Patent ID: 8950316
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing baby milk from water and dry formula, the apparatus comprising: a water supply system for supplying water; a formula supply system for supplying the dry formula, wherein the formula supply system comprises a reservoir for holding the dry formula, a feeder for feeding the dry formula out of the reservoir through an outlet opening in the reservoir, and a scraper configured to guide the dry formula towards the outlet opening in the reservoir; and a mixing unit for bringing the water and the dry formula together, wherein the scraper is further configured to move closely along an inner wall portion of the reservoir that borders on the outlet opening, wherein the outlet opening is elongated and extends across the inner wall portion substantially from a center of the inner wall portion to an edge of the inner wall portion, wherein the scraper comprises at least two arms that are rotatable around a rotation axis extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the reservoir, wherein the at least two arms are curved and have free ends that curve away from the walls towards a center of the reservoir, and wherein the free ends terminate with extremities that do not contact each other and, in one rotable position of the scraper, extend along a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reservoir.