Milk Frothing Device Equipped With A Calibrated Air Passage
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsGilles Morin, Quentin Dos Santos
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Abstract
The milk frothing device includes a mixing part having a mixing chamber, a hot water/vapor inlet orifice and a main flow conduit connecting the hot water/vapor inlet orifice to the mixing chamber; a closure part movable relative to the mixing part between a closed position in which the closure part closes the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit and an open position in which the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit are open; a milk supply conduit and an air supply conduit connected to the main flow conduit; and a seal extending around the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit.
Claims19
A milk frothing device intended to cooperate with an automatic coffee machine, the milk frothing device comprising:
- a mixing part comprising a mixing chamber provided with an outlet orifice, a hot water/vapor inlet orifice and a main flow conduit connecting the hot water/vapor inlet orifice to the mixing chamber;
- a closure part movable relative to the mixing part between a closed position in which the closure part closes the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit and an open position in which the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit are open and accessible for cleaning;
- a milk supply conduit connected to the main flow conduit,
- an air supply conduit connected to the main flow conduit;
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- a seal arranged at a junction area between the mixing part and the closure part and extending around the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit,
- wherein the air supply conduit comprises a calibrated air passage configured to define a maximum air flow in the air supply conduit which is independent of the seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.