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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1988
Filed:
May. 30, 1985
Nobuo Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruo Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sashikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Umino, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsuke Tajiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Miyao, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Iwamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Electric Company Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vending machine having a plurality of article storage bins mounted on a circulatory moving member includes discriminating devices associated respectively with the article storage bins for identifying the kinds of the articles stored respectively in the article storage bins and whether there are articles stored in the article storage bins, and a delivery control unit for controlling the delivery of a selected article based on information from the discriminating devices. Articles of many different kinds can be efficiently vended through a single article conveyor mechanism on a first-in first-out basis.