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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance convenience of cap loading work by improving supply of caps to a cap storing part so it is simple and easy. SOLUTION: A cup feeder is mounted in a cup type automatic vending machine selling beverage prepared inside the machine in a cup and it feeds and fits a cap on an upper face of the cup with beverage. In addition to a selling column 14a storing a multiplicity of caps 10 in a selling position in a stacked state and a cap drop ring 12 cutting out caps one by one from the selling column, a cap storage 14 of the cup feeder is provided with a supply column 15 storing a cap column supplied from outside, a pushing mechanism 16 collectively sending out the cap column loaded in the supply column to the selling column, and a drawing mechanism 18 drawing the supply column from a storage position inside the storage to a supplying position in a side of the storage. The cap column loaded in the supply column from outside at a drawn position is transferred to the selling column by the pushing mechanism.
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