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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Llc, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Anthony Austin Cooper, La Grange, KY (US);
Gregory Alan Myer, Charlestown, IN (US);
Peter Boyd, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Shannon Baity, New Albany, IN (US);
John Bragg, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Michael Merritt, Louisville, IN (US);
Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a beverage system having an ingredient module and an ingredient dispensing valve assembly in communication with the ingredient module via at least one ingredient conduit, in which the ingredient dispensing valve assembly includes a dispensing manifold with at least one dispensing valve having a through-hole, an insert disposed within the through-hole, and a valve disposed between the insert and the dispensing valve, with the dispensing valve having a body portion and the insert is removeably connected to the body portion. The insert can be secured to the body portion of the dispensing valve by a locking mechanism, with the locking mechanism providing for removing or securing the valve from between the body portion of the dispensing valve and the insert by hand.