Patent ID: 8857667
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A23G,B01F,B67D,G07F

Abstract:
1. An integrated beverage blending system comprising: an ingredient module; a dispensing nozzle comprising an ice dispensing conduit, wherein said ice dispensing conduit is in communication with an ice maker that makes ice, and said ice dispensing conduit defines an interior surface of said dispensing nozzle; a plurality of valve blocks, wherein each of said plurality of valve blocks is simultaneously and removably connected to and disposed about an exterior surface of said dispensing nozzle; and a plurality of ingredient dispensing valves, wherein each of said plurality of valve blocks has at least one of said plurality of ingredient dispensing valves connected thereto, wherein said ice is dispensed into a beverage container via said ice dispensing conduit and said ingredient is dispensed into said beverage container via said ingredient dispensing valve, wherein said ingredient module comprises a housing, an ingredient container disposed within said housing, an ingredient conduit in communication with said ingredient container and connected to one of said plurality of ingredient dispensing valves, and a device that causes said ingredient to move from said ingredient container, through said ingredient conduit, and through said ingredient dispensing valve under pressure, and wherein each of said plurality of ingredient dispensing valves is isolated from other ingredient valves and said ice dispensing conduit at said dispensing nozzle, whereby product and/or flavor contamination is avoided.