Patent ID: 6453799
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A47J,A61L,B67D,C02F,G07F

Abstract:
An automatic vending machine comprising:a water supplier for supplying drinking water; a plurality of ingredient containers for storing beverage ingredients; a mixing tub for mixing the drinking water supplied from the water supplier and the beverage ingredients supplied from the ingredient containers; a discharge duct through which the mixed beverage is discharged; a functional water generator for generating functional water in the water supplier by facing electrodes provided to operate in water; and a power source for applying a direct-current (DC) voltage, a pulse voltage, a square wave pulse voltage, a sequence-controlled pulse voltage or an alternating pulse voltage to the functional water generator, wherein the functional water generator is an ozone water generator having at least one pair of facing electrodes or an electrolyzed water generator having at least one pair of facing electrodes disposed with a separating layer interposed therebetween.