Patent ID: 7644652

Claim:
Device for foaming milk with external milk suctioning as an add-on device for connection to a steam supply provided with a steam nozzle of espresso machines or similar household appliances, the device having a nozzle arrangement to generate vacuum pressure in a vacuum chamber by means of steam flow and suction tubes connected to the vacuum chamber for a milk and air or milk-air mixture and a discharge opening to discharge a generated steam-milk-air mixture, the device comprising at least one fixed part that can be connected to the steam supply with the steam nozzle and one disposable part located on the fixed part that can be removed from the fixed part, and the disposable part comprising at least a nozzle arrangement arranged in a region of the fixed part with the vacuum chamber and the suction tubes as well as a milk suction tube and a milk foam discharge tube, wherein at least two tubes comprise thin-wall plastic tubes that can be produced by extrusion molding.