Patent ID: 7147131

Claim:
A food product dispenser, comprising: a water source; at least two water nozzles; a flowable food component source; a food component nozzle; and a delivery device connecting the water source to the fluid nozzle and the component source to the component nozzle for delivering water and a food component from the respective source to the respective nozzles, wherein the delivery device and nozzles are configured such that the water and component are ejected from the water and component nozzles, respectively, in at least two water and at least one component streams, respectively, which intersect each other at an intersection location at which the streams mix substantially in a state of free fall; wherein the delivery device and nozzles are configured for ejecting the streams in a configuration such that the streams mix by collision to produce a food product which is directed to a dispensing location; wherein the nozzles comprise ejection orifices, with the ejection orifices of the component nozzle being disposed closer to a substantially vertical axis that extends through the intersection location than the orifices of one or both of the water nozzles to cause mixing with energy sufficient to form a froth on the food product, and wherein the water streams are ejected at a linear velocity which is greater than the linear velocity of the food component stream.