Coffee maker with foaming device
AssigneeBialetti Industrie S.p.A.
InventorMoreno Balzani
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Abstract
A coffee maker which has a funnel ending with a funnel mouth and a foaming device applied to the funnel mouth is provided. The foaming device has a valve made of deformable material provided with an outlet mouth towards which an exiting percolated beverage is channeled. In a rest condition, in which the valve does not cooperate with the funnel, the at outlet mouth has a rest passage section. In a mounting condition, in which the valve cooperates with the funnel, the outlet mouth is deformed and has a working passage section, reduced as compared to the rest passage section.
Claims12
A coffee maker comprising a funnel ending with a funnel mouth and a foaming device applied to the funnel mouth, wherein said foaming device comprises a valve made of deformable material provided with an outlet mouth towards which an exiting percolated beverage is channeled, wherein
- in a rest condition, in which the valve does not cooperate with the funnel, said outlet mouth has a rest passage section, and
- in a mounting condition, in which the valve cooperates with the funnel, said outlet mouth is deformed and has a working passage section, reduced as compared to the rest passage section, wherein
- said outlet mouth is formed in a portion of the valve, and in the mounting condition said portion of the valve is subject to a compression that causes deformation of the outlet mouth,
- the foaming device comprises a tang provided with an engagement portion provided with a mouth for application of the valve, and wherein
- the portion of the valve is forcefully inserted into the mouth of the tang, causing a necking of the outlet mouth and reducing the working passage section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.