Goods storage and discharge system of an automatic vending machine.

摘要

A goods discharge mechanism of an automatic vending machine is disposed in the vicinity of the lower end of a vertical goods passage of a goods storage shelf. Said passage being designed to store cylindrical goods (23, 23a), said discharge mechanism being designed to discharge said goods one by one in accordance with discharge commands. The discharge mechanism includes a first and a second retainer member (9, 10) a solenoid (7) and a transmission mechanism (13, 15) designed to transmit the movement of said solenoid (7) to both of said retainer members (9, 10) so as to move them alternately into and out of said goods passage. The two goods discharge mechanisms of adjacent goods storage shelfs are arranged in back-to-back relation with the transmission mechanisms and said solenoids of each of the goods discharge mechanisms being superimposed one above the other between said two adjacent goods storage shelfs.