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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;

Inventors:

Koen Standaar, Utrecht, NL;

Hendrik Johan Dees, Utrecht, NL;

Mathias Antonius Fransiscus Rutten, Utrecht, NL;

Bram Klabbers, Utrecht, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A47J 31/40 (2013.01); A47J 31/401 (2013.01); A47J 31/404 (2013.01); A47J 31/461 (2018.08); A47J 31/469 (2018.08);
Abstract

The beverage preparation unit comprises a mixing chamber having a beverage outlet, a liquid flow path for supplying a liquid to the mixing chamber, and an air flow path for supplying air to the liquid flow path. The mixing chamber is arranged for receiving a beverage related ingredient, such as concentrate, preferably from an exchangeable supply pack. The liquid flow path is arranged for generating a hollow jet of liquid having an outer liquid portion extending in a flow direction of the jet and an inner air portion extending in a flow direction of the jet wherein the outer liquid portion surrounds the inner air portion.


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