Apparatus for heating and frothing a beverage product

US9474408B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WMF GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Sander Dollner · Neu-Ulm, DE
• Alexander Kiefer · Kuchen, DE
• Joel Eicke · Ulm, DE
• Torsten Boensch · Geislingen an der Steige, DE
• Peter Arndt · Hazlet, US
• Hans-Ulrich Hostettler · Wichtrach, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/4485
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

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.