PURPOSE: To surely transmit a commodity discharged from a carrying device for carrying commodities from a commodity housing column to an elevator device which carries commodities to a commodity take-out port in the upper section of an automatic vending machine.
CONSTITUTION: A commodity M discharged from a commodity housing column 2 is carried to the commodity receiving shelf 8 of an elevator device 7 by means of a carrying device 4. When the commodity M leaves the carrying end 4a of the device 4, the commodity applies a force to an attitude controller 15 and folds each commodity guide faces 16a, 16b, and 16c from hinges 17a and 17b. On the other hand, the commodity M receives a titling force and are surely led into a commodity receiving box 8 while the attitude of the commodity M is controlled.
MATSUMOTO YUTAKA
SHODA HIDEMITSU