Machine for distributing a liquid or pasty product

A machine for dispensing a liquid product, stored in a container, said machine comprising:

• a storage zone delimiting a plurality of locations for receiving a container, a metering station delimiting a chamber housing a support for receiving a collecting vessel, the support being positioned vertically in line with and below at least one opening providing access to the chamber, positioned in a top part of the chamber, the machine also comprising a system for emptying each location for receiving a container through the at least one access opening formed in the top part of the chamber of the metering station and a unit for driving the machine,
• wherein the metering station comprises at least one sensor for detecting presence of a collecting vessel inside said chamber, in that the driving unit is configured to control the machine at least as a function of the data supplied by the sensor for detecting presence of a collecting vessel inside said chamber and in that the metering station is equipped with a gaseous fluid circulation circuit connecting the chamber with the outside of said chamber, the gaseous fluid circulation circuit having either a forced air circulation device or having a coupling that can be connected to an external forced air circulation device,
• wherein the gaseous fluid circulation circuit connecting the chamber with the outside of said chamber is connected to the chamber at the opening providing access to the chamber positioned in the top part of the chamber and emerges in said opening.