Patent ID: 8490834

Claim:
A product dispenser, comprising: a housing including a storage chamber for housing a product; at least one product circuit disposed within the housing, wherein the product circuit is in fluid communication with a product source and a dispense point; a lid housing securable to the housing, wherein the lid housing includes a passage; a lid disposed over an inlet of the storage chamber, wherein the lid moves between a first position that closes the inlet of storage chamber and a second position within the passage that opens the inlet of; a valve cutout switch disposed within the passage, wherein the lid contacts the valve cutout switch when moved into the first position; and a controller in electrical communication with the dispense point and the valve cutout switch, wherein the controller activates the dispense point for the delivery of product when the lid is in the first position and deactivates the dispense point when the lid is in the second position, thereby ceasing the delivery of the product until the lid closes the inlet of the storage chamber.