Item take-out apparatus and item take-out system

A system for selling an item, comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store items therein;
• a plurality of take-out ports through which the user takes out an item from inside the system;
• a transport unit configured to extract an item from the storage unit and transport the item to any of the plurality of take-out ports;
• a payment apparatus configured to perform a payment process on the item;
• a plurality of operation units;
• and
• a memory that stores information indicating correspondence between the respective operation units and the plurality of take-out ports, wherein
• when the item has been designated by using any one of the operation units and a user has completed the payment process on the designated item by using the payment apparatus, one of the plurality of take-out ports corresponding to the one operation unit is specified based on the information stored in the memory and the transport unit transports the item to the one take-out port corresponding to the one operation unit,
• the storage unit includes a storage port and an extraction port, and the storage unit is configured to store therein items received from the storage port in such a manner that only one item, among a plurality of items being stored therein, is extracted from the extraction port to outside the storage unit,
• the transport unit transports the one item extracted from the extraction port, to the one take-out port,
• the transport unit includes a holding unit configured to extract an item from the extraction port of the storage unit,
• the holding unit includes a tray on which the item can be placed, and a hook projecting upward from the tray,
• the storage unit is configured to store therein a plurality of items by stacking the items in an up-down direction in such a manner that entire side surface of the lowermost item is exposed from the storage unit in a direction for extracting the lowermost item while exposing a portion of a lower surface and a portion of a back surface of the lowermost item from the storage unit, and
• the transport unit extracts the lowermost item from the storage unit with the hook of the holding unit being caught on the back surface of the lowermost item, and places the extracted item on the tray to transport the item.