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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Walter Balkau, Schwändl, CH;
Rüdiger Ternité, Hamburg, DE;
Hartwig Meyer-ruhstrat, Stelle, DE;
Tchibo GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A device for preparing froth, in particular for preparing milk froth by means of hot steam output by a domestic coffee machine, contains an elongate nozzle body having a rear end and a front end, which can be connected in the region of its rear end to a hot steam source and which has an outlet nozzle in the region of its front end. A casing sleeve having a rear end and a front end surrounds the nozzle body and has an air intake opening in the region of its rear end and an outlet opening in the region of its front end, an intermediate space being formed between the nozzle body and the casing sleeve. An outer sleeve surrounds the casing sleeve at least in the region of the rear end of the casing sleeve.