摘要 |
Provided is an automatic vending machine including a product rack 20 having a plurality of product storage columns 21 juxtaposed in a horizontal direction, and a bucket 40 arranged so as to be movable in a front area of the product rack 20, the automatic vending machine further including a controller 60 which, upon selection of a product, moves the bucket 40 positioned at a standby position and arranges the bucket 40 so as to oppose a target product storage column 21 and, after the bucket 40 receives the product, moves the bucket 40 to a relay position I and then causes the bucket 40 to perform a downward delivery movement, wherein when the selected product is stored in a product storage column 21 set in advance, the controller 60 causes the bucket 40 positioned at the standby position to pass through a via position III set to a right-hand side of the relay position I and then arranges the bucket 40 so as to oppose the product storage column 21. |