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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Takashi Kumabe, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Honjo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Kumabe, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Honjo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 5/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/00 (2006.01); G07F 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a vending machine that converts a force applied from a manual operation means into an electric power, and operates by utilizing the electric power as a source of power. A drive force generation/transmission mechanism includes a generator () that generates the electric power by utilizing the force applied from the manual operation means () and motors (-) driven by the electric power generated by the generator (). Article moving mechanisms (-) are constructed to operate by utilizing the output of the motors (-) as the operation source.