Balloon vending machine and balloon to be sold thereby

A balloon vending machine comprising:

• a table plate provided at front face of a machine body;
• a balloon case inserting port formed penetrating through the table plate, a balloon case storing a balloon body is inserted into the balloon case inserting port;
• a lock mechanism configured to lock a balloon valve, gas is injected into the balloon value when the balloon case is inserted into the balloon case inserting port;
• a gas injection nozzle that is disposed below the table plate and is capable of connecting to the balloon valve by vertical movement;
• and
• a control section configured to control movement of the gas injection nozzle and injection of the gas into the balloon body,
• wherein the control section moves the balloon case together with the gas injection nozzle upward and starts injection of the gas into the balloon body, when having detected that the balloon case has been projected upward from the table plate.

A balloon that is to be sold by a balloon vending machine, comprising:

• a balloon body that expands by injection of gas;
• a balloon case including a first casing piece and a second casing piece, and configured to store the balloon body by joining and closing the first casing piece and the second casing piece;
• and
• a balloon valve to be inserted into a gas injection cylinder part of the balloon body,
• wherein the balloon case includes the valve insertion part that fixes the balloon valve on the balloon case in an inserted state when the balloon case is closed with the balloon body stored, and
• wherein the balloon valve includes an recessed part for engagement, the recessed part for engagement is to be engaged by the balloon vending machine when the gas is injected in a state where the balloon case is closed to store the balloon body.