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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Sander Dollner, Ulm-Wiblingen, DE;
Alexander Kiefer, Kuchen, DE;
Joel Eicke, Ulm, DE;
Torsten Boensch, Geislingen/Steige, DE;
Peter Arndt, Blaustein, DE;
Hans-ulrich Hostettler, Wichtrach Bern, CH;
Sander Dollner, Ulm-Wiblingen, DE;
Alexander Kiefer, Kuchen, DE;
Joel Eicke, Ulm, DE;
Torsten Boensch, Geislingen/Steige, DE;
Peter Arndt, Blaustein, DE;
Hans-Ulrich Hostettler, Wichtrach Bern, CH;
WMF GROUP GMBH, , DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for heating and frothing a beverage product, in particular milk, comprises a steam generator, a compressed air source, an air supply conduit connected to the compressed air source to supply air from the compressed air source to the steam generator, and a steam/air conduit connected to the steam generator to supply a steam/air mixture from the steam generator into the beverage product.