The distribution of hot or cold drinks prepared with a water-soluble

摘要

A beverage vending machine having a cup magazine for delivery of cups individually to a readiness position for receiving a metered amount or quantity of a beverage ingredient, either in liquid or solid form, for formulation of a beverage. A metering device in the form of a metering slide valve delivers a metered quantity to individual cups successively. The slide valve has a valve gate that is provided with a metering space, formed as a through opening, for cyclical registry with an open lower opening of a receptacle containing the beverage ingredient. The slide valve is operated to deliver the metered quantity to a cup delivered from a cup magazine. The cup with the beverage ingredient is delivered via a chute to an access recess in the machine at which a liquid is added to the cup to formulate the beverage mixture. A mixer mixes the formulated beverage mixture.