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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Sanden Retail Systems Corporation, Isesaki, JP;
Hiroshi Kudose, Isesaki, JP;
Kazuya Sembongi, Isesaki, JP;
Hironori Ito, Isesaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Takayama, Isesaki, JP;
Hideki Sadakata, Isesaki, JP;
Tatsuya Hirose, Isesaki, JP;
SANDEN RETAIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an automatic column setting device for an article vending machine. The device is for an article vending machineincluding a column in an article storing shelf, to store articles arranged in a front-rear direction, and a dispensing mechanismremovably installed for the column in the shelf, to sequentially dispense the stored articles, the mechanismis arbitrarily installable at a plurality of preset right and left positions in the shelf, and the automatic column setting device includes a motor presence/absence information preparing sectionthat detects an installation position of motorin accordance with a connected state of motor, and a pattern extracting sectionthat determines a type and an installation position of the mechanismin the shelfbased on presence/absence information of motorthat is detected by the motor presence/absence information preparing section
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