CUP SUPPLY DEVICE FOR CUP BEVERAGE SUPPLY DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup supply device for a cup beverage supply device capable of stably transporting a column of cups and capable of securing supply of the cups.

SOLUTION: The cup supply device includes: a cup storage container 3 having a cup column setting portion 14 and an adjoining cup column storage portion 15; and a cup column transportation device 5 for transporting a column Y of reserved cups stored in the cup column storage unit 15 to the side of the cup column setting portion 14 and for setting the column of reserved cups in the cup column setting portion 14. The cup column transportation device 5 includes: a spiral portion 44 that spirally extends in a direction in which the cup column setting portion 14 and the cup column storage portion 15 adjoin each other in the cup storage container 3 and is disposed to be rotatable; and a cup column feeding member 41 that feeds the column Y of reserved cups located between pitches of the spiral portion 44 to the side of the cup column setting portion 14 as a result of the spiral portion 44 being driven to rotate in a prescribed direction.

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