Patent ID: 6499389
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for producing milk froth for cappuccino, comprising:a nozzle arrangement having a first inlet for connection to the output of a steam pipe and having a vacuum chamber with a second inlet for connection to a milk supply line; an air conduit connected to the second inlet upstream of the vacuum chamber, whereby an air/milk mixture is supplied to the vacuum chamber; an emulsifying chamber connected to the outlet of the vacuum chamber and having a chamber wall, a floor with a central, flow-diverting protrusion and an outlet; and a settling segment adjoining the outlet; arid, wherein the emulsifying chamber is formed without separate air inlets and has at least two free cross sections that widen step-wise in the primary flow direction, and the central, flow-diverting protrusion is formed as a flow trap that surrounds the outlet in the floor such that the protrusion diverts a mixture flowing essentially in the primary flow direction essentially to a direction counter to the primary flow direction.