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In a beverage dispenser of the type including portion control dispensing, the improvement wherein the portion control circuit includes a microprocessor based timer programmed to provide a primary pour cycle and then one or more topping off pour cycles after a wait period of time after termination of

In a beverage dispenser of the type including portion control dispensing, the improvement wherein the portion control circuit includes a microprocessor based timer programmed to provide a primary pour cycle and then one or more topping off pour cycles after a wait period of time after termination of the primary pour cycle.

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A beverage dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a dispensing valve and nozzle for mixing together syrup and carbonated water and dispensing the mixture as a beverage out the nozzle; (b) a syrup conduit connected to said dispensing valve for delivering syrup thereto; (c) a carbonated water conduit co

A beverage dispensing apparatus comprising: (a) a dispensing valve and nozzle for mixing together syrup and carbonated water and dispensing the mixture as a beverage out the nozzle; (b) a syrup conduit connected to said dispensing valve for delivering syrup thereto; (c) a carbonated water conduit connected to said dispensing valve for delivering carbonated water thereto; (d) a flow meter and a control valve in each of said conduits; (e) microprocessor control means connected to each of said flow meters and control valves for delivering said syrup and carbonated water to said dispensing valve at a desired ratio; (f) said microprocessor control means including portion control means for carrying out a primary pour cycle for dispensing any one of several different selected volumes of beverage from said dispensing valve; and (g) said microprocessor control means including topping off means for carrying out a pre-programmed topping off pour cycle after a period of time after said primary pour cycle has been terminated.