| 摘要 |
<p>A vending machine (30) having a freezer unit (40) wherein at least first and second stacks (44, 46, 48, 50) of different types of packaged frozen foods, such as boxed frozen pizzas (32), are stored. The floor (64) of the machine's microwave oven (60) is mounted on a three-dimensional transporter. The floor is thereby controllably movable by a transporter (66) into the freezer to retrieve the bottom box of pizza from the desired stack, position the box in the oven with the floor in a sealed tight arrangement with the oven bottom opening, and thereafter move the box with the heated pizza therein to a delivery position. A motorized paddle (72) pushes the box from the delivery position out an access tunnel (74) to the customer.</p> |
