Patent ID: 6892901

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a flow of a sauce to a dispenser, the apparatus comprising: an accumulator including an accumulator chamber with an accumulator inlet to receive and store the sauce and a dispense member configured to dispense the sauce from the accumulator chamber out through an accumulator outlet; a pump configured to pump the sauce through the accumulator inlet to the accumulator chamber; a diverter valve coupled with the accumulator and being movable between a closed position to close the accumulator inlet and an open position to open the accumulator inlet; and a control member coupled with the pump, the diverter valve, and the accumulator, the control member being configured to move the diverter valve to the open position and activate the pump to pump the sauce through the accumulator inlet to the accumulator chamber in a recharge mode, and to move the diverter valve to the closed position and drive the dispense member to dispense the sauce from the accumulator chamber out through an accumulator outlet in a dispense modes wherein the accumulator outlet is open when the diverter valve closes the accumulator inlet in the closed position and when the diverter valve opens the accumulator inlet in the open position.