| 摘要 |
A method of retrofitting an existing vending machine including replacing a number of selectable storage locations having vertically stacked and horizontally oriented product 60-76 with a plurality of product shelves 80-86 each having a plurality of product storage locations having horizontal columns of vertically stored products 60-76; replacing said existing electro- mechanical device 98 for dispensing said vertically stacked and horizontally oriented product with a product dispensing system that retrieves product from the horizontal columns of vertically oriented product in response to a customer selection; and providing a channel 96 that will convert the vertically oriented product delivered by the dispensing system that converts the vertically oriented product to a horizontally oriented position for delivery through a horizontally oriented customer product delivery port 56.
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