Patent ID: 7823411

Claim:
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle, the dispenser comprising: a housing defining an interior volume; a beverage cooler including a first circuit disposed within the interior volume of the housing and forming a first set of fluid flow paths, a second circuit disposed within the interior volume of the housing and forming a second set of fluid flow paths in parallel with the first set of fluid flow paths, and a third circuit disposed within the interior volume of the housing and forming a third set of fluid flow paths in parallel with the first and second sets of fluid flow paths, wherein, the first, second, and third circuits each define an inlet and an outlet; a first tubing in fluid communication with the beverage source and coupled to the inlet of the first, second, and third circuits; a second tubing coupled to the outlet of each of the first, second, and third circuits; a multi-nodal flow rate controller disposed within the interior volume of the housing in contact with the second tubing; and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the second tubing.