Many kinds of dispensing devices for drinks or similar fluid foodstuffs,
especially for coffee and/or milk are already known. Said devices
comprise supply means for supplying at least two different hot drinks,
filling outlets for dispensing hot drinks into at least one cup and valve
means for stopping and releasing drink pipelines between the supply
devices and the filling devices. According to the invention, in order to
improve hygiene and product quality, the valve means are embodied in such
a manner that additional pipelines for supplying and/or discharging
flushing agents for cleaning, hot water or steam for preheating or other
similar fluids, can be connected to the valve means instead of to the
drinks pipelines in order to treat the valve means in the areas through
which hot drinks flow. As a result, a rinsing process can be
automatically controlled between two dispensing steps.