Patent ID: 7735687

Claim:
A beverage dispenser which discharges and supplies beverage ingredients from beverage supplying nozzles, comprising: a cleaning device to clean the beverage supplying nozzles, further comprising a jetting nozzle to jet fluids onto the beverage supplying nozzles; a steam generation device, a water source, and an air pump coupled to the jetting nozzle to jet steam, water, and air from the jetting nozzle onto the beverage supplying nozzles; a control device to control the steam generation device, the water source, and the air pump to execute a cleaning operation including: jetting high-temperature steam to the beverage supplying nozzles; jetting water or hot water to the beverage supplying nozzles; and drying the surfaces of the beverage supplying nozzles; and a cover which covers the beverage supplying nozzles during the cleaning operation.