摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product delivery port of a vending machine, which is slightly changed in design to enable a customer to easily confirm a product sent to a product receiving space. <P>SOLUTION: A product delivery port 10 of a vending machine is formed in an outer door 2 opening/closing the front of a vending machine body cabinet 1 and includes a delivery port door 11 made of a transparent material. The product delivery port 10 has a receiving box which is provided in the outer door 2, has its front and rear surfaces opened, and receives a product carried out from the vending machine body cabinet 1. A customer takes out a product 50 sent into the receiving box, from the product delivery port 10. A channel-shaped delivery port frame 20 comprising left, right, and lower frames arranged on an outer surface of the outer door 2 is provided so as to surround left and right side surfaces and a lower surface of the product delivery port (opening) 10, and the delivery port door 11 pivotally supported by the outer door 2 is configured so as to be come into contact with the lower frame of the delivery port frame 20 to close the product delivery port 10. The delivery port frame 20 is formed like a channel to widen the field of view in which a product receiving space is viewed from above, whereby visibility of a product is improved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |