| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a vending machine having a hot/cold water dispenser incorporated thereto, which may be equipped in rooms for various accommodations such as hotels, motels, inns, etc. The vending machine according to the invention includes a body having a cabinet configuration, a vending storage unit of a relatively low temperature arranged within the body for receiving beverages for sale and for delivering at least one of the beverages under predetermined delivery conditions, a cooling system having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator for supplying relatively cold air to the vending storage unit, cooling means arranged within the body for cooling the drinking water with cold refrigerant from the expansion valve of the cooling system under a predetermined temperature, heating means arranged adjacent the cooling means for heating the drinking water with hot refrigerant in the compressor of the cooling system over a predetermined temperature, and nozzles for dispensing the drinking water from the cooling means and the heating means. According to the present invention, the guests can be served with hot/cold drink water from a cooler unit and a heater unit of a filtering unit, while purchasing cool alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from a vending storage unit as well. |
