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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2020
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Katsuhiko Fukuda, Yokkaichi, JP;
Tsutomu Iwako, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yasuo Nakazato, Koshigaya, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamazaki, Kumagaya, JP;
Takashi Nishiyama, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kawasaki, JP;
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An automatic vending machine includes: a product housing rack including product housing shelves each including a product housing path, and a product discharger; a first stopper configured to be movable between a protrusion position and a retract position, and to tilt such that a free end side of a holding portion is positioned at a product discharge port; a second stopper configured to be movable between a retract position and a protrusion position, and to press a vending product when protruding; a link configured to move each of the first and the second stopper to the protrusion and the retract position; and a driver configured to drive the link, wherein the second stopper includes ribs formed on a surface facing the product housing path, the ribs being configured to extend from a base end part toward a holding portion of the second stopper.