A MIXING DEVICE FOR USE IN A BEVERAGE MACHINE

摘要

A mixing device for use in a beverage machine, comprising a housing having inlet openings for ingredients to be mixed in its upper part and having an outlet towards an underlying mixing chamber having an outlet duct. The mixing chamber has a closed front wall and a removable rear wall on the opposite side. Adjacent the rear wall there is provided a mixing disc which is carried by a horizontal shaft that is rotatably supported between the front and rear walls. The device is placed with its rear side against a wall of the machine casing, behind which there is a drive motor. The coupling between mixing disc and drive shaft is formed by a magnetic field going through said rear wall and generated between magnets that are provided in said mixing disc and on the drive shaft end respectively.