Patent ID: 8002146

Claim:
A drink preparing device for dispensing a drink into a relatively smaller receptacle or into a relatively larger receptacle, the device comprising a box; and a holding and drip-collecting system that comprises a cup holding part positioned beneath a drink outlet and configured and dimensioned to be freely moveable by rotation between a more horizontal, deployed holding position and a second, more vertical, retracted position outside of the box, wherein the cup holding part projects cantilever fashion when the holder part is in the deployed holding position for holding the relatively smaller receptacle beneath the drink outlet, and wherein the cup holding part is hinged about an axis of rotation allowing the cup holding part to be freely moved upwardly and out of the way to the retracted position in which the cup holding part is moved at least partly out of the way of the drink outlet, so that the placement of the relatively larger receptacle beneath the drink outlet physically contacts and pushes the cup holding part so as to freely rotate it upwards and towards the retracted position while the removal of the relatively larger receptacle beneath the drink outlet permits the cup holding part to freely rotate back under gravity to the deployed holding position, wherein the cup holding part is further configured and dimensioned for receiving the relatively smaller receptacle beneath the drink outlet without the need to push the cup holding part upwards and out of the way of the drink outlet.