摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic beverage vending machine of a kind which is designed so as to use cups of different sizes, is compact and is easily manufactured at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic beverage vending machine (1) has a beverage generation unit (18), storage cabinets (11a, 11b) for storing cups (10a, 10b), an output section (5) accessible from the outside and having at least two measuring and distribution stations (15a, 15b), at least two cup holders (9a, 9b) existing such that the cup holders support the cups (10a, 10b) at the measuring and distribution stations (15a, 15b), and a beverage measuring and distribution device (16). The beverage measuring and distribution device is operated so as to determine an outlet of the beverage generation unit (18) to be selectively engaged with the measuring and distribution stations (15a, 15b). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |