Coffee-making machine combined with a milk frothing device

摘要

In the coffee-maker (1) combined with a milk frother device (2), the coffee-maker (1) comprises a steam or hot water dispenser (3) and a unit (4) for delivering the coffee beverage into at least one cup (5), which can be positioned in an area (6) underneath the delivery unit (4), and the frother device (2) comprises a container (7) directly or indirectly supporting a hollow collector body (8) with a milk suction pathway (9), an air suction pathway (10), a steam or hot water inlet pathway (11) and an outlet pathway (12) connected to a nozzle (13) for discharging directly into, or in a direction orientable towards, the area (6), said frother device (2) comprising a base (14) for supporting the container (7) on the outside of the drip tray (22) in the coffee-maker (1), there also being a conduit (15) providing a hydraulic connection between the steam or hot water dispenser (3) and the steam or hot water inlet pathway (11), the conduit (15) comprising an intermediate portion of conduit (16) that extends inside the base (14), a first portion of conduit (17) that extends inside the coffee-maker (1), and a second portion of conduit (18) that extends inside the container (7), the intermediate portion of conduit (16) and the second portion of conduit (18) being configured so as to form a removable mechanical coupling in the sense of a vertical coupling axis (35).