EP 1906119 A1 20080402 - Household appliance for the supplying of cooled water or other beverage and relative operation method
Title (en)
Household appliance for the supplying of cooled water or other beverage and relative operation method
Title (de)
Haushaltsgerät zur Lieferung von kaltem Wasser oder anderen Getränken und Verfahren zu seinem Betrieb
Title (fr)
Appareil ménager pour la fourniture d'eau ou d'autres boissons réfrigérées et son procédé de fonctionnement
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 06121582 A 20060929
Abstract (en)
Household appliance (1) for the supplying of cooled water or other beverage having a tank (4) communicating directly with a source (8) supplying the beverage at above atmospheric pressure; means (5) for controlling the outflow of the water or other beverage from the tank (4); a cooling assembly (9) for cooling the beverage inside the tank (4); and a control unit (10) for controlling the cooling assembly (9) to bring the beverage inside the tank (4) to, and maintain it at, a reference temperature below or equal to the freezing temperature (T 0 ) of the beverage; the household appliance (1) also having freezing control means (13) for assisting irregular, nonhomogeneous crystallization of the beverage to obtain a semisolid frozen drink mixture.
IPC 8 full level
F25D 23/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25C 2301/002 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01); F25D 2331/806 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 2644318 A 19530707 - SEBENS CARL R
- [A] US 3270520 A 19660906 - GEISLER HARVEY N
- [A] US 3462970 A 19690826 - NATTER HOWARD
- [A] WO 2004102088 A1 20041125 - ACTON ELIZABETH [GB], et al
- [A] WO 9220420 A1 19921126 - ACTON ELIZABETH [GB], et al
- [A] WO 2006048190 A1 20060511 - UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al
- [A] US 2779165 A 19570129 - PICHLER JOSEPH R, et al
- [A] GB 2329460 A 19990324 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
- [A] US 4745773 A 19880524 - ANDO TOSHIO [JP]
- [A] US 4964542 A 19901023 - SMITH DELL W [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1906119 A1 20080402; AU 2007302344 A1 20080403; WO 2008037383 A1 20080403
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06121582 A 20060929; AU 2007302344 A 20070919; EP 2007008143 W 20070919