Patent ID: 8534501

Claim:
An integrated beverage blending system comprising: an ingredient module that has an ingredient; and a dispensing nozzle in communication with an ice maker that makes ice and said ingredient module, wherein said ice and said ingredient are dispensed into a beverage container via said dispensing nozzle, wherein said ingredient module comprises a refrigerated housing, an ingredient container disposed within said refrigerated housing, a tube disposed between said ingredient container and said dispensing nozzle, and a device that causes said ingredient to move from said ingredient container, through said tube and into said dispensing nozzle under pressure, and wherein said dispensing nozzle comprises an ice dispensing conduit on an interior surface thereof and a plurality of ingredient conduits formed within a wall of said dispensing nozzle, wherein each ingredient conduit is isolated from other ingredient conduits and said ice dispensing conduit, whereby product and/or flavor contamination is avoided, wherein said tube is connected to an end of one of said plurality of ingredient conduits on an exterior surface of said dispensing nozzle, and wherein said ingredient module is connected to a controller that controls dispense of said ingredient into said beverage container so that as a fluid level of said ingredient decreases within the ingredient container the controller adjusts delivery to compensate for a decrease in head pressure within the ingredient container.