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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Bret D. Baker, Vacaville, CA (US);
Thomas R. Hecht, Winters, CA (US);
Bret D. Baker, Vacaville, CA (US);
Thomas R. Hecht, Winters, CA (US);
Automatic Bar Controls, Inc., Vacaville, CA (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispensing system includes a beverage dispensing head for dispensing beverages from at least one pressurized beverage source, and at least one beverage tube, with a first end that is fluidly connected to the beverage dispensing head and a second end. A manifold module for use in this system includes at least one flow control module configured for attachment to and fluid communication with the beverage source, and a beverage redirecting apparatus configured to be attached between the flow control module and the second end of the beverage tube. The beverage redirecting apparatus includes at least one fluid inlet in fluid communication with the flow control module and at least one fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second end of the beverage tube. The beverage redirecting apparatus is configured such that a direction of fluid flow is altered between the inlet and the outlet.