| 摘要 |
<p>A light and compact vending machine (1) suitable for use on a table or counter top, uses interchangeable magazines (3) that can be preloaded with goods (10) at a service center and quickly and conveniently installed on or removed from the machine. Each magazines comprises several levels of good-holding trays (15), each tray capable of storing in a mixed arrangement, several items of various sizes and configurations. Each magazine can group trays having stations (11) that differ in numbers and sizes. Each station has an access port on the front of the magazine through which a spiral holding rack (13) driven by a mechanism mounted in the machine pushes goods and causes them to fall into a distribution pocket (9). The currency accepted by a currency acceptor (7) in payment for the goods is automatically dropped into a sealed receptacle (22) at the bottom of the magazine. Personnel servicing the machine by replacing an empty one with a loaded one need not handle the goods or the cash.</p> |
