Patent ID: 7866508
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispensing system for dispensing a beverage comprising water from a water source, the beverage dispensing system comprising: a housing; a single inlet adapted to be coupled to the water source; a concentrate source removably positioned within a storage receptacle of the housing and adapted to contain concentrate; a first dispensing outlet from which a first fluid comprising at least one of water and concentrate is dispensed from the beverage dispensing system; a second dispensing outlet from which a second fluid comprising at least one of water and concentrate is dispensed from the beverage dispensing system, wherein the first fluid is different from the second fluid; a first fluid line fluidly coupling the water source and the first dispensing outlet; a second fluid line fluidly coupling the water source and the second dispensing outlet; a pump fluidly coupled between the inlet and the first fluid line and between the inlet and the second fluid line, the pump being operable to move water at a volumetric flow rate from the water source to the first dispensing outlet via the first fluid line, the pump being operable to move water at a volumetric flow rate from the water source to the second dispensing outlet via the second fluid line; a mixing valve positioned in the first fluid line fluidly connecting the concentrate source and the first fluid line to supply an amount of concentrate from the concentrate source to the first fluid line, the amount of concentrate corresponding to the volumetric flow rate of the water in the first fluid line and a desired concentration of concentrate in the beverage to be dispensed, the concentrate being moved into the first fluid line by operation of the pump.