Abstract: Drink dispensing apparatus comprising a container for holding a supply of a particulate drink ingredient adapted to be mixed with water to constitute a drink, a dispenser for dispensing a charge of the particulate ingredient from the container through an opening in the container for the mixing of a drink, and a mixing and delivery system for receiving the charge of the particulate ingredient dispensed from the container and a charge of water, mixing the two and delivering the resultant drink into a cup. The mixing and delivery system comprises a blender and a water supply system for providing the charge of water for mixing with the charge of the particulate drink ingredient, the blender having an impeller for mixing the charges while holding them in the blender and having an outlet for flow of the resultant drink out of the blender and into a cup after mixing has been completed. The charges are held in the blender by the impeller, without a valve.

Abstract: A hot beverage vendor having a hot water tank for supplying hot water for hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, soup and chocolate. On entering the tank, water is directed by baffles to a heater in the tank adjacent the bottom of the tank where it is heated. The heated water gradually rises in the tank for flow into the open top of a relatively small collecting tank mounted inside the hot water tank above the heater. The vendor further includes apparatus operable on a vend cycle for dispensing hot water from the collecting tank for the vending of a drink, with the dispensed water being relatively rapidly replaced by heated water flowing into the collecting tank from the main part of the hot water tank.

Abstract: Coin transfer apparatus for vendors enabling handicapped persons in wheel chairs to utilize the vendors, adapted to receive coins at a level within reach of a person in a wheel chair and acting automatically in response to deposit of coins to transfer the coins to a level above the coin controlled apparatus of the vendor, the coins then gravitating down to the coin controlled apparatus in the vendor.

Abstract: A syrup tank for a post-mix carbonated beverage vendor comprising a container open at the top and a removable cover having an opening for pouring syrup into the container, the cover having flanges forming a channel surrounding the pouring opening for collecting liquid being poured which misses the opening to prevent it from running down on the outside of the container to the floor, with an auxiliary cover member separate from said cover carrying a syrup pick-up tube extending down into the container.