Apparatus for consumable powder reconstitution and frothing
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsBeli R. Thakur, Juan J. Gonzalez, Hanspeter Pleisch, David Casey Guerrera, Stephen Daniel Westfall, Alexander A. Sher
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder(s) with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup with or without froth. The powder is introduced into a container and pre-wetted by an intersecting liquid spray. Further mixing occurs in the container. The container may have additional liquid streams feeding into the container for increased mixing. This food liquid can then be aspirated by the Venturi effect by steam generation to produce a frothed/aerated food liquid.
Claims9
An apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder in a container comprising:
- a mixing container;
- a receptacle for holding and dispensing powder into said mixing container;
- a liquid delivery means for dispensing a wetting liquid stream into said mixing container, said wetting liquid stream for pre-wetting said powder in mid-air within said mixing container by wetting said powder as said powder is dispensed in order to form a wetted powder;
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- a liquid inlet disposed to deliver a mixing liquid stream into said mixing container in a direction approximately tangential to an inner wall of said mixing container in order to increase turbulence and mixing, said mixing liquid stream for mixing said wetted powder with liquid to form a food liquid reconstituted from said powder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.