Patent ID: 8256343
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage-making device using at least one pad containing extractable material comprising: an outlet including an outlet opening for dispensing a beverage; means for generating a rotation in a flow of the beverage that moves over an outlet surface towards the outlet opening arranged in the outlet surface, wherein the rotation -generating means comprise a curved directing surface encompassing a rotation space in which the outlet opening is present; and at least one inlet channel for providing access to the rotation space and being arranged in the rotation-generating means, wherein the at least one inlet channel interrupts the curved directing surface, wherein the rotation-generating means comprise a number of projections extending beyond the outlet surface for supporting the at least one pad, wherein the projections are arranged in a circle and have curved surfaces with spaces between the curved surfaces, wherein the at least one inlet channel is formed by a space between the curved surfaces of the projections, and wherein a direction in which the at least one inlet channel extends deviate from a direction of a radius of the circle.