Patent ID: 9144344
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically producing milk froth in a milk-frothing apparatus, wherein the milk-frothing apparatus encompasses at least one hollow space, a steam-inlet channel for introducing steam into the hollow space, a milk-inlet channel for introducing milk into the hollow space, an air-inlet channel for introducing air into the hollow space, an outlet channel for discharging milk froth from the milk-frothing apparatus and an emulsion chamber, which is arranged between the hollow space and the outlet channel, and wherein the steam-inlet channel, the milk-inlet channel, air-inlet channel, the emulsion chamber and the outlet channel are in each case directly or indirectly connected to the hollow space and a milk-air-steam mixture can be produced in the hollow space by introducing steam into the hollow space and can be introduced into the emulsion chamber, wherein the method encompasses the following method steps: introducing steam into the steam-inlet channel, so as to let milk and air flow into the hollow space and to swirl said steam, milk, and air to form a milk-air-steam mixture; outputting the milk-air-steam mixture from the emulsion chamber into the outlet channel; wherein the method furthermore encompasses the following method step: introducing a sweetening means, which is present in solid form, into the emulsion chamber, wherein the sweetening means is embodied as a body, which is shaped to form a block, and this body is arranged in the emulsion chamber before the introduction of steam into the steam-inlet channel takes place, so that the milk-air-steam mixture flows around the sweetening means and the sweetening means is dissolved in the milk-air-steam mixture.