Abstract: A beverage vending machine with a stirrer dispenser configured to form and dispense disposable stirrers from a strip made of food-grade material, preferably biodegradable or compostable and preferably plastic-free and waterproof. The stirrer dispenser comprises a detaching device configured either to detach, or to allow manual detachment of, an end piece of the strip with such a length as to be usable as a stirrer.

Abstract: A cup dispenser comprising a cup-holder turret comprising a plurality of columns containing respective stacks of cups and each provided with an associated cup release device operable to release individual cups from the stack of cups; and an electronically-controllable actuator assembly comprising a first electric actuator to rotate the cup-holder turret; and a second electric actuator to operate the cup release devices of the columns.

Abstract: A cup holder designed to be mounted in a beverage vending machine to support an individual cup in a filling station and/or in a picking station; the cup holder having a vertical axis and comprising a frame and a cup retention device, which is supported by the frame and defines a cup retention area designed to be occupied by a cup when the cup is supported by the cup retention device. The cup holder further comprises an electric actuator, which is kinematically coupled to the cup retention device to move the cup retention device, thus adapting the dimension of the cup retention area to the dimension of the cup, and is mounted on the frame via a quick engagement/disengagement device configured to enable the electric actuator to be easily and quickly mounted and dismounted, with a few simple operations, on/from the rest of the cup holder.

Abstract: A cup dispenser for a beverage vending machine and comprising a cup storage designed to dispense individual cups, a cup holder designed to receive a cup by gravity from the cup storage and hold the cup in an upright position, and a cup guide device, which comprises a stationary slide and an cup intercepting device arranged along the slide and designed to interact with the cup during the descent of the cup along the slide so as to slow down, and possibly temporarily stop, the descent of the cup.

Abstract: A cup dispenser comprising a cup-holder turret comprising a plurality of columns containing respective stacks of cups and each provided with an associated cup release device operable to release individual cups from the stack of cups; and an electronically-controllable actuator assembly comprising a first electric actuator to rotate the cup-holder turret; and a second electric actuator to operate the cup release devices of the columns.

Abstract: A beverage vending machine with a stirrer dispenser configured to form and dispense disposable stirrersfrom a strip made of food-grade material, preferably biodegradable or compostable and preferably plastic-free and waterproof. The stirrer dispenser comprises a detaching device configured either to detach, or to allow manual detachment of, an end piece of the stripwith such a length as to be usable as a stirrer.

Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing lids from a stack of nested lids, including a magazine containing a stack; a denesting unit arranged at a bottom of the magazine to detach lids from the stack bottom; and denesting rollers each of which has a lower shelf, a first upper shelf above a bottom shelf, and a second upper shelf above the first upper shelf. Some of the rollers comprise a first separator, and other denesting rollers comprise at least a second separator. The rollers are rotatable between a rest position in which the stack rests on the lower shelves; a single release position in which the first separators engage the stack to detach the last item from the stack bottom; and said rest position and a multiple release position in which the second separators engage the stack to detach at least the last two items from the stack bottom.

Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing lids from a stack of nested lids, including a magazine containing a stack; a denesting unit arranged at a bottom of the magazine to detach lids from the stack bottom; and denesting rollers each of which has a lower shelf, a first upper shelf above a bottom shelf, and a second upper shelf above the first upper shelf. Some of the rollers comprise a first separator, and other denesting rollers comprise at least a second separator. The rollers are rotatable between a rest position in which the stack rests on the lower shelves; a single release position in which the first separators engage the stack to detach the last item from the stack bottom; and said rest position and a multiple release position in which the second separators engage the stack to detach at least the last two items from the stack bottom.

Abstract: A beverage vending machine having a cabinet closed by a door; a supporting surface housed inside the cabinet; a number of containers for soluble material, located on the supporting surface; and a number of heating devices, each of which is incorporated in a locking member for locking the container to the supporting surface, and has an electric resistor.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for a beverage vending machine, the mixer assembly having a support; a mixer; and a connecting device for connecting the mixer removably to the support; and wherein the connecting device is defined by an intermediate member having a first axis, and by a first and second bayonet joint for removably connecting the intermediate member to the support, and the mixer to the intermediate member respectively; each bayonet joint having at least one lock tooth, and a respective retaining track having an insertion opening for the respective lock tooth; the lock tooth of the second bayonet joint being carried by the mixer and extending along a fixed second axis parallel to the first axis; and the insertion opening of the second bayonet joint being located along the second axis when the first bayonet joint is set to a fully locked position.

Abstract: A beverage vending machine defined by a cabinet (2) housing at least one beverage-making assembly (4) having at least one container (18) for soluble material, and a mixer (19) located in a fixed position and which in use receives a measured quantity of the material and a measured quantity of pressurized water to produce a beverage; the cabinet (2) housing a cell (66) which defines a housing (66a) for the mixer (19), and has an opening (68) for access to the mixer (19), and a hatch (69) closing the opening (68).

Abstract: A soluble-material container for a beverage vending machine, the container having an outlet; and a spout located at the outlet and defined by a coupling body, and by a tubular body which is fitted to the coupling body, has a lateral inlet opening and an outlet opening, and is movable, with respect to the coupling body, between an open position in which the inlet opening communicates with the outlet, and a closed position closing the outlet.

Abstract: A mixer (1) for a beverage vending machine (2), wherein the mixer (1) has a blender (22) in turn having an impeller (21) housed inside a blending chamber (11) and fitted removably to a drive shaft (23) to rotate about an axis (24); the drive shaft (23) having an end portion (26) in turn having two parallel flat faces (27) on opposite sides of the axis (24); the impeller (21) having a hub (30) in turn having at least two substantially rectangular-section seats (41) coaxial with each other and with the axis (24), and each designed to receive the end portion (26) of the drive shaft (23) in sliding and angularly fixed manner,—and one of the two seats (41) being engaged by the end portion (26) of the drive shaft (23).

Abstract: A beverage vending machine mixer for mixing a soluble product and hot water, wherein a first injection means injects water directly onto the bottom of a mixing chamber, a second injection means injects water tangentially into the top of the mixing chamber, and, mixing means being located between the bottom of the mixing chamber and an outflow chamber connected to outflow means, the beverage is pushed to the outflow point.