Patent Document ID: 4658988
Application ID: 06596124
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A multiple flavor post-mix beverage dispensing apparatus comprising (a) a dispensing head having a nozzle, a normally closed water valve fluidly connected to the nozzle, a first normally closed primary syrup valve fluidly connected to the nozzle, a water line to the water valve, and a primary syrup line to the syrup valve for connection of the head to a source of primary beverage syrup; (b) a second primary syrup valve in the primary syrup line; (c) an alternative syrup line to the nozzle for connection of the head to a discrete source of an alternative beverage syrup; (d) a normally closed aternative syrup valve in the alternative syrup line; (e) primary actuation means for concurrently opening the water valve and both syrup valves in the primary syrup line while the alternative syrup valve in the alternative syrup line is closed, for dispensing a primary beverage; (f) secondary actuation means for concurrently opening the water valve and the alternative syrup valve in the alternative syrup line, while the second primary syrup valve is closed, for dispensing an alternative beverage from the head; and (g) in which the water valve and the first primary syrup valve are commonly connected to said primary actuation means, said primary actuation means including a single actuator, for effecting the operation of the primary actuation means.