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A beverage dispenser has a housing, a dispenser head with an electrically conductive combination beverage receptacle actuator lever and dispensed beverage level probe, a control circuit connected to the probe and to a start switch actuatable by the probe and to a solenoid for a beverage valve, and a

A beverage dispenser has a housing, a dispenser head with an electrically conductive combination beverage receptacle actuator lever and dispensed beverage level probe, a control circuit connected to the probe and to a start switch actuatable by the probe and to a solenoid for a beverage valve, and a drip tray and receptacle support wherein the receptacle support is tilted rearward toward the probe to support a tilted receptacle against the probe and keep the lowest part of a tilted receptacle rim against the probe; an improved probe assembly has dielectric journal piece isolating the probe from a body of the dispensing head, and a heater element is provided for the probe and either continuously or intermittently heats the probe to keep it insect free and sanitary.

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A method of dispensing beverage into an open topped receptacle comprising the steps of: (a) providing a supply of beverage at a solenoid operated beverage dispensing head; (b) placing an open topped beverage receptacle into contact against a generally vertical elongate electrically conductive bevera

A method of dispensing beverage into an open topped receptacle comprising the steps of: (a) providing a supply of beverage at a solenoid operated beverage dispensing head; (b) placing an open topped beverage receptacle into contact against a generally vertical elongate electrically conductive beverage level probe which is positioned below a nozzle of the dispensing head; (c) supporting the receptacle in a rearwardly tilted attitude with a receptacle support positioned under the nozzle, with a lowest portion of a similarly tilted receptacle upper rim being adjacent the probe; (d) starting and continuing dispensing of beverage into the tilted receptacle; (e) electrifying beverage dispensed into the tilted receptacle; (f) sending an electrical signal that the tilted receptacle is filled to the lowest point of the tilted rim upon the dispensed beverage reaching the lowest portion of the rim and making contact with the probe, said signal being sent in a loop through the dispensed beverage and the probe to an automatic dispensing shut-off control; (g) terminating dispensing automatically with the control upon receipt of the signal; and (h) removing the filled tilted receptacle from the receptacle support and placing the filled receptacle upon a generallY horizontal surface and standing the cup upright, whereupon the beverage level in the receptacle shall become generallY parallel to and evenly spaced from the now generally horizontal receptacle rim.