Patent ID: 7828175

Claim:
A beverage dispensing system, said system comprising: a base, said base having a plurality of fluid flow conduits through which separate fluid streams are able to flow out of said base; a plurality of valves, each said valve being seated in a separate one of the base conduits and being positioned to normally prevent fluid flow out of the conduit in which said valve is mounted; a selectively detachable dispensing head, configured for removable attachment to said base, said dispensing head comprising: a body having at least one passageway positioned to receive a fluid stream from a single one of the base conduits when said dispensing head is attached to said base; a valve actuating member connected to said dispensing head body, said valve member positioned, upon attachment of the dispensing head to said base, to engage said base valve of the base conduit with which the at least one dispensing head passageway is in fluid communication to open said base valve; a discharge valve attached to said body for regulating fluid flow through the passageway; and a nozzle connected to said body configured to discharge the fluid from the at least one passageway; a locking member moveably attached to one of said base or said dispensing head body for releasably engaging the other of said dispensing head body or said base; and wherein the body is removably securable to the base such that when secured the nozzle remains fixed with respect to the base.