| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a guest to use an in-business office automatic vending machine free of charge as part of hospitality, and to provide a practical in-business office automatic vending machine whose abuse or illegal use can be suppressed.SOLUTION: A card reader 4 disposed at a front door 12 of an automatic vending machine 1 installed in a business office reads a free card C issued by a card issuing part 35 installed in the business office, and a switching signal is transmitted via a data management unit 3 to a mode switching mechanism 15, and a control part 13 controls each part such that the automatic vending machine 1 is operated in a free mode. The data management unit 3 transmits a control signal to the mode switching mechanism 15 such that a normal mode is restored after the lapse of a free mode time. An ID read from the free card C is transmitted from the card reader 3 to the data management unit 3, and recorded as well as a date when the normal mode is switched to the free mode in a history information file 321. |
