An on-board coffee processor having a boiling cup, a coffee bucket, a distill cup and a lid; the upper end of boiling cup is connected with the lower end of distill cup; the coffee bucket is arranged at the rim of boiling cup; the distill cup is provided with a distill tube; the lower end of the tube leads to the coffee bucket from the bottom of distill cup and the upper end of the tube leads to the upper part of distill cup; the lid is connected to the upper end of distill cup, and the bottom of the said boiling cup is set up with a heating plate and a thermistor is installed at the bottom of the heating plate. The on-board coffee processor has the boiling cup, the coffee bucket and the distill cup arranged from bottom to top; the boiling cup has a heating device.

A thermally-actuated flow-restrictor device in an aircraft galley insert is provided that includes a housing formed of first and second flanged fittings. The first fitting includes an outlet port for connection to an aircraft galley insert, and the second fitting includes an inlet port for connection to an aircraft potable water supply. The second fitting also includes a boss surrounding the inlet port. A closure element contained within the housing includes a plurality of metals having different coefficients of thermal expansion. This allows the element to actuate depending upon the temperature of water contacting the closure element. When water having a predetermined temperature contacts the closure element, its surface facing the inlet port becomes convexly positioned proximal to the boss, thereby restricting the backflow of water through the flow-restrictor device. Once the closure element cools, its surface facing the inlet port becomes concave, resulting in normal device operation.

A thermally-actuated flow-restrictor device in an aircraft galley insert is provided that includes a housing formed of first and second flanged fittings. The first fitting includes an outlet port for connection to an aircraft galley insert, and the second fitting includes an inlet port for connection to an aircraft potable water supply. The second fitting also includes a boss surrounding the inlet port. A closure element contained within the housing includes a plurality of metals having different coefficients of thermal expansion. This allows the element to actuate depending upon the temperature of water contacting the closure element. When water having a predetermined temperature contacts the closure element, its surface facing the inlet port becomes convexly positioned proximal to the boss, thereby restricting the backflow of water through the flow-restrictor device. Once the closure element cools, its surface facing the inlet port becomes concave, resulting in normal device operation.

A temperature control apparatus has a housing and at least one thermosensitive protective action component. The thermosensitive protective action component has a metal actuator, an acting mechanism, a support frame, and a switch contact set. The metal actuator and the acting mechanism are both arranged on the support frame. The acting mechanism controls the on-off state of the switch contact set. The switch contact set is connected between the housing and the support frame. The switch contact set has a movable contact piece and a fixed contact piece. The temperature control apparatus also has a connecting component. The housing and the thermosensitive protective action component are flexibly connected therebetween via the connecting component. When the liquid heater is deformed as a result of a thermal shock, a great thermal contact can be maintained between the thermosensitive protective action component and a temperature sensing surface of the liquid heater.

A control circuit, connectable to a domestic power line (L1, L2), includes a logic controller (1), a power supply (2) for the logic controller (1), at least one control switch (3) for an electrical load (4, 5) connected to the logic controller (1), and an electrically actuated deviator (6) connected to the logic controller (1). The deviator (6) is switchable between a machine activation status, where a main power line (7) of the power supply (2) is connected to the domestic power line (L1, L2), and a machine deactivation status, where a secondary power line (8) of the power supply (2) is connected to the domestic power line (L1, L2), having a normally open switch (9) connected to the logic controller (1), and energy storage that maintains power supply to the logic controller (1) for an operating time of the deviator (6) switching.

A control circuit, connectable to a domestic power line (L1, L2), includes a logic controller (1), a power supply (2) for the logic controller (1), at least one control switch (3) for an electrical load (4, 5) connected to the logic controller (1), and an electrically actuated deviator (6) connected to the logic controller (1). The deviator (6) is switchable between a machine activation status, where a main power line (7) of the power supply (2) is connected to the domestic power line (L1, L2), and a machine deactivation status, where a secondary power line (8) of the power supply (2) is connected to the domestic power line (L1, L2), having a normally open switch (9) connected to the logic controller (1), and energy storage that maintains power supply to the logic controller (1) for an operating time of the deviator (6) switching.

A beverage brewing system includes a housing, a component tower extending from the housing, a brewing basket mounting bracket rotatably attached to the component tower, a brewing basket module removably accommodated within the brewing basket mounting bracket between an inserted position and a removed position, a controller provided within the housing, and a locking assembly provided within the component tower and operably connected with the controller, the locking assembly selectively contacting the brewing basket module. The locking assembly includes a lock mounting bracket attached to the component tower, a lock bar slidably mounted within the lock mounting bracket between a first position and a second position, and a switch attached to the lock mounting bracket and operably connected with the controller, the switch being selectively activated based on a position of the lock bar.

A motorized beverage machine (1) has a brewing unit (2) that comprises a first assembly (13) and a second assembly (14) cooperating together, each assembly (13,14) delimiting part of a brewing chamber (29) for containing an ingredient capsule (30). At least one of these assemblies (14) is: movable away from the cooperating assembly (13) into an open position within such machine for forming between said assemblies a passage (31) for inserting into and/or removing from the brewing unit the ingredient capsule (30); and movable to the cooperating assembly into a closed position for forming the brewing chamber (29). The machine comprises activation means including: a motor for driving the movable assembly between the open and closed positions and transmission means for transmitting the drive action of the motor to the movable assembly; water supply means for supplying heated water to brewing chamber; control means for controlling the drive action of the motor comprising means for measuring at least one electrical parameter representative of the motor power consumption and for comparing the evolution of said measured parameter as a function of time during the transfer of the assembly from the open to the closed position to a set reference and means for providing an input to at least one of the activation means as a result of the compared evolution of the measured parameter to the set reference.

A motorized beverage machine (1) has a brewing unit (2) that comprises a first assembly (13) and a second assembly (14) cooperating together, each assembly (13,14) delimiting part of a brewing chamber (29) for containing an ingredient capsule (30). At least one of these assemblies (14) is: movable away from the cooperating assembly (13) into an open position within such machine for forming between said assemblies a passage (31) for inserting into and/or removing from the brewing unit the ingredient capsule (30); and movable to the cooperating assembly into a closed position for forming the brewing chamber (29). The machine comprises activation means including: a motor for driving the movable assembly between the open and closed positions and transmission means for transmitting the drive action of the motor to the movable assembly; water supply means for supplying heated water to brewing chamber; control means for controlling the drive action of the motor comprising means for measuring at least one electrical parameter representative of the motor power consumption and for comparing the evolution of said measured parameter as a function of time during the transfer of the assembly from the open to the closed position to a set reference and means for providing an input to at least one of the activation means as a result of the compared evolution of the measured parameter to the set reference.

A heater assembly for use in a domestic appliance comprises a main part (12) and a cover part (13) fixedly connected to the main part (12), the parts (12, 13) enclosing a heater space (11) of the heater assembly. The parts (12, 13) are sealingly coupled to each other in a sealing area (16) which is at a position for surrounding the heater space (11), wherein, at a position which is more to the outside of the heater assembly than a sealing area 5 (16), as seen from the heater space (11), the heater assembly is provided with at least one safety opening (22, 23) for allowing fluidum from the heater space (11) to flow therethrough in a forced safety condition of the heater assembly in which condition at least one fluidum passage is present between the parts (12, 13) in the sealing area (16).