| 摘要 |
A method of retrofitting an existing vending machine having products 60-76 stacked vertically in a horizontal orientation in a number of storage locations and utilizing an electro-mechanical device 98 for dispensing said products 60-76 horizontally via a delivery channel 109 to a delivery port 56, comprising: a) replacing said 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; b) 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, c) 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. |
