Patent ID: 6415952
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for carrying a selected article to a take-up window in an automatic in an automatic vending machine, comprising a plurality of columns for storing various articles classified in kind and piled one on another, the plurality of columns being arranged in columns and rows, the apparatus, comprising:means for pushing out an article which is positioned at the lowest layer in each of the plurality of columns, the pushing-out means being provided at the lower part of each of the plurality of columns; means for picking up the article pushed out by the pushing-out means; and means for moving the picking-up means which is holding the article in predetermined directions, whereby the selected article is carried to a predetermined position in the vicinity of the take-out window; wherein, the pushing-out means is actuated by the picking-up means, wherein each of the columns and the pushing-out means are arranged in the main body and the inside of the door which is provided in the front of the main body and enabled to open and shut.