Vending Machine
First Claim
1. An automatic vending machine which vertically arrays and stores a plurality of products inside a product storage chamber and sequentially dispenses the products starting with the product located at a lowermost part, the automatic vending machine comprising:
- a cooling device which cools the inside of the product storage chamber;
a lower part temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of a lower space inside the product storage chamber; and
a control unit which controls operation of the cooling device, and is able to selectively executes partial cooling operation for cooling the product located on a lower side of the plurality of products and entire cooling operation for cooling all the plurality of products,wherein when the temperature of the lower space inside the product storage chamber becomes higher than a set temperature range, the control unit executes the partial cooling operation to maintain the temperature of the lower space inside the product storage chamber within the set temperature range.
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Abstract
Automatic vending machine which cools products for sale. Sale of products not in an appropriate temperature state is prevented. A cooling device executes a partial cooling operation for cooling the product located on a lower side of the plurality of products stored in a product storage chamber when lower space temperature T1 inside the chamber becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of set temperature range (S1→S2). Then, when the lower space temperature T1 is decreased to a lower-limit value TSL of the set temperature range, the automatic vending machine executes an entire cooling operation for cooling all the plurality of products (S3→S4). Furthermore, when the lower space temperature T1 becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of the set temperature range during execution of the entire cooling operation, the automatic vending machine stops the entire cooling operation to execute the partial cooling operation (S5→S6).
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10 Claims
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1. An automatic vending machine which vertically arrays and stores a plurality of products inside a product storage chamber and sequentially dispenses the products starting with the product located at a lowermost part, the automatic vending machine comprising:
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a cooling device which cools the inside of the product storage chamber; a lower part temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of a lower space inside the product storage chamber; and a control unit which controls operation of the cooling device, and is able to selectively executes partial cooling operation for cooling the product located on a lower side of the plurality of products and entire cooling operation for cooling all the plurality of products, wherein when the temperature of the lower space inside the product storage chamber becomes higher than a set temperature range, the control unit executes the partial cooling operation to maintain the temperature of the lower space inside the product storage chamber within the set temperature range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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