摘要 |
A product delivery apparatus for a vending machine is provided which comprises: a vertically extended product passage; a product delivery drum provided so as to be rotatable around an rotation axis; and a drive motor for driving and rotating the product delivery drum at the time of selling. The product delivery drum comprises: a selling product supporting face which is disposed outside the rotation axis, is concaved in an arc form toward the rotation axis, and, under stand-by condition, supports the product for sale and, at the time of selling, delivers the product for sale toward one of partition walls; and a next selling product supporting face which is extended concentrically with respect to the rotation axis and, at the time of selling, supports a product for next sale. The product passage has, at the lower end of one of the partition walls, an enlarged-width section for permitting the passage of the product for sale. By virtue of the above construction, the product delivery apparatus can be produced at a lower cost than the product delivery apparatus provided in conventional serpentine columns, and is advantageous in that products having various sizes can be surely delivered one by one without use of any adapter. <IMAGE> |