Automatic vending machine
AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Kumabe, Minoru Honjo
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Abstract
The present invention provides a vending machine that converts a force applied from a manual operation means into an electric power, and operates by utilizing the electric power as a source of power. A drive force generation/transmission mechanism includes a generator (45) that generates the electric power by utilizing the force applied from the manual operation means (9) and motors (49-55) driven by the electric power generated by the generator (45). Article moving mechanisms (63-69) are constructed to operate by utilizing the output of the motors (49-55) as the operation source.
Claims19
A vending machine comprising:
- an article stocker that stores a plurality of articles;
- an article moving mechanism that moves at least one of the plurality of articles stored in the article stocker into an article guide path;
- a manual operation means that is manually driven;
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- a drive force generation/transmission mechanism that generates a drive force by utilizing a force applied from the manual operation means and transmits the drive force to the article moving mechanism as an operation source therefor,
- the drive force generation/transmission mechanism including a generator that generates an electric power by utilizing the force applied from the manual operation means and a motor driven by the electric power generated by the generator,
- the article moving mechanism being constructed to operate by utilizing the output of the motor as the operation source.
An vending machine, comprising:
- n (n is an integer of 2 or more) article stockers that respectively store a plurality of articles;
- one article guide path;
- n article moving mechanisms provided respectively to the n article stockers, which move one of the plurality of articles stored in the n article stockers into the one article guide path;
- one manual operation means that is manually driven;
- and
- a drive force generation/transmission mechanism that generates a drive force by utilizing a force applied from the one manual operation means and transmits a drive force selectively to the n article moving mechanisms as an operation source therefor,
- the drive force generation/transmission mechanism including a generator that generates an electric power by utilizing a force applied from the one manual operation means, n motors correspondingly provided for the n article stockers and selectively driven by utilizing the electric power generated by the one generator provided for the n article stockers and a motor selection/drive device that drives only one of the motors selected when operating the manual operation means, and
- the n article moving mechanisms being constructed to operate by utilizing the output of the corresponding motors as the operation source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.