Patent ID: 8631824

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing liquid products to two or more appliances, comprising: a boost pump having a pump inlet for receiving a stream of liquid diluent at a source pressure and a pump outlet for delivering the stream of liquid diluent at an elevated pressure; an aspirator having a diluent inlet port for receiving the stream of liquid diluent at the elevated pressure, at least one product inlet port for receiving a liquid product and an outlet port for dispensing the liquid product; a plurality of distribution valves, each of the distribution valves for directing the liquid product to a corresponding one of the two or more appliances, each of the distribution valves having an inlet connected downstream of and in liquid communication to the outlet port of the aspirator and an outlet connected in liquid communication to the corresponding one of the appliances, wherein more than one of the distribution valve outlets can be in liquid communication with the outlet port of the aspirator simultaneously.