(19)
(11) EP 0 810 562 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/49

(21) Application number: 97108478.5

(22) Date of filing: 26.05.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G07F 11/04, G07F 9/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 28.05.1996 JP 155974/96

(71) Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Moriguchi-shi, Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Otsuka, Yuji
    Kumagaya-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Glawe, Delfs, Moll & Partner 
Patentanwälte Postfach 26 01 62
80058 München
80058 München (DE)

   


(54) Automatic vending machine


(57) In an automatic vending machine which comprises a vending machine main body 2 for storing a commodity rack 5 incorporating a plurality of commodity racks 8 and a body door 3 for opening or closing a front opening 2a in the vending machine main body 2 through a hinge 4, the commodity rack 5 being arranged close to the interior surface on the hinge 4 side of the vending machine main body 2, the commodity rack 5 can turn obliquely forward with a portion on a side opposite to the hinge 4 as a center when the body door 3 is open. Therefore, the automatic vending machine can improve the work efficiency of loading commodities without reducing the storage capacity of commodities.






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