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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Darren William Crow, Westerville, OH (US);
Takeshi Masu, Hyogo, JP;
Jurgen Leenders, Pannerden, NL;
Richard Patrick Egnor, Huntsville, OH (US);
Travis D. Hall, Marysville, OH (US);
Darren William Crow, Westerville, OH (US);
Takeshi Masu, Hyogo, JP;
Jurgen Leenders, Pannerden, NL;
Richard Patrick Egnor, Huntsville, OH (US);
Travis D. Hall, Marysville, OH (US);
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino.