Patent ID: 7475628

Claim:
A device for dispensing milk and/or milk froth from a container comprising a container ( 1 ) adapted to contain milk, a coolable cabinet ( 3 ) enclosing said container, a frame ( 20 ) holding said cabinet, an extraction line ( 4 ) having one end in said container; a further line ( 5 ) connected to the other end of the extraction line ( 4 ) ; an emulsifying device ( 6 ), disposed outside the coolable cabinet ( 3 ) connected to the further line ( 5 ), means to introduce steam to the emulsifying device ( 6 ) so that the emulsifying device ( 6 ) maybe heated to in turn heat and/or froth the milk, said further line ( 5 ) being flexible and being inserted in a peristaltic pump ( 9 ) equipped with switching means ( 10 ) to switch said pump from a closed pump state to an open pump state, said peristaltic pump ( 9 ) being disposed within said coolable cabinet ( 3 ) and drivable via a drive motor wherein a direction of rotation of the peristaltic pump ( 9 ) is reversible after the milk is dispensed to pump the milk located in the further line ( 5 ) back into the container ( 1 ).