ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,045, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Azkoyen S.A. (Peralta, Spain).
"System and method for foaming milk" was invented by Jose Maria Lopez Ruiz (Peralta, Spain) and Luis Maria Lumbier Moleres (Peralta, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system for foaming milk comprises a container (2) for milk; an air inlet (3); a pump (4), wherein liquid milk is mixed with the air in order to produce foamed milk; and an outlet (6), wherein foamed milk is supplied, wherein the container is a container for powdered milk, and wherein the system for foaming milk further comprises a tank (8) for water and a premixing chamber (9). In the method f...