INTEGRATED HEATER FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE

摘要

INTEGRATED HEATER FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICEAn integrated in-line heater (1,8,9) for a liquid food or5 beverage preparation machine, in which liquid is circulated through said heater and then guided into a brewing chamber (7) for brewing a food or beverage ingredient, for instance within a pod or capsule (7"), supplied into the brewing chamber. An upstream part of the brewing chamber may be10 formed by the heater. One or more electric components (5,60,70,75) may be incorporated into the heater and rigidly connected to a printed circuit board (50). The heater may have a tubular inner core (9) that is eccentric with respect to a tubular or prismatic outer member (8) which form15 together a helicoidal heating chamber (4) of variable cross-section (4',4").Fig. 620 25