Patent ID: 7591217
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage device for making a beverage with a foam layer on top, comprising: foaming means for generating foam from said beverage, said foaming means including (i) at least one inlet opening for receiving beverage under pressure and at least one outlet opening for the beverage with the foam, (ii) means for generating a spray of beverage, including a whirl chamber having inlet passages for receiving the beverage from the inlet passages so that the beverage rotates in the whirl chamber about the axis, the inlet passages extending in a tangential direction with respect to a central axis of the whirl chamber, and further including a central outlet opening for generating the beverage as a substantially-conical, rotating spray, and (iii) a collision surface which, in use, is hit by said conical spray, thereby generating the foam.