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US 2022/0189236 A1Published application
Product Storage Device of Automatic Vending Machine
AssigneeSanden Retail Systems Corporation
InventorsDai TAKAHASHI, Masaru TSUNODA
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Abstract
There is provided a product storage device for a vending machine capable of changing the length of each of gaps of a spiral member to store products without replacing the spiral member. The spiral member includes a first spiral member and a second spiral member which have the same rotation axis and a gap of the same length. The position of the first spiral member relative to the second spiral member is the rotating direction is changed to change the length of the gap formed by the first spiral member and the second spiral member.
Claims6
A product storage device for a vending machine, comprising:
- a spiral member formed in a spiral and configured to store a product in a gap formed by the spiral;
- a holding member configured to hold one end of a rotation axis direction of the spiral member;
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- a driving mechanism configured to rotate the spiral member by rotating the holding member, wherein:
- the spiral member is rotated around a rotation axis based on driving of the driving mechanism to move the product stored in the gap in the rotation axis direction;
- the spiral member includes a first spiral member and a second spiral member which have the same rotation axis and the gap of the same length;
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- a position of the first spiral member relative to the second spiral member in a rotating direction is changed to change the length of the gap formed by the first spiral member and the second spiral member.
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