Vending apparatus carrying out a commodity control in accordance with a selling term determined for each of commodities

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EP 1 020 823 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	30.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/29

(21)	Application number: 99309777.3

(22)	Date of filing: 06.12.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G07F 9/02, G07F 11/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

09.12.1998 JP 35043498

(71)	Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION
	Isesaki-shi Gunma 372 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kuwabara, Shigeo, c/o Sanden Corporation Isesaki-shi, Gunma 372 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Brunner, Michael John
	GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	Vending apparatus carrying out a commodity control in accordance with a selling term determined for each of commodities

(57) In a vending apparatus fixedly installed in a store for vending commodities, a control section controls the commodities in accordance with a selling term determined for each of the commodities. These commodities are stored in a storing section (10) placed at a first position in the store. A designated one of the commodities is carried by a carrying mechanism (40) from the storing section to a take-out section (31) placed at a second position in the store. It is preferable that the control section makes the carrying mechanism carry a term-expired one of the commodities from the storing section to a disposal section (33) placed at a third position in the store.

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