Patent ID: 9027467
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A system for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption, for instance coffee and/or tea, the system comprising: an apparatus for dispensing beverage under pressure to a nozzle, and at least one receiving chamber which is placeable or is placed downstream relative to said nozzle such that, during use, the nozzle spouts a jet of said beverage with a relatively high velocity to and/or into the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber being provided with at least one outflow opening for dispensing beverage received in the chamber, wherein the system is at least configured to substantially counteract or prevent formation of foam of this beverage, in particular when the beverage is spouted to and/or into the receiving chamber; wherein the receiving chamber is provided with a foam formation preventing surface which receives said beverage jet during use of said nozzle, the foam formation preventing surface comprises at least one of a bent surface and bent surface part, such that the beverage jet can spread along said surface and can flow away therealong, as a beverage layer flowing in a substantially laminar manner, substantially without forming foam, and wherein the foam formation preventing surface is at least provided with a substantially undulating surface part, the surface being provided with one or more substantially circular ripples; wherein the system can at least be brought from a first configuration into a second configuration and vice versa, while in the first configuration, the system is configured to substantially counteract or prevent formation of foam of the beverage while in the second configuration, the system is configured to increase the formation of foam of the beverage; wherein one or more parts of the system are one of removable for bringing the system from the first into the second configuration and/or vice versa, and exchangeable with corresponding parts for bringing the system from the first into the second configuration and/or vice versa; wherein the foam formation preventing surface includes a central flat surface part, a recessed surface part extending entirely around the flat surface part and recessed relative to the flat surface part, and an elevated continuous surface part extending substantially around the recessed surface part, wherein the flat surface part, the recessed surface part, and the elevated surface part form a continuous surface.