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Provided is a cup-beverage automatic vending machine which can supply beverages in a sanitary manner by additionally installing an apparatus for generating functional water such as ozone water or electrolyzed water in a high concentration to a conventional automatic vending machine. The automatic ve

Provided is a cup-beverage automatic vending machine which can supply beverages in a sanitary manner by additionally installing an apparatus for generating functional water such as ozone water or electrolyzed water in a high concentration to a conventional automatic vending machine. The automatic vending machine includes a water supplier for supplying drinking water, a plurality of ingredient containers for storing beverage ingredients, a mixing tub for mixing the drinking water supplied from the water supplier and the beverage ingredients supplied from the ingredient containers, a discharge duct through which the mixed beverage is discharged, and a functional water generator for generating functional water in the water supplier by facing electrodes provided to operate in water. According to the automatic vending machine, the functional water such as ozone water or electrolyzed water is generated in the drinking water stored in the water tank or in the water supply duct, and simultaneously sterilize, disinfect, deodorize and wash the drinking water as well as the containers and conduits installed in the machine, thereby achieving a sanitary automatic vending machine.

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1. An automatic vending machine comprising:a water supplier for supplying drinking water; a plurality of ingredient containers for storing beverage ingredients; a mixing tub for mixing the drinking water supplied from the water supplier and the beverage ingredients supplied from the ingredient conta

1. An automatic vending machine comprising:a water supplier for supplying drinking water; a plurality of ingredient containers for storing beverage ingredients; a mixing tub for mixing the drinking water supplied from the water supplier and the beverage ingredients supplied from the ingredient containers; a discharge duct through which the mixed beverage is discharged; a functional water generator for generating functional water in the water supplier by facing electrodes provided to operate in water; and a power source for applying a direct-current (DC) voltage, a pulse voltage, a square wave pulse voltage, a sequence-controlled pulse voltage or an alternating pulse voltage to the functional water generator, wherein the functional water generator is an ozone water generator having at least one pair of facing electrodes or an electrolyzed water generator having at least one pair of facing electrodes disposed with a separating layer interposed therebetween.