摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine which is improved so that the shape of an anti-theft member can be simplified and the anti-theft member can be stably held. <P>SOLUTION: In a vending machine, an anti-theft member 13 forming a communication hole which connects a paper money insertion slot 7 and a paper money conveyance passage of a paper money identification device 22 is locked in a standby position between the paper money insertion slot 7 of the vending machine and the paper money conveyance passage of the paper money identification device 22, and when the lock is released by external force, the anti-theft member 13 falls due to its own weight and blocks an access path from the paper money insertion slot 7 to a paper money guide port part 221. The anti-theft member 13 is formed by a flat plate including a tab protruding from the right and left of a flat base plate to eliminate a sheet-metal bending process of the anti-theft member 13 with the thick plate, the tab of the anti-theft member 13 is engaged with a engagement hole formed on the right and left walls of a storage box 12 and is provided so as to fall due to its own weight and the anti-theft member 13 is locked (screwed) to the storage box 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT</p> |