Patent ID: 7464835

Claim:
A beverage mixer and dispenser, comprising: a housing defining a mixing chamber in which powdery drink extract and hot water can be joined to produce hot beverages, the mixing chamber defining a lower outlet; and a cream chamber disposed below the mixing chamber and arranged to receive hot beverages from the outlet of the mixing chamber; a rotatable mixing rotor disposed within the mixing chamber to mix the hot water and powdery drink extracts; and a rotatable first cream rotor disposed within the cream chamber to aerate the hot beverage, the cream chamber defining an outlet through which the aerated beverage is dispensed into a receiving vessel for consumption, wherein the first cream rotor is approximately cup-shaped in a non-rotating state, the circumferential edge of the first cream rotor abutting against a dividing wall between the mixing chamber and the cream chamber, thereby creating a seal between the mixing chamber and the cream chamber, and, wherein, in a rotating state, the first cream rotor flattens under centripetal force.