EP 2587460 A4 20150513 - AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE
Title (en)
AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE
Title (de)
VERKAUFSAUTOMAT
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2010060837 W 20100625
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2587460A1] Provided is an automatic vending machine including a product rack 20 having a plurality of product storage columns 21 juxtaposed in a horizontal direction, and a bucket 40 arranged so as to be movable in a front area of the product rack 20, the automatic vending machine further including a controller 60 which, upon selection of a product, moves the bucket 40 positioned at a standby position and arranges the bucket 40 so as to oppose a target product storage column 21 and, after the bucket 40 receives the product, moves the bucket 40 to a relay position I and then causes the bucket 40 to perform a downward delivery movement, wherein when the selected product is stored in a product storage column 21 set in advance, the controller 60 causes the bucket 40 positioned at the standby position to pass through a via position III set to a right-hand side of the relay position I and then arranges the bucket 40 so as to oppose the product storage column 21.
IPC 8 full level
G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G07F 11/04 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 11/165 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 11/42 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [I] US 2005067426 A1 20050331 - HOLDWAY JOHN BARRETT [US], et al
- [I] JP 2009093480 A 20090430 - FUJI ELECTRIC RETAIL SYSTEMS
- [A] JP 2010140210 A 20100624 - FUJI ELECTRIC RETAIL SYSTEMS
- [A] JP 2009288983 A 20091210 - FUJI ELECTRIC RETAIL SYSTEMS
- [A] JP H10302139 A 19981113 - FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD
- [A] EP 1993078 A2 20081119 - SANDEN CORP [JP]
- [A] EP 0885816 A1 19981223 - NEW DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN HE [BE]
- See references of WO 2011161809A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2587460 A1 20130501; EP 2587460 A4 20150513; CN 103119633 A 20130522; CN 103119633 B 20150617; WO 2011161809 A1 20111229
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 10853669 A 20100625; CN 201080067622 A 20100625; JP 2010060837 W 20100625