Title:
VENDING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3971599
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine which does not need a sensor disposed in a commodity bucket and the like for detecting a commodity being fed from a commodity column to the commodity bucket.
SOLUTION: The position of an elevator 5 is monitored based on a feedback output to hold the position of the elevator 5 after the elevator 5 and the commodity bucket 7 reach a target position where feeding of a commodity G from a prescribed commodity column 4 to the commodity bucket 7 is started. Feeding of the commodity G from the commodity column 4 to the commodity bucket 7 is judged to be completed when the feedback output is larger than a reference value, so that it is unnecessary to install a sensor in the commodity bucket and the like to detect the commodity G being fed from the commodity column 4 to the commodity bucket 7.
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Inventors:
Hisato Matsumoto
Application Number:
JP2001342146A
Publication Date:
September 05, 2007
Filing Date:
November 07, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Sanden Corporation
International Classes:
G07F11/58; B65G1/04; G07F11/00; G07F11/42; (IPC1-7): G07F11/58; B65G1/04; G07F11/00; G07F11/42
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11353546A | ||||
| JP589339A | ||||
| JP9278122A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seitaka Yoshida