Patent ID: 8768524
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispenser, comprising: a housing comprising multiple pour stations, each pour station comprising a separate set of corresponding components located within the housing, each set of corresponding components comprising an installation position configured to receive and hold a fluid container, a data reader configured to scan indicia of a fluid container placed at the installation position, a fluid conduit locatable in fluid communication with an interior of a fluid container held at the installation position, a meterable flow control device in fluid communication with the fluid conduit and electrically controllable to output a fluid at a selected one of multiple different flow rates, and first and second electrically-operated diluent valves; and a controller located within the housing and in electrical communication with the data readers, the meterable flow control devices, the first diluent valves and the second diluent valves, wherein the controller is configured to simultaneously execute an independent program thread with regard to each of the installation positions, and wherein the controller is configured to, as part of each programming thread and using the components corresponding to the installation position with regard to which the programming thread is executed,