Patent ID: 8726788
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A47J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beverage making unit for use in a beverage maker, comprising a duct system for conveying at least two fluids toward a outlet of the beverage maker and for joining the fluids in order to prepare a beverage, wherein said duct system comprises: a main duct for carrying a main flow of a first of said at least o fluids, said main duct having an inlet at one longitudinal end thereof for receiving the first of said at least two fluid; and at least two subsidiary ducts for carrying subsidiary flows of a second of said at least two fluids, said at least two subsidiary ducts merging into the main duct at different positions along a longitudinal axis of the main duct between the inlet and an outlet of the main duct, said at least two subsidiary ducts each having a cross sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the main duct, wherein a longitudina axis of at least one of the subsidiary ducts extends at an angle smaller than 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the main duct at a position where the corresponding subsidiary duct merges into the main duct, wherein the subsidiary flows carried by he at least one of the subsidiary ducts that extends at an angle smaller than 90° and containing the second of said at least two fluids performs a pumping action on a main flow containing the first of said at least two fluids.