Machine for vending cups containing powdered food

Claim 1

IN A COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE FOR VENDING AN INDIVIDUAL CUP WITH A PACKAGE OF POWDERED FOOD PRODUCT THEREIN, A CABINET HAVING AT LEAST ONE CUP HOLDER THEREIN, A DOOR HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID CABINET, SAID CUP HOLDER HAVING A STACK OF SUPERIMPOSED CUPS, THEREIN, AND SAID CUPS EACH HAVING A CIRCULAR BEAD ON THEIR UPPER EDGE, EACH OF SAID CUPS HAVING A PACKET OF DRY POWDERED FOOD PRODUCT THERIN, AND EACH PACKET HAVING A REMOVABLE CLOSURE THEREON, A COIN CHUTE OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DOOR, AND MEANS FOR DISPENSING AND VENDING SAID CUPS ONE AT AT TIME WHEN THE COIN CHUTE OPERATIVELY CONACTUATED WITH A COIN OF THE PROPER DENOMINATION, AND WHEREIN WHEN THE MACHINE IS ACTUATED WITH THE COIN, A CUP IS VENDED A HEEL HAS A PACKET OF FOOD PRODUCT THEREIN AND SAID PACKET ADAPTED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CUP SO THAT THE FOOD PRODUCT CAN BE EMPTIED INTO THE CUP FOR MIXTURE WITH A QUANTITY OF HOT WATER, SAID MEANS CONPRISES A LEVER MOVABLE IN SAID CHUTE, A BAR ARRANGED IN SAID CABINET AND HAVING A SLOT THEREIN, A CUP FEED ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BAR AND HAVING A DEPENDING PORTION FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COACTION WITH THE INNER END OF SAID LEVER, A PIN ON SAID CUP FEED ARM, A ROTARY RIN MEMBER HAVING AN INTEGRAL CUP DROP RATCHET ARM SELEC-