DEVICE FOR FROTHING MILK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK FOAM Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A47J31/44 

FIELD: milk processing.

SUBSTANCE: device for frothing milk (1), having a steam nozzle (2) and a mixing chamber (3) connected to the steam nozzle (2) for producing milk foam (13) from steam (5), milk (7) and air (6). The stream of milk (8) entering the mixing chamber (3) is adjustable by changing the area of the flow section of the hole (10), the air (6) is directed in the form of a stream of air (15) through the variable flow section of the hole (10) into the mixing chamber (3), and the channel for supplying milk (12) and the channel for supplying air (11) are formed in such a way that air (6) simultaneously with milk (7) has the ability to pass through the variable flow area of the hole (10) in the form of a milk-air flow (14), characterized in that in order to perform reliable cleaning of the lower sections of the channel for supplying milk (12), the channel for supplying milk (12) is made with the possibility of completely closing it using a regulating body (22), and with complete blocking of the channel for supplying milk (12), the air supply channel (11) remains passable.

EFFECT: improvement of quality of milk foam obtained using the milk frothing device.

35 cl, 12 dwg