Patent ID: 6520604
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A product housing apparatus for a vending machine, for housing therein a plurality of products arranged in the longitudinal direction, which at the time of selling, are pushed forwarded from behind to deliver a product, said product housing apparatus comprising:a product passage defined by a bottom wall horizontally extended in the longitudinal direction and left and right side walls, which face each other while leaving a space therebetween in the lateral direction, extend upward from the bottom wall, and extend parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction, whereby the plurality of products being housed in the product passage are arranged in the longitudinal direction and are abutted against each other; a product locking section provided between the left and right side walls of the bottom wall so as to extend along the product passage, the product locking section locks the plurality of products such that the products are held in a laid state and in a position inclined in the lower right direction and/or the lower left direction; and a pusher movable in the longitudinal direction through the product passage to push the plurality of products forward.