The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Andrea Ferraro, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Santini, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The beverage frothing device comprises a first beverage passageway comprised of: a first beverage suction chamber () in communication with a first beverage suction duct () and a first steam inlet duct (), wherein the first beverage suction duct is configured for communication with a beverage container; an air inlet port (A); a frothing arrangement for mixing beverage delivered through the first beverage suction duct () with air from the air inlet port (A) and producing frothed beverage; a first beverage dispensing spout (), wherefrom frothed beverage is dispensed. The beverage frothing device further comprises a second beverage passageway comprised of a second beverage suction chamber () in communication with a second beverage suction duct () and a second steam inlet duct (), wherein the second beverage suction duct is configured for communication with the beverage container. A steam feeding arrangement is further provided, which is configured for dispensing steam selectively to the first steam delivery duct (), for producing frothed beverage, or to the second steam delivery duct () for producing hot, unfrothed beverage.