Patent ID: 8161865

Claim:
A modular flavor dispenser for dispensing a plurality of flavors to a separate food or beverage machine wherein the plurality of flavors includes chocolate syrup and at least one non-chocolate syrup, the modular flavor dispenser comprising: a dispense coordinator board linked to a motor control board, the dispense coordinator board executing a selected recipe by sending a series of signals to the motor control board, the motor board linked in series to a plurality of pump modules including at least one chocolate syrup pump module and at least one non-chocolate syrup pump module, each pump module comprising a pump module board, at least one pump and at least one flavor reservoir, each pump linked between its own flavor reservoir and its own outlet conduit, the chocolate syrup pump module including a nutating pump and the at least one non-chocolate syrup pump module including a peristaltic pump, the coordinator board, motor control board and pump module boards being programmed for the pumping of multiple flavors from the reservoirs to the separate machine in accordance with a selected recipe.