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US 8,739,688 B2Granted
Device for supplying milk
AssigneeWMF Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
InventorsPeter Bockwoldt, Armin Startz
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Abstract
A device for supplying milk from a storage tank to a dispensing element, having a supply line with an inlet end which is detachably connected to the storage tank, to improve the cleaning of such a device. A cleaning device is provided for the supply line, the cleaning device containing a hot water and/or water vapor outlet having a connection device for the detachable connection of the inlet end of the supply line.
Claims10
Coffee machine, comprising:
- one of a hot water and a steam outlet,
- a dispensing device,
- a milk storage tank,
- a frothing device for milk arranged between said dispensing device and said milk storage tank,
- a supply line for milk connected to the frothing device detachably connected at an inlet end to the storage tank, and
- a cleaning device for the supply line for milk, the cleaning device having the at least one of said hot water outlet or said steam outlet, and further comprising a connecting device, wherein in a first operational configuration, the connecting device detachably connects an inlet end of the supply line for milk to the milk storage tank, and in a second operational configuration, the connecting device detachably connects the inlet end of the supply line for milk to the at least one of said hot water outlet or said steam outlet for cleaning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.