| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup supply apparatus capable of supplying cups separately for each cup even in the case where a cup has a sectionally circular edge at the upper end thereof or a cup has no such an edge at its upper end. SOLUTION: The cup supply apparatus has such a constitution that a support member 47 is provided at a position under a cup containing part 19 formed by arranging a plurality of guide members 29, each having a tapered locking part 27 at a lower end thereof, so as to correspond to the shape of cups intended to be separated from one another, that a vertically movable vacuum cup 57 is provided which sucks a bottom 17B of the lowermost cup 17 held in the cup containing part 19 to withdraw the cup 17 therefrom in a downward direction and freely sets it on the support member 47, that a feed means is provided which feeds the cup 17 set on the support member 47 to a subsequent step, that each guide member 29 is provided in such a manner as to be positionally adjustable, and that a pair of pressing and holding members 34 capable of pressing and deforming the lowermost cup 17 held in the cup containing part 19 are provided in such a manner as to be freely moved in the direction in which they approach and leave each other.
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