Patent ID: 8196905
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for frothing liquid foodstuffs, comprising: a drive for generating a rotary movement; a shaft which is connected to the drive, the shaft having a first end close to the drive and a second end remote from the drive; and an elongate, flexible frothing element which is connected to the shaft at at least a first fixing point and a second fixing point that is axially different from said first fixing point, the frothing element having a length between the first and the second fixing points, at least during operation of the apparatus, that is greater than the distance between the first and second fixing points, so that the frothing element assumes a bent shape, the frothing element being sufficiently flexible for its shape to be changeable during operation of the apparatus due to centrifugal forces in the event of rotary movement of the shaft, the frothing element further being longitudinally elastic in such a way that its length is changeable during operation of the apparatus due to centrifugal forces in the event of rotary movement of the shaft.