Article dispensing system

摘要

An article or product dispensing system to selectively dispense products comprising a dispensing module including a carousel to store the plurality of products rotatable by a carousel positioning device between a dispensing station and a rejecting station to selectively position the carousel relative thereto, a product ejector to selectively eject product at the dispensing station and a product rejector to selectively eject product at the rejecting station, a product detector to verify the product at the dispensing station is the selected product and a control system including a product input to select the product to be dispensed operatively coupled to the carousel positioning device, the product ejector and the product rejector such that the carousel positioning device rotates the carousel to position the selected product at the dispensing station and the product ejector ejects the selected product when the product is detected and the carousel positioning device rotates the carousel to position the product at the rejecting station when product other than the selected product is detected at the dispensing station and the product rejector ejects product at the rejecting station.