To provide an improvement of an automated post-mix beverage distributing system and an improvement of a cup distributing device which supplies cups of predetermined and selected size to an extractor mechanism positioned adjacent to a conveyor from a supply tube of a number of different sizes.
A cup conveyor 20 for an automated beverage distributing system is provided with several open cup holders 22 which advance on a grid and a tray 24 for spilling for transporting beverage cups 68 to a pick-up station 37 through a beverage distributing station 31 and is equipped with a carousel-type cup conveyor 20 which is driven by a motor. Each of the cup holders 22 is provided with open section inside the bottom section for moving the cup 68 dropped into the cup holder 22 in a way that the cup 68 is placed with its back to the inner wall surface of the cup holder 22 so that the beverage is optimally received during the distribution of the beverage and such grid is provided with an elastic bias member which projects upward extending through the open section.
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ZIESEL LAWRENCE B
WEINAUG KENNETH S
COFFEY JIMMIE L
| US3364959A | 1968-01-23 |
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