Patent ID: 8783513

Claim:
A product dispensing system comprising: a flow control device configured to regulate a first ingredient, the flow control device comprising: a flow measuring device configured to provide a feedback signal based upon a volume of the first ingredient flowing within the flow control device; a pump module configured to be coupled to a supply of a second ingredient; a controller configured to provide a first control signal to the flow control device for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the first ingredient based upon, at least in part, a predetermined recipe, and to provide a second control signal to the pump module for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the second ingredient based upon, at least in part, the predetermined recipe; and a fluid delivery system comprising: a fluid pathway having an inlet disposed at a first vertical height and an exit disposed at a second vertical height higher than the first vertical height; a fluid pump disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid exit, the fluid pump further disposed at a third vertical height higher than the first vertical height and lower than the second vertical height; and a flow sensor disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid pump, the flow sensor configured to detect the flow of fluid through the fluid pathway; wherein air entering the fluid inlet may travel through the fluid pathway and exit via the fluid exit.