Patent ID: 8460440

Claim:
A beverage production device comprising: a beverage production chamber designed to allow a liquid to interact with a beverage ingredient; liquid supply member for supplying liquid to the beverage production chamber; heating member provided in the liquid supply member for heating the liquid; and an air separating compartment located in the liquid supply member after the heating member for separating air or other gas contained in the liquid, the air separating compartment comprises: an inlet for introducing liquid into the air separating compartment, means for breaking the kinetic energy of the liquid introduced through the inlet by changing the direction of the liquid; a liquid outlet, separated from the inlet by the means for breaking the kinetic energy, for evacuating liquid from the air separating compartment; and an air outlet, also separated from the inlet by the means for breaking the kinetic energy, for evacuating air from the air separating compartment, the means for breaking the kinetic energy of the liquid introduced through the inlet changes the direction of the liquid flow path to an opposite direction at least twice.