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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Masaru Ohkubo, Isesaki, JP;
Masaru Ohkubo, Isesaki, JP;
Sanden Holdings Corporation, Isesaki-shi, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vending machine that prevents a commodity receptacle from being damaged and a commodity from slipping out thereof by a shock due to falling even if a commodity receptacle undergoes free fall without requiring a complicated structure for preventing the commodity receptacle from undergoing free fall. When it is detected that the fall velocity of a bucketfalling due to disconnection of power supply to a second motorof a bucket moving mechanismis equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, a braking force for decelerating the fall velocity of the bucketis intermittently generated and thereby the bucketcan be lowered to the lowest point at a speed slower than free fall. This configuration prevents the bucketfrom being damaged and a commodity from slipping out thereof by a shock due to falling and does not require a complicated structure for preventing the bucketfrom undergoing free fall. Additionally, the bucketis not locked, and thus the bucketcan be manually moved during maintenance work for restarting the vending operation.
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