spout; wherein said water heater has a body made of heat-conductive material and wherein the body of the water heater surrounds a cavity through which said beverage dispensing duct extends for connection to the outer beverage dispensing spout, and wherein said body encloses the electric resistor and the water heating duct, wherein heat generated by the electric resistor, when powered, heats water flowing through the water heating duct by heat conduction through the heat-conductive material forming the body.