Apparatus and method of frothing a quantity of milk
AssigneesCoffee Innovations Pty Ltd, La Marzocco S.R.L.
InventorsZiv SHALEV, Enrico WURM
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Abstract
It is disclosed an apparatus for frothing a quantity of milk for preparing a beverage, the apparatus comprises: a platform (1) for supporting a jug (50) containing the quantity of milk to be frothed and a steam wand (10) configured for emitting steam, wherein either said platform (1) is tiltable around a horizontal axis (X, Y) or the steam wand (10) is tiltable around a horizontal axis and wherein said steam wand (10) and said platform (1) are reciprocally movable by a translational movement in the vertical direction one with respect to the other. Preferably, there is provided a translational vertical motion of the steam wand with respect to the jug and/or of the jug with respect to the steam wand.
Claims17
An apparatus (AMF) for frothing a quantity of milk for preparing a beverage, the apparatus (AMF) comprising:
- a platform for supporting a jug containing the quantity of milk to be frothed and a steam wand configured for emitting steam and/or heated air,
- wherein either said platform is tiltable around a horizontal axis (X, Y) or the steam wand is tiltable around a horizontal axis and
- wherein said steam wand and said platform are reciprocally movable one with respect to the other.
A method of frothing a quantity of milk for preparing a beverage, the method comprising:
- providing a jug with a quantity of milk therein;
- providing a supporting platform and placing the jug on said supporting platform;
- providing a steam wand emitting steam and/or heated air, wherein said steam wand and said supporting platform are reciprocally movable one with respect to the other from a first position wherein an end of the wand is not within said jug to a second position wherein said end of the wand is at least partially within said jug immersed in the quantity of milk;
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- causing emission of steam and/or heated air from said wand end while tilting at least one of said supporting platform and steam wand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.