Patent ID: 8528595

Claim:
Distributor ( 5 ) for a drink dispensing system with at least two discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ) which are positioned at the same distance from a central axis ( 13 ), parallel to this axis, a supply channel ( 11 ) and a distributor member ( 12 , 17 , 18 ) which is rotatable about the axis and has a supply end ( 12 ′) positioned along the axis and a discharge end ( 12 ″) which is set radially apart therefrom and can be brought by rotation of the distributor member ( 12 , 17 , 18 ) selectively into fluid connection with the respective discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ), the liquid supply channel ( 11 ) extending along the central axis ( 13 ) and along the discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ), the distributor member comprising a U-shaped connection channel ( 12 ) which is placed at the supply end ( 12 ′) rotatably in the extension of the supply channel ( 11 ) and can be placed at the discharge end ( 12 ″) in fluid connection with the respective discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ), characterized in that the U-shaped connection channel ( 12 ) is fastened to a cylindrical drive wall ( 18 ) having a longitudinal axis lying in the extension of the central axis ( 13 ), which drive wall is provided along an upper side with teeth which act on a drive member ( 19 , 20 ) for rotation of the U-shaped connection channel, wherein the U-shaped connection channel ( 12 ) is connected to a resilient cavity ( 26 ) in a covering cap ( 27 ) via a cam ( 25 ) positioned along the central axis ( 3 ).