Patent ID: 8230778
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing and dispensing at least one beverage such as coffee, tea, milk, chocolate milk, or soup, which beverage can, if desired, be at least partly foamed, the apparatus comprising: at least one foaming chamber having at least one inlet opening for supplying to the foaming chamber a beverage or ingredients for a beverage, and a foaming device for foaming the beverage which flows through the foaming chamber; at least one outlet which is in fluid communication with the foaming chamber for dispensing the beverage from the foaming chamber; at least one dosing unit for regulating a flow rate of the beverage which flows from the outlet; wherein the at least one outlet and at least a portion of the at least one dosing unit are movable relative to one another such that the outlet can be closed off to a greater or lesser extent, and wherein the foaming device is provided with at least one stirrer included in the at least one foaming chamber.