AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

摘要

An automatic vending machine capable of smoothly vending a commercial article received in a case, such as a box-shaped case, which is not freely rotated. Article receiving sections having article receiving paths (73a-73d) where commercial articles are received in a vertically stacked manner are used as article receiving sections (27-33). The article receiving paths (73a-73d) are arranged so as to surround a vertically extending centerline (77). Article moving mechanisms (63-69) have the axis matching the centerline (77) of the article receiving sections and have rotation shafts (61a-61d) rotated by a drive force of an electric motor to rotate the article receiving sections. The article moving mechanisms, while rotating the rotation shafts (61a-61d), move a commercial article from one article receiving path that is sequentially selected from the article receiving paths (73a-73d) to an article guiding passage (71).