Patent ID: 8839987

Claim:
An automatic machine for dispensing of beverages comprising at least two rotatable cup dispensing towers, each cup dispensing tower having a vertical axis of rotation and a plurality of housings for variously sized stacked cups, the housings of one of the cup dispensing towers containing cups that are of a different size from the cups contained in the housings of the other dispensing tower, means for selective rotation of the housings, means for dispensing cups from the cup dispensing towers, at least one cup holder device comprising a shaft that is connected to and oriented orthogonal to at least two cup holders of different sizes for receiving cups of different sizes, the shaft driven by a motor and having a vertical axis that is an axis of rotation of the cup holder device and is parallel to the axes of rotation of the cup dispensing towers, and rotation of the cup holder device causes the cup holders to move along concentric circular trajectories with respect to the vertical axis of rotation of the cup holder device.