Patent ID: 6397904
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An automatic vending machine with a cup supplement device for providing supplemental cups by pushing out piled cups installed in a fixed position to a cup supply unit for supplying a drink supplying unit with a lowermost end cup of the piled cups, said cup supplement device comprising:a pushing material to push out the piled cups from the fixed position to the cup supply unit; a first link pushing the piled cups to the pushing material, said first link includes a first end that is movably supported and a second end that is movably connected to the pushing material, said first link being rotatable about a pivot point defined at the first end in a fixed direction and the pushing material being movable by the second end so as to push the piled cups; and a rotating power generator coupled to a position between the first and second ends of the first link, said rotating power generator for rotating the first link in a fixed direction by a driving force, said driving force including a component in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction of the pushing material, wherein said rotating power generator includes a driving slider generating a driving force containing components in the pushing direction of the pushing material and in the direction perpendicular to the pushing direction of the pushing material, and a second link of which a first end is movably connected to the driving slider and of which a second end is connected to the first link by combination of a guide groove declined at a fixed angle at said position with a pin movable within the guide groove.