Patent ID: 8616412

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of bases each having a plurality of base conduits through which separate and distinct fluid streams are permitted to flow and a plurality of base valves, each base valve located in a separate one of the base conduits and positioned to normally block fluid flow out of the base conduit; a plurality of dispensing heads for attachment to the plurality of bases configured to form a first beverage, the plurality of dispensing heads each having: a set of passageways, the set of passageways configured to be coupled to the base conduits; a dispensing valve associated with each of the set of passageways for regulating fluid flow through each passageway in the set of passageways; and a set of valve actuators, each valve actuator being associated with a separate passageway in the set of passageways; configuring the plurality of dispensing heads to be removable from the plurality of bases where the set of valve actuators are retracted away from the associated base valves so that the base valves close; wherein each of the dispensing heads are configured to be attached to the plurality of bases at the same location, each dispensing head being different from each other, each set of passageways of each of the plurality of dispensing heads are disposed differently such that upon the attachment step each set of passageways in each of the dispensing heads are configured to connect to the base conduits in a different arrangement to configure each of the dispensing heads to dispense different beverages.