US Patent Issued to DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES on Feb. 17 for "Device for emulsifying and/or heating milk and method for producing a milk-based drink" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,048, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.r.l. (Treviso, Italy).

"Device for emulsifying and/or heating milk and method for producing a milk-based drink" was invented by Edy Altoe (Treviso, Italy), Matteo Stecca (Treviso, Italy), Alessandro Sartor (Treviso, Italy), Stefano Forin (Treviso, Italy) and Giovanni Rossetto (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for emulsifying and/or heating milk comprising a milk heater, a hermetically closed milk container, a mixer provided with a milk inlet, an air inlet and an outlet of a milk-based drink, a milk supply circuit comprising a connection conduit betw...