Patent ID: 9723945
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. An apparatus for making a beverage by interaction between a beverage extract and an extracting fluid, said apparatus comprising: an openable and closable chamber for receiving a quantity of the beverage extract; a heat exchanger arranged upstream of the chamber for establishing a predetermined temperature of the extracting fluid; a valve arrangement including: a pump operably connected to the heat exchanger for supplying the extracting fluid to the valve arrangement; a temperature sensor disposed for measuring the temperature of the extracting fluid at a position along a flow path between the heat exchanger and the valve arrangement; and a controller operably connected to the temperature sensor and to the pump for controlling pressure exerted by the extracting fluid on the pressure-sensitive valve assembly in dependence on the measured temperature of said extracting fluid, said controller, during the making of the beverage, being adapted to: