Patent ID: 8590746
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B01F,B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a base having a plurality of base conduits through which separate and distinct fluid streams are permitted to flow and a plurality of base valves, each base valve located in a separate one of the base conduits and positioned to normally block fluid flow out of the base conduit; an integrally formed first dispensing head for attachment to the base configured to form a first beverage the first dispensing head having: configuring the first dispensing head to be removable from the base where the first set of valve actuators are retracted away from the associated base valves so that the base valves close; an integrally formed second dispensing head configured to be attached to the base at the same location as the first dispensing head on the base, the second dispensing head being different from the first dispensing head, the second dispensing head having: a second nozzle for filling a container; a second set of passageways disposed differently from the first set of passageways in the first dispensing head, the second set of passageways being configured to, upon the attachment step, be coupled to a second set of base conduits in a different arrangement from the first set of base conduits to configure the second dispensing head to dispense a second beverage different than the first beverage from the second nozzle; a second set of dispensing valves associated with each of the passageways in the second set of passageways; and a second set of valve actuators, each valve actuator in the second set of valve actuators being associated with a separate passageway in the second set of passageways.