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Drink dispensing apparatus is presented wherein a system including plural dispensing terminals communicates with a central source of beverage ingredients for dispensing. Each of the terminals is interconnected with a central microprocessor which communicates with each of the terminals and the source

Drink dispensing apparatus is presented wherein a system including plural dispensing terminals communicates with a central source of beverage ingredients for dispensing. Each of the terminals is interconnected with a central microprocessor which communicates with each of the terminals and the source of beverage ingredients to dispense to the respective terminals the particular formulations selected thereat. Further presented is circuitry interfacing the microprocessor with the various terminals such that automatic pricing, inventory control, sales totalization, and other housekeeping techniques may be performed by the microprocessor on a terminal-by-terminal basis.

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Apparatus for dispensing drinks from a central storage system to any of various dispensing terminals in accordance with preprogrammed or operator-selected formulations, under control of a centralized processing system, comprising: a plurality of centrally located beverage reservoirs, each in communi

Apparatus for dispensing drinks from a central storage system to any of various dispensing terminals in accordance with preprogrammed or operator-selected formulations, under control of a centralized processing system, comprising: a plurality of centrally located beverage reservoirs, each in communication with a pump associated with that beverage; a plurality of dispensing terminals, each in communication with each said pump via fluid-passing conduits, said conduits combining to form a dispensing head at each said terminal, said terminals further including a keyboard of operator-actuatable selection means for selecting a drink or components thereof to be dispensed; programmable computer means interconnected between said reservoirs and said dispensing terminals, for communicating therebetween and controlling the dispensing of selected drinks to the dispensing heads of selected terminals from said centrally located beverage reservoirs; and a plurality of shift registers at each dispensing terminal having the outputs thereof operatively connected to and controlling respective dispensing valves at said terminal, one dispensing valve for each said beverage, said computer means communicating data to said shift registers respecting the beverages to be dispensed for a selected drink and continually updating said data during the dispensing of said selected drink, thereby controlling the periods of dispensing of each component of said drink.