| 摘要 |
<p>An automated food vending system has a chassis (10) provided with a plurality of holding stacks (30) and dispenser mechanisms (51, 61) for dispensing standardized food packages to a dispenser outlet (16), a microwave oven (20) having a code reader (25) located in a predetermined position in an interior cavity of the oven, and the food packages having standardized shapes corresponding to the holding stacks (30) and to the microwave oven cavity (24). The food packages have a code for controlling the microwave oven printed in a predetermined position which is readable automatically by the code reader when the food package is inserted in the oven. The dispenser mechanism can be easily retrofitted in existing vending machines for canned beverages, being in the form of a pair of pivotable holding members with their pivot axes spaced apart at opposite lateral sides of each holding stack, or a pair of continuous belts spaced apart in the depthwise direction of each holding stack. The microwave may be configured for two or more different standardized package shapes, with a drive element for controllably moving the food package past the code reader. The food package may be formed as a quadrangular-sided tray portion having a rectangular, laterally projecting lip around the upper edges of the tray portion with the code printed thereon extending in a linear direction. Alternatively, the food package may be a cylindrical shape to be rotated with the code printed extending in a circumferential direction.</p> |
