EP 3422914 A1 20190109 - LIQUID CONTAINER, BEVERAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LIQUID FILLING LEVEL OF A CONTAINER
Title (en)
LIQUID CONTAINER, BEVERAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LIQUID FILLING LEVEL OF A CONTAINER
Title (de)
FLÜSSIGKEITSBEHÄLTER, GETRÄNKEHERSTELLUNGSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR DETEKTION EINES FLÜSSIGKEITSFÜLLSTANDS EINES BEHÄLTERS
Title (fr)
RÉCIPIENT DE LIQUIDE, SYSTÈME DE PRODUCTION DE BOISSON, ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION DE NIVEAU DE REMPLISSAGE DE LIQUIDE D'UN RÉCIPIENT
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 16158378 A 20160303
- EP 2017054835 W 20170301
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017149049A1] The present invention relates to a container (2) for receiving a liquid comprising a thin film capacitive sensor (100) for detecting the liquid filling level of the container (2). The present invention further relates to a beverage production system (S) comprising a beverage production machine (1) having a beverage production unit (10) for preparing and dispensing a beverage and a control unit (50) for controlling a beverage production of the beverage production unit (10), and a container (2) according to the invention, wherein the sensor (100) of the container (2) is connected with the control unit (50), e.g. via an electrical contact (43, 63) or a wireless transmission means of the machine (1), when the container (2) is associated with the machine (1), and wherein the control unit (50) is configured to control the beverage production based on the liquid filling level of the container (2) detected by the sensor (100). Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for detecting a liquid filling level of a container (2), comprising the steps of providing a beverage production system (S) according to the present invention, associating the container (2) with the beverage production machine (1) such that the sensor (100) of the container (2) is connected with the control unit (50), e.g. via the electrical contact (43, 63) or the wireless transmission means of the machine (1), and controlling the beverage production based on the liquid filling level of the container (2) detected by the sensor (100).
IPC 8 full level
A47J 31/56 (2006.01); A47J 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A47J 31/56 (2013.01); A47J 41/0094 (2013.01); A47J 2203/00 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2017149049A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2017149049 A1 20170908; CN 108697263 A 20181023; EP 3422914 A1 20190109
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2017054835 W 20170301; CN 201780013240 A 20170301; EP 17707346 A 20170301