Commodity column for vending machine

摘要

A commodity column (3) for a vending machine in which commodities (A) are arranged in a front-rear direction, a plurality of the commodity columns being placed in a left-right direction in a commodity accommodation chamber (2), the commodity column (3) having commodity passage members (31) each having a side wall (311) extending in the front-rear direction and a bottom (312) extending from the side wall (311) in one direction along the left-right direction, the commodity passage members (31) being capable of being connected to each other through an extending end of the bottom (312), and a passage side member (32) capable of being connected to the extending end of the bottom (312) of the commodity passage member (31). A plurality of the commodity passage members (31) are placed one after another in one direction along the left-right direction, each adjacent pair of the commodity passage members (31) being connected to each other through the extending end. The passage side member (32) is connected to the extending end of the commodity passage member (31) at the outermost end in the one direction along the left-right direction in the commodity passage members (31). A plurality of commodity array passages are thereby formed in one commodity column (3), and the total number of commodity columns (3) is set small for a large number of commodity array passages. Spaces for supporting member placement formed between adjacent pairs of the commodity columns (3) are correspondingly reduced to enable the commodity accommodation chamber (2) to have an increased commodity accommodation capacity.