US4852473A
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Water vapor relief device for domestic coffee makers
Assignee: Oficina de Investigacion Agrupada SA
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Filing: 1988-05-09
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2008-05-09
Abstract
Abstract A water vapor relief device for domestic coffee makers includes one tube connected to a vapor generator of the coffee maker and terminating at a free end thereof with an outlet hole and another tube which surrounds the first tube and forms therewith a chamber. The first tube at the end thereof carries an expanded head for a nozzle. A conduit formed between the nozzle and the head is inclined to produce the Venturi effect so that in the liquid such as milk in which the device is submerged the bubbling is produced which generates a foam.
Inventors
- 👤 Domingo F. Azpitarte Bolivar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:14
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J31/00; A47J31/44; A47J31/4489
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A water vapour relief device for domestic coffee makers, comprising a first tube connected to a vapour generator of the coffee maker, said tube having a free end terminating in a small outlet hole through which said vapour emerges to the outside, a second tube coaxial with and surrounding said first tube to define therebetween a chamber provided with a hole for admission thereinto of surrounding air, and an auxiliary conduit located close to the outlet hole of the first tube and inclined such that the water vapour, due to an outlet pressure thereof, generates, through the Venturi effect, a suction on said auxiliary conduit, such that the device as a whole supplies a mixture of water vapour and air which creates, in a liquid wherein the device is submerged, such as milk, the bubbling which generates a foam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A water vapour relief device for domestic coffee makers, comprising a first tube connected to a vapour generator of the coffee maker, said tube having a free end terminating in a small outlet hole through which said vapour emerges to the outside, a second tube coaxial with and surrounding said first tube to define therebetween a chamber provided with a hole for admission thereinto of surrounding air, and an auxiliary conduit located close to the outlet hole of the first tube and inclined such that the water vapour, due to an outlet pressure thereof, generates, through the Venturi effect, a suction on said auxiliary conduit, such that the device as a whole supplies a mixture of water vapour and air which creates, in a liquid wherein the device is submerged, such as milk, the bubbling which generates a foam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
136 words
A water vapour relief device for domestic coffee makers in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first tube is provided, at said free end, with an expanded head which define a perimetral stepping with a remaining part of said first tube, said second tube having one end resting on said stepping and another end fixed to the first tube, said second tube being provided, on its end which rests on said stepping, with an outer thread for coupling thereto of a nozzle for said head, said nozzle and said head defining a groove for connection with the chamber defined between said second and first tubes and the outlet hole, which, with the aid of said nozzle, is converted into said conduit wherein the Venturi effect is created when water vapour is released from the first tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A water vapour relief device for domestic coffee makers in accordance with claim 2, wherein said another end is fixed to the first tube by welding.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-07-31 | 1993-01-30 | 1993-08-01 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-07-31 | 1997-01-30 | 1997-08-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-07-31 | 2001-01-30 | 2001-08-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |