PURPOSE: To provide an automatic vending machine thin in depth which smoothly carries out the article relatively light in weight by housing plural article T overlapped on the column.
CONSTITUTION: In an automatic vending machine 10, the front part of a bottom plate 16 is inclined downwards with a rotating shaft 20 provided on the back end part of the bottom plate 16 of a column 12 at the sale state as center and the article T1 at the lowest stage mounted on the bottom plate 16 is dropped. The article T2 located at the 2nd stage from the bottom is supported to carry out the article T. A lever 54 which is rotatable with the horizontal shaft as center is provided in front of the bottom plate 16. A rotating means 21 which rotates the upper part of the lever 54 backwards is provided. When the bottom plate 16 is inclined at the sales state, the upper part of the lever 54 is rotated backwards by the rotating means 21 and pushes up the front part of the article T1 at the lowest stage.