Commodity column for vending machine

Abstract

A commodity column for a vending machine in which commodities are arranged in a front-rear direction, a plurality of the commodity columns being placed in a left-right direction in a commodity accommodation chamber, the commodity column having commodity passage members each having a side wall extending in the front-rear direction and a bottom extending from the side wall in one direction along the left-right direction, the commodity passage members being capable of being connected to each other through an extending end of the bottom, and a passage side member capable of being connected to the extending end of the bottom of the commodity passage member. A plurality of the commodity passage members are placed one after another in one direction along the left-right direction, each adjacent pair of the commodity passage members being connected to each other through the extending end. The passage side member is connected to the extending end of the commodity passage member at the outermost end in the one direction along the left-right direction in the commodity passage members. A plurality of commodity array passages are thereby formed in one commodity column, and the total number of commodity columns is set small for a large number of commodity array passages. Spaces for supporting member placement formed between adjacent pairs of the commodity columns are correspondingly reduced to enable the commodity accommodation chamber to have an increased commodity accommodation capacity.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a commodity storage column of an automatic vending machine in which commodities are arranged in the front-rear direction. Background technique [0002] Various proposals have been made for such a product storage column in the past, and it is generally known that a product passage is formed by a bottom wall on which products are placed and side walls extending on the left and right sides of the bottom wall. When the commodities on the commodity storage column are transported out, the pusher provided on the bottom wall of the commodity storage column is driven to push out the commodities in the rear, and the commodities in the front row are thus dropped one by one and sent out (for example, Commodity storage column described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-318258). [0003] When replenishing products to the product storage column, or repairing and maintaining the product storage column, each product storage column ...

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[0005] Although the space for arranging the support members formed between the product storage columns is small individually, due to the large number of product storage columns, if the space is all added up, it will become a very large space, causing An important reason for the reduction in the storage capacity of vending machines

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