Patent ID: 7654190

Claim:
Dispensing device for drinks or similar dosable liquid foodstuffs comprising supply means adapted to supply at least two different drinks; filling outlets adapted to dispense a drink into at least one container; drink pipelines connecting the supply means to the filling outlets; accessory pipelines for supplying and carrying away an accessory fluid from an accessory fluid supply, in the form of at least one of flushing agents for cleaning, hot water or steam for prewarming, or other similar fluid; and valve means for closing and opening said drink pipelines between the supply means and the filling outlets and adapted to open said accessory pipelines to the valve means instead of the drink pipelines in order to treat the valve means in the regions through which the drinks flow; wherein the valve means comprises at least one movable element and a motor for moving said movable element, and defines at least two channels each of which in a first position of said movable element is assigned to at least one particular mode of operation for dispensing the drink, and in a second position of said movable element is connected to the accessory pipelines.