Title:
VENDING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3860626
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently and certainly cool or heat merchandise at the lower side while considering the characteristic of cooled air and heated air.
SOLUTION: In a vending machine 1 in which a cooling room B is formed at one side of the left and the right within a merchandise storage 2 by the circulation of the heated air, and a heating room C is formed at the other side by the circulation of the heated air, at the cooling room B, a circulating path D to make the cooled air circulate over from lower part to upper part is formed, while at the heating room C, a circulating path E to make the heated air circulate at the lower side is formed. Thus, even the cooled air flowing to the upper part of the cooling room B collects on the lower side of the cooling room B because the specific gravity of the cooled air is heavy, so that merchandise at the lower side, i.e., merchandize just before sold is efficiently and certainly cooled. On the other hand, since at the heating room C, the heated air circulates in concentration on the lower side of the heating room C, merchandise just before sold is efficiently and certainly heated.
Inventors:
Fujio Minoru
Application Number:
JP22702596A
Publication Date:
December 20, 2006
Filing Date:
August 28, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Sanden Corporation
International Classes:
G07F9/10; G07F11/34; (IPC1-7): G07F9/10; //G07F11/34
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5334542A | ||||
| JP59175994U | ||||
| JP58032574U | ||||
| JP63024683U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seitaka Yoshida