Patent ID: 6868985

Claim:
A small-sized automatic vending machine capable of being fitted onto a mounting surface, the automatic vending machine comprising: i) a base frame, which is capable of being fitted onto the mounting surface, and ii) a cabinet, whose lower region is pivotably supported on the base frame, wherein the cabinet is capable of undergoing a pivoting movement between an upright state, in which the cabinet is latched onto the base frame, such that a commodity vending opening of the cabinet is located at an upper position, and such that the cabinet accommodates a plurality of commodities laid-up on a commodity carrier located for vertical movement within the cabinet, and a sideways fallen state, in which a commodity accommodating section that accommodates the plurality of the commodities is capable of being exposed, and commodity replenishment into the commodity accommodating section is capable of being performed in the sideways fallen state of the cabinet with an operation, in which the commodity carrier is moved in a direction heading away from the commodity vending opening, while certain commodities remaining within the commodity accommodating section are being left at a predetermined position in the commodity accommodating section.