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Title:
VENDING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/117020
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In order to provide a vending machine with which products can be replenished easily and quickly, this vending machine is equipped with: a SKU management unit 64 that manages a SKU number in association with product management content, the SKU number being a product vending-time management number indicating a minimum management unit in which a pre-vending product code that has been preassigned to a product and a product vending-time cooling/heating state are combined, and the product management content including a product column number; and a sequential vending processing unit 62 that sets in advance a vending priority order for a plurality of product columns storing products having the same SKU number, selects, in accordance with the vending priority order, an operating column for dispensing products having the same SKU number from among the plurality of product columns, and when a remainder count, which is the difference between the full capacity count of the operating column currently dispensing products during product replenishment and a sold product count prior to product replenishment, is 0 or when the operating column is sold out, selects the product column having the next vending priority as operating column, and carries out the product dispensing process.

Inventors:
NAKAJIMA YUSUKE (JP)
TANAZAWA TAKASHI (JP)
MURAYAMA MINORU (JP)
TSUNODA KAZUO (JP)
NAKAZATO YASUO (JP)
YAMAZAKI YASUHIRO (JP)
NISHIYAMA TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/044996
Publication Date:
June 20, 2019
Filing Date:
December 06, 2018
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Assignee:
FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G07F9/00
Foreign References:
JP2002279502A2002-09-27
JP2003281610A2003-10-03
JP2002175560A2002-06-21
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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