Patent ID: 9260283
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B67D

Claim Text:
1. A beverage dispenser for engaging an external source of multiple pressurized flavor concentrates and pressurized water, the beverage dispenser comprising: a housing having a lower perimeter and an upper perimeter; a lid configured to engage the upper perimeter; a base configured to engage the lower perimeter; a post-mix valve coupled to the housing and extending therefrom, the valve comprising a body, a nozzle for dispensing a beverage, a handle operating member extending upward from the body, and a sensor activated by movement of the handle operating member, the post-mix valve configured to separately receive a flavor concentrate and water and mix the two fluids in the nozzle before dispensing; a flow control assembly inside the housing, the flow control assembly comprising a multiplicity of paired mechanically adjustable flow control elements and dispensing controllers, the dispensing controllers fluidly coupled to the post-mix valve; a touch-sensitive control panel mounted to the outside of the housing; and a computer for controlling the dispensing controllers of the flow control assembly responsive to user touches of the control panel and user movement of the handle operating member to deliver a flavor concentrate and water from the dispensing controllers to the post-mix valve.