Frothing assembly and method of operating the same

US8991795B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BRIGGO, INC. · US

Inventors

• Charles F. Studor · Austin, US
• Brent Joseph Clafferty · Georgetown, US
• Stephen A. Miller · Windom, US
• Marwan Hassoun · Austin, US
• Pete P. Garcia · Georgetown, US
• Lynn Warren Hamrick · Leander, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01F2101/07
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An automated frothing assembly. The automated frothing assembly has a wand module that includes an elongate member having an inlet, one or more outlets, and a fluid passageway extending between and in fluid communication with the inlet and the plurality of outlets. At least one of the one or more outlets extends parallel to a vertical plane that includes the centerline of the elongate member and at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to both the vertical plane and the centerline of the elongate member. The assembly further includes an actuator configured to be operatively coupled to the wand module and to drive the movement of at least a portion of the wand module along an axis, and an electronic controller configured to be electrically coupled to the actuator and to control the operation of the actuator to control the movement of the wand module.