US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Device and process for preparing frothy milk" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,926, issued on Dec. 16.

"Device and process for preparing frothy milk" was invented by Paolo Nadalet (Belluno, Italy) and Andrea Zonelli (Marcon, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Frothing device (1) to froth a beverage, especially milk, comprising: a steam source (2); a source (3) of pressurized air; a dispensing unit (4) to dispense air and steam to the beverage; an air flow rate regulating device (6) arranged downstream of the source (3) of pressurized air; a control unit (16) programmed to operate, in use, the simultaneous supply of steam and air to the dispensing unit (4), respectively from the steam source (2) and from the s...