Device for Dispensing a Beverage with a Controlled Air Inlet, and Method Thereof

摘要

A device (3) for metering a base liquid and mixing this base liquid with a diluent to prepare a food product, has means for connecting it with a container (4) containing the base liquid, the device (3) comprising: a diluent inlet (71), a mixing chamber (80) for mixing the base liquid with the diluent. Air inlet means are provided for selectively having ambient air enter the device and guiding it to the container (4). Control means are provided for selectively metering the base liquid into the mixing chamber and for selectively enabling an air flow through the air inlet means only during periods when no base liquid is metered into the mixing chamber.