公开(公告)号：US3610469A

公开(公告)日：1971-10-05

申请号：US3610469D

申请日：1969-10-03

Applicant: KUCKENS ALEXANDER

Inventor： KUCKENS ALEXANDER ,  GEHRKE MANFRED

IPC: G07F13/10 ,  B65G59/06

CPC classification number: G07F13/10

Abstract: A method and arrangement for conveying container cups from a storage area to a filling station within vending machines. Upon actuating the machine through the insertion of a coin, for example, a holding device within a conveying chute, is released and a container cup is transported through the application of an airstream, to a filling station at one end of the chute. At the same time, a second cup within a column of stacked containers becomes separated from the stack, and is dispensed towards the holding device within the chute, where it is held until the next time that the vending machine is actuated. A bracket at the end of the chute at the location of the filling station, suspends the container cup at its upper rim, while being filled. When the cup is partially filled, the latter slips through the bracket and upon a supporting surface from which it may be taken by the consumer.