US Patent Issued to LUIGI LAVAZZA on Nov. 3 for "System for cleaning milk ducts for a machine for preparing beverages" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,339, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).

"System for cleaning milk ducts for a machine for preparing beverages" was invented by Carlo Carbonini (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning system for a machine for preparing beverages has a washing water supply piping and a washing chamber suppliable with washing water provided by the washing water supply piping. A movable part of a flexible hose extracted from a milk reservoir may be placed into the washing chamber. Through the flexible hose, the washing water contained in the washing chamber may be conveyed to a frothing head of the machi...