Commodity carrying-out apparatus of automatic vending machine

Abstract

The present invention provides a commodity carrying-out apparatus of an automatic vending machine capable of reliably carrying out a commodity one by one without causing falling down or clinging of the commodities, and efficiently housing even commodities having no definite shape. According to the present invention, the commodities in the commodity column can be supported by the commodity supporting members, and therefore even when the commodity carried out of the commodity column falls down or is changed in its posture, the following commodity does not fall down due to the carried-out commodity. Since the commodity supporting members each exist between the commodities, clinging of the commodities to each other does not occur. As a result, the commodities can be reliably carried out one by one. Even the commodities having no definite shape, which cannot be self-sustained in a vertical orientation, can be housed in the vertical orientation by being supported respectively by the commodity supporting members.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A commodity carrying-out apparatus of an automatic vending machine comprising a pair of pulleys placed at both end sides of a commodity column, and an endless member wound around each of the pulleys so as to move a commodity arranged in a commodity column in the predetermined direction with the endless member by rotating the pulleys in the predetermined direction to carry the commodity out from one end side of the commodity column, 
 wherein a plurality of commodity supporting members placed between the commodities inside the commodity column are mounted at arbitrary positions of said endless member to be attachable and detachable.  
 
     
     
         2 . The commodity carrying-out apparatus of the automatic vending machine according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 a mounting portion extending in the commodities arranging direction is provided at one end of said commodity supporting member, and the commodity supporting member is mounted such that the mounting portion is in contact with a surface of the endless member.    
     
     
         3 . The commodity carrying-out apparatus of the automatic vending machine according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 a commodity supporting surface of said commodity supporting member is formed to be partially in contact with the commodity.    
     
     
         4 . The commodity carrying-out apparatus of the automatic vending machine according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 a plurality of recessed portions extending in the up-and-down direction are formed on the commodity supporting surface of said commodity supporting member in the width direction.