摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save power consumption in a vending machine by deciding the operation mode of the heater and the cooler of the vending machine according to the selling quantity of merchandise so as to efficiently operate the heater and the cooler. SOLUTION: This controller is provided with a selling quantity sorting means 31 for roughly sorting the selling quantity of the merchandise on the basis of selling data on the merchandise by the unit of the hour, the unit of the weekday, the unit of the holiday, the unit of the week, etc., an operation mode deciding means for deciding the operation mode of the heater or the cooler by sorting by this means 31, and a suitable temperature control means 31 for controlling the operation of the heater or the cooler by the operation mode decided by this operation mode deciding means to control merchandise 14 at the lowest stage housed in columns 13a, 13b... to be at a proper temperature. |