To provide an article storing and dispensing device for a vending machine that can dispense articles stably for a long period while maintaining satisfactory operability of a pusher during article supplement.

The article storing and dispensing device for a vending machine comprises an article dispensing motor 56, a timing belt 54 extended along an article passage 40, a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power of the article dispensing motor 56 to rotate the timing belt 54 in a given direction during selling, the pusher 55 longitudinally movably arranged on the timing belt 54 so as to be moved forward in a locked relation to the timing belt 54, with the rotation of the timing belt 54 in a given direction, for pushing a plurality of articles S from behind until dispensing a sold article S, and a lock mechanism 73 for locking the pusher 55 on the timing belt 54.