APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES, IN PARTICULAR MILK-BASED BEVERAGES, SUCH AS CAPPUCCINO, CHOCOLATE AND THE LIKE

摘要

The apparatus (1) comprises: a container (2); a removable cover (3), suitable for closing the container (2); a rotating stirrer (6) which extends inside the container (2) and is provided with an end impeller (8); an electric motor (22), for driving the stirrer (6) via a coupling joint (9, 10, 23, 26); and a hot steam dispensing wand (13) extending inside the container (2) and connectable to the steam source (52) of a coffee machine (CM) via a connection union (12) associated with the cover (3). The electric motor (22) is contained in a housing (21) which is separate and distinct from the cover (3) and is connected or able to be connected to power supply terminals (49, 50) with which the coffee machine (CM) is provided. The cover (3) is designed to support the stirrer (6) rotatably and the inlet fluid connector (12) thereof is able to be directly connected to a steam dispensing fluid union or socket (48) of the coffee machine (CM). The coupling joint comprises first and second coupling members (9, 10; 23, 26) which are separate and distinct from each other and connected to the shaft of the motor (22) and to the end of the stirrer (6) opposite the impeller (8) and close to the cover (3), respectively. The housing (21) and the cover (3) can be coupled together in an operating configuration in which the coupling members (9, 10; 23, 26) allow transmission of the rotation from the motor (22) to the stirrer (6) and in which the fluid inlet union (12) of the cover (3) can be directly connected to a steam dispensing socket (48) of the machine (CM).