Patent ID: 7350457
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing from a concentrate, a foamed beverage suitable for consumption comprising a mixing chamber, a liquid supply comprising a liquid flow path for supplying a liquid under pressure to the mixing chamber, and first dosing device supplying, in a dosed manner, the concentrate to be mixed with the liquid to the mixing chamber for mixing the liquid with the concentrate in the mixing chamber, the apparatus being further provided with air supply supplying air to the mixing chamber for obtaining the beverage having a foam layer, wherein the mixing chamber is configured as a whirl chamber, wherein the liquid supply is configured to supply the liquid to the whirl chamber such that a whirl arises of the supplied liquid and the concentrate, the liquid supply further including a second dosing device for supplying, in a dosed manner, the liquid to the whirl chamber, and a nozzle included in the liquid flow path for generating a jet of the liquid which, in use, is spouted into the whirl chamber, the apparatus being further provided with a control device for controlling the first and second dosing devices for preparing a predetermined amount of the beverage with a foam layer and further including an air inlet which is included outside the whirl chamber downstream of the nozzle in the liquid flow path so that the air in the liquid flow path is drawn in exclusively by the liquid jet into the liquid flow path and independently of the concentrate.