Automatic vending machine.

摘要

Described is an automatic vending machine with a microcomputer to control it for serving plural kinds of commodities prepared from plural kinds of material. A value proportional to the quantity of the commodity to be served and component ratios between the plural materials to be fed are supplied as control inputs to the microcomputer. A list of numerical data is stored in the microcomputer. The microcomputer calculates a set of values of necessary material-feed durations according to the supplied control inputs and the stored numerical data. A control device of the vending machine performs to feed the plural materials for those respective calculated durations, so that a commodity is prepared from the fed materials and then served.