CUP TYPE BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup type beverage vending machine capable of opening a shutter by an inexpensive configuration. SOLUTION: The cup type beverage vending machine includes: a raw material canister for housing powder raw material; a cylindrical raw material chute 52, connected to the raw material canister, for discharging the powder raw material from the raw material canister; shutters 521, 522 for closing an opening at the lower end of the raw material chute 52 and keeping the powder raw material in the raw material chute 52; and a cup carrier for carrying a cup held by a cup holder at a reception position below the shutters 521, 522. The machine also includes a shutter opening device 9 for opening the shutter device by the action of the cup holder when the cup held by the cup holder is carried to the reception position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT