Patent ID: 8515267

Claim:
A device for heating a fluid, in the form of hot liquid or steam, for the preparation of coffee or other hot beverage, comprising: a body having a channel for the circulation of a fluid, the channel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a conduit to a user device, the channel being associated with at least one electric heating element of which the power supply is controlled by switching means connected to control means; at least one temperature sensor arranged in the channel or at the outlet of the channel and being in direct or indirect contact with the fluid circulating in the channel, the temperature sensor being connected to the control means; the control means and switching means being configured to control the heating element to bring the fluid to be heated from a first temperature up to a set temperature in the region of the channel where the sensor is positioned; at least one electro-valve connected to the conduit between the fluid outlet and the user device and which is controlled by the control means; and the control means are designed to control the electro-valve so as to direct the fluid from the fluid outlet towards a drainage tank or a recirculation loop when the temperature measured by the sensor has not yet reached the set temperature and towards the user device when the measured temperature has reached the set temperature.