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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2016
N&w Global Vending S.p.a., Valbrembo, IT;
N&W GLOBAL VENDING S.P.A., Valbrembo, IT;
Abstract
A beverage vending machine () comprising a cup storage (), a cup support device () in a cup filling station (), and a stirrer dispenser () to feed a stirrer () to a cup () in the cup support device (). The cup support device () is defined by a body in the form of an open ring () with a vertical axis (), a cup supporting surface (), and a lateral opening () to allow the cup to be transversally extracted from the open ring body (). The supporting surface () has at least one projecting area () configured to cause the planarity of the cup supporting surface () imperfect so as to cause the cup () to tilt, with respect to the cup support device (), in response to the supply of a stirrer () to the cup ().