Article supply device and article supply system
AssigneeBandai Co., Ltd.
InventorsHajime Kondo, Nobuo Kurokawa, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kenichi Minagawa
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Abstract
[Problem] To provide an article supply device capable of substantially eliminating inconveniences caused by a sold-out state. [Solution] An article supply device 100 comprises: an article supply means (an article supply unit 108, etc.) capable of supplying articles AR in an article storage unit 102 by applying a supply operation to a supply operation unit 103; and a sold-out state signal transmission means (a sold-out state detection unit 152, etc.) capable of transmitting a sold-out state signal once the article storage unit 102 has run out of the articles AR.
Claims16
An article supply device comprising:
- an article container unit from which an article is supplied;
- a supply operation unit that is connected to a shaft and is rotatable with respect to a front wall;
- a switch operation unit that is connected to the shaft;
- a press switch that is physically pressed by the switch operation unit when the shaft is rotated by operation of the supply operation unit;
- an article supply unit that supplies the article by transferring the rotation of the shaft to the article supply unit in response to an actuation performed on the supply operation unit if the article is in stock in the article container unit;
- a supply blocking unit that prevents the article supply unit from supplying the article in response to the actuation performed on the supply operation unit when the article is out of stock in the article container unit;
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- a transmission unit that transmits a digital supply signal in response to the switch operation unit pressing the press switch when the article is in stock in the article container unit, and a digital sold-out signal when the supply blocking unit is preventing the article supply unit from supplying the article when the article is out of stock in the article container unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.