Patent ID: 8444016

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing milk-based beverages, comprising a cooled milk container filled with cooled milk, a pump for conveying a first metered quantity of said cooled milk from said milk container, a supplying device for supplying a second metered quantity of at least one flavoring agent from a powder flavoring agent container containing flavoring agent in powder form or from a liquid flavoring agent container containing flavoring agent in liquid form, or from both said powder flavoring agent container containing said flavoring agent in powder form and said liquid flavoring agent container containing said flavoring agent in liquid form, a mixing apparatus to which said cooled milk is conveyed, wherein the mixing apparatus is provided with an open receptacle, a chute extending from said powder flavoring agent container to above said open receptacle through which said flavoring agent in powder form can be supplied to said mixing apparatus, said open receptacle being accessible so that the at least one flavoring agent can be supplied to said mixing apparatus by a spoon, a discharge hose extending from said liquid flavoring agent container to above said open receptacle through which said flavoring agent in liquid form can be supplied to said mixing apparatus, further comprising a housing and a cabinet cooled by a cooling unit, for receiving said cooled milk container, said cabinet being disposed in said housing, whereby said cooled milk container is connected to said mixing apparatus by a first hose line in which said pump for conveying said cooled milk is disposed, whereby said mixing apparatus comprises a mixing and pumping wheel and is connected to an outlet thereby mixing said conveyed cooled milk with said supplied at least one flavoring agent within said mixing apparatus to produce a flavored milk and, at the same time as said mixing, dispensing said flavored milk into a vessel which is placed under said outlet, wherein a furcation is disposed in said first hose line between said milk container and said pump, and a second hose line is connected to said first hose line at said furcation for introducing rinse water and/or a cleaning agent into said first hose line, and two closing valves are provided one of which closing valves is disposed in said first hose line before said furcation in a direction of flow of the milk, and the other of which closing valves is disposed in the second hose line, wherein said pump and/or said mixing apparatus are cleaned by separating said first hose line from said milk container with said closing valve disposed in said first hose line and introducing said rinse water and/or said cleaning agent into said separated first hose line.