Patent ID: 7637205

Claim:
Dispensing device for drinks or similar dosable liquid foodstuffs comprising: a plurality of supply means for supplying a specific foodstuff or a mixture of specific foodstuffs; a filling mechanism for filling a container with a predetermined amount of a specified foodstuff or mixture of foodstuffs; identification means comprising at least one shape sensor sensing and detecting shape characteristics of containers that differ from one another and at least one weight sensor detecting weight of the containers that differ from one another but that are all filled with a foodstuff for subsequent consumption from the container, wherein the identification means generates an identification signal based on the shape and weight detected by the at least one shape sensor and the at least one weight sensor that specifies the container detected; a programmable memory, wherein at least one of amount signals and choice signals corresponding to the identification signal are stored, for specifying the foodstuffs; a valve mechanism in communication with the identification means, wherein the identification signal actuates the valve mechanism to put at least one of the supply means in communication with the filling mechanism, wherein the filling mechanism fills the container with a predetermined amount of the specified foodstuff or mixture of foodstuffs; and learning means with a manually actuatable dispensing control dispensing a foodstuff into a container, wherein data is stored in the memory relating to at least one of the amount and state of filling in dependence on the identification signal; wherein the learning means enters specification data into the device for a specific foodstuff assigned to the identification signal.