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Beverage dispensing heads with lighting modules

  • US 10,077,180 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2017
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A beverage dispensing head comprising:

  • a housing having a front with a display window, a rear, and a base with a lighting opening, wherein the base extends between the front and the rear and wherein the housing defines a cavity;

    a mixing nozzle coupled to the base and configured to dispense a flow of beverage via the base;

    a valve disposed in the cavity and configured to control the flow of beverage via the mixing nozzle;

    a switch movable to open the valve to thereby open the flow of beverage via the mixing nozzle and close the valve to thereby close the flow of beverage via the mixing nozzle; and

    a lighting module disposed in the cavity and configured to illuminate the display window, the lighting opening, and the flow of beverage via the mixing nozzle when the switch is moved to open the valve, the lighting module having a first light source that emits light toward the display window, a light guide that vertically upwardly guides light from the first light source alongside the display window, a second light source that emits light toward the lighting opening, and a reflective rear surface that reflects light emitted from the first light source toward the display window and has a reflective property that increases as the reflective rear surface extends away from the first light source.

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