ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,387, issued on June 2, was assigned to HEYLO S.R.L. (Bergamo, Italy).
"Automatic beverage preparation machine with electromagnetic-induction, continuous-flow fluid heater" was invented by Lorenzo Iemma (Chignolo d'Isola, Italy), Allessandro Ceriani (Chignolo d'Isola, Italy) and Andrea Doglioni Majer (Chignolo d'Isola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an automatic beverage preparation machine operable to dispense a beverage in a container, a fluid for preparing the beverage is heated by an electromagnetic-induction, continuous-flow heater having a tubular body delimiting a flow path form the fluid to be heated. The tubular body ...