摘要 |
<p>Apparatus, preferably associated to vending machines, which comprises a loading arrangement (5) for dirty glasses, means (8) provided to wash said dirty glasses, means (9) provided to rinse them and means (10) provided to dry them, said apparatus being characterized in that it is provided with means (1) that are adapted to acknowledge the payment of a pledge in addition to the price paid for buying the beverage and, as a consequence, to trigger the corresponding release means (2) so as to issue just a single glass at a time. After drinking the beverage, the customer puts the dirty glass in the loading arrangement (5) where means (6) are provided to acknowledge the presence of the dirty glass and to correspondingly trigger means (7) adapted to automatically pay back the previously paid-in pledge to the customer. <IMAGE></p> |