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For the purpose of automatically vending cups of cold drinks, ice being directly put into a cup, source powder or a concentrated source liquid, and cold water are required for mixture. Ice is made by an ice making machine. Cold water is prepared by cooling city water with ice made by the ice making

For the purpose of automatically vending cups of cold drinks, ice being directly put into a cup, source powder or a concentrated source liquid, and cold water are required for mixture. Ice is made by an ice making machine. Cold water is prepared by cooling city water with ice made by the ice making machine. To that end, a cylinder for stocking ice formed of apertures at a portion of the peripheral wall thereof for allowing a flow of the water therethrough and a cold water tank for storing cold water around the cylinder are provided. Ice made by the ice making machine is selectively supplied into a cup for vending or into the ice storing cylinder for the cold water. The cold water is held in the cold water tank and is withdrawn through the ice storing cylinder while the same is in contact with the ice stored therein. The cold water is mixed with the source powder or the concentrated source liquid and the mixture is guided to a cup together with the ice.

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An automatic cup drink vending machine for preparing a cup for vending, putting a source material, cold water and ice into the cup to produce a mixture, thereby to dispense the mixture as a cold drink, comprising: water supplying means for supplying water, ice making means for making ice from the wa

An automatic cup drink vending machine for preparing a cup for vending, putting a source material, cold water and ice into the cup to produce a mixture, thereby to dispense the mixture as a cold drink, comprising: water supplying means for supplying water, ice making means for making ice from the water supplied by said water supplying means, cold drink dispense commanding means for commanding dispensing of said cold drink, first ice dispensing means responsive to the output of said cold drink dispense commanding means for dispensing a predetermined quantity of the ice made by said ice making means into said cup, cold water making means having a cold water tank and an ice storing portion located at least partially inside said cold water tank for storing said ice and for causing said stored ice to cool the water in said cold water tank supplied from said water supplying means, second ice dispensing means for dispensing the ice made by said ice making means into said ice storing portion of said cold water making means, cold water dispensing means responsive to the command output of said cold drink dispense commanding means for dispensing a predetermined quantity of cold water from said cold water making means, source material dispensing means responsive to the command output of said cold drink dispense commanding means for dispensing a predetermined quantity of source material, control means for controlling said ice making means and said ice dispensing means in accordance with the quantity of the ice required for being dispensed into said cup and the quantity of ice required by said cold water making means and wherein said ice making means comprises sustain tank means for receiving the water from said water supplying means, conduit means operatively connecting said sustain tank means to the inside of said ice making means for maintaining a constant water level inside of said ice making means, and further conduit means operatively connecting said cold water tank means with said sustain tank means for supplying said cold water tank means with water from said sustain tank means.