Patent ID: 9060646
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A milk frothing device comprising: a milk reservoir; a supply of pressurized gas; a mixing area for mixing milk from the milk reservoir and gas; an injection gas conduit in fluid communication with the mixing area for injecting gas into milk in the mixing area; a milk conduit that is tubular and extends from an interior of the milk reservoir to an exterior of the milk reservoir, the mixing area located inside the milk conduit; a pressurized gas supply arrangement for driving milk from the milk reservoir to the mixing area, the pressurized gas supply arrangement has a propelling gas conduit that extends into the interior of the milk reservoir and is configured to deliver pressurized propelling gas therein to pressurize the reservoir and propel pressurized milk from the reservoir to the mixing area; and an in-line heater so constructed and arranged as to heat in-line only the pressurized milk propelled to the mixing area, with the remaining milk in the milk reservoir being unheated by the in-line heater.