CUP SUPPORT DEVICE FOR CUP TYPE AUTOMATIC BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect a driving mechanism and its electrical accessory components by preventing liquid for beverage preparation and liquid for automatic cleaning from entering the equipment case of the cup support device. SOLUTION: In the front of the equipment case 40, a recessed part 41 which faces to its inside is formed in one body, and the boss parts 46 of coupler flappers 43a and 43b are inserted into the recessed part 41 and supported rotatably; and a driving shaft 60 which rotates associatively with a geared motor 55 provided in the equipment case 40 is coupled with the boss part 46 of the flapper 43a while penetrating the top surface wall 41a of the recessed part 41. By this connection, the cup flapper 43a is driven by the driving shaft 60 around the boss part 46 to rotated and the other cup flapper (43b) rotates around the boss part 46 associatively with the cup flapper 43a, thereby clamping a cup on a cup stage 68 through the mutually closing rotation operation of both the cup flappers 43a and (43b).