AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

摘要

In an automatic vending machine provided with a product rack (20) which has a plurality of product storage columns (21) provided in proximity in a row arrangement along a left to right direction, and a bucket (40) which is movably disposed in the front region of the product rack (20), a control unit (60) is provided which when a product is selected, the control unit moves the bucket (40) that was in a standby position to a position that faces the desired product storage column (21), moves the bucket (40) to an interrupt position (I) after the product is received by the bucket (40), and then moves the bucket downward for delivery; wherein when the selected product is stored in a prescribed product storage column (21) the control unit (60) is configured to cause the bucket (40) which is in a standby position to be positioned facing the product storage column (21) after the bucket (40) has passed by way of a transit position (H) which is set on the right hand side of the interrupt position (I).