Patent ID: 7175046
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A merchandise output device of a vending machine comprising: a machine body; a groove body in the machine body; a bottom of the groove body having an outlet for outputting a merchandise; a lower side of the outlet being connected to a transfer tube to an opening at a bottom of the machine body; a rotary disk installed in the groove body and having a plurality of receiving holes for receiving the merchandises; the rotary disk being rotatable in the groove body by the driving of a motor; a guide plate installed above the rotary disk and the guide plate being an integral structure, the guide plate being an approximate right-angled triangular plate; the guide plate being obliquely installed above the rotary disk corresponding to the upper side of the outlet at the bottom of the groove body; a first side of the guide plate being obliquely installed to a first wall of the groove body, wherein the first side being a side adjacent to a right angle of the right-angled triangular plate; a first apex between the first side and the hypotenuse being placed near an upper side of the rotary disk; a second side being horizontally installed to a second wall of the groove body adjacent to the first wall of the groove body, wherein the second side being another side adjacent to the right angle of the right-angled triangular plate; a second apex between the second side and the hypotenuse being placed higher than the first apex; wherein the hypotenuse of the guide plate is formed as a concave cambered edge; and wherein a plurality of ribs are formed on an upper side of the guide plate.