ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,260, issued on July 1, was assigned to EVOCA S.P.A. (Milan).
"Cup holder for a beverage vending machine" was invented by Dan Alexie Sirbu Villa (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup holder designed to be mounted in a beverage vending machine to support an individual cup in a filling station and/or in a picking station; the cup holder having a vertical axis and comprising a frame and a cup retention device, which is supported by the frame and defines a cup retention area designed to be occupied by a cup when the cup is supported by the cup retention device. The cup holder further comprises an electric actuator, which is kinematic...