| 摘要 |
<p>A cup dispenser, dispensing apparatus, beverage dispenser and a process for dispensing comestibles incorporating water (for example, a beverage or soup). In particular, a cup dispenser according to the present invention comprises a plurality of stationary cup carrying magazines or stacks spaced from a center, each magazine surmounting a dispenser mechanism for discharging the lowermost cup from the stack or magazine, means for discharging the lowermost cup from only one of the stacks or magazines at any one time, a cup carrier movable from a discharge station to a position below the dispenser mechanism and stack or magazine from which the lowermost cup is to be discharged, prior to the dispenser mechanism discharging the lowermost cup from the stack or magazine, the cup carrier to receive the cup from the stack or magazine and to be reciprocated to the discharge station and means to reciprocate the cup carrier from the discharge station to the position below the dispenser mechanism to be activated to discharge the lowermost cup, and back to the discharge station. </p> |
