ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,924, issued on July 1, was assigned to SILNOVA GMBH (Rehau, Germany).
"Method for manufacturing a heatable media line" was invented by Tobias Hofmeister (Schoneck, Germany), Michael Stary (Marienkirchen an der Polsenz, Austria) and Peter Zielke (Adorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a heatable media line (100), in particular for conducting and simultaneously reheating brewing water or a freshly brewed hot beverage (1) in a hot-beverage dispensing machine (1000). According to the invention, along a hose line (2), at least one heat transfer foil which homogenizes the heat trans...