Automatic vending machine and process for dispensing beverages

摘要

An automatic machine for dispensing beverages has at least two rotatable cup dispensing towers having a plurality of housings for variously sized stacked cups. The housings may be rotated in a selective manner. Cups are dispensed from the housings. A cup holder device includes cup holders that receive the dispensed cups. The cup holder device is rotatable about a vertical axis that is parallel to the axes of rotation of the rotatable cup dispensing towers. The cup holder device is provided with at least two cup holders that move along concentric circular trajectories with respect to the vertical axis of the cup holder device.

主权项

1. An automatic machine for dispensing of beverages comprising at least two rotatable cup dispensing towers, each cup dispensing tower having a vertical axis of rotation and a plurality of housings for variously sized stacked cups, the housings of one of the cup dispensing towers containing cups that are of a different size from the cups contained in the housings of the other dispensing tower, means for selective rotation of the housings, means for dispensing cups from the cup dispensing towers, at least one cup holder device comprising a shaft that is connected to and oriented orthogonal to at least two cup holders of different sizes for receiving cups of different sizes, the shaft driven by a motor and having a vertical axis that is an axis of rotation of the cup holder device and is parallel to the axes of rotation of the cup dispensing towers, and rotation of the cup holder device causes the cup holders to move along concentric circular trajectories with respect to the vertical axis of rotation of the cup holder device.