Patent ID: 7059761

Claim:
The combination comprising: a blending and dispensing assembly having an inlet end and a discharge end and a passageway communicating from said inlet end to said discharge end, said inlet end being configured to fit and seal against a base product delivery end outlet of a flowable mixture dispenser head, said assembly having a blending chamber in the passageway; a manifold on said assembly with multiple passageways in the manifold for delivery of fluid ingredients in a first direction from outside said assembly into said chamber; an auger in said blending chamber and operable, when actuated, to move a mixture from said blending chamber to an outlet at said discharge end; a blender motor coupled to said auger to actuate said auger; a plurality of ingredient sources; a plurality of ingredient conduits coupled to said manifold and to said sources to convey ingredients from said sources to said manifold; a plurality of pumps coupled to said sources and operable, when actuated, to pump ingredients from said sources to said manifold; a controller coupled to said pumps to signal said pumps for operation; a selector coupled to said controller to enable said controller to initiate operation of selected pumps; a base material dispenser having a dispenser head with a base product delivery end outlet coupled to said inlet end of said assembly and having a member operable, when actuated, to initiate flow of base product out of the delivery end outlet of the dispenser into the inlet end of the assembly; and a switch coupled to said member and to said selector to signal said controller to initiate operation of said selected pumps.