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A vending machine and shelf technology, applied in the direction of instruments, coin-operated equipment for distributing discrete items, coin-free or similar appliances, etc., to achieve the effects of simple sales statistics, reduced operations, and simple statistical operations

Active Publication Date: 2014-09-17
FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD
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[0006] In addition, when counting the sales of the entire vending machine, it is still necessary to group all the products. For this point, if the method of setting for each column is used, there is a problem of easy missetting

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[0019] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the automatic vending machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

[0020] figure 1 It is a front view of the vending machine as an embodiment, figure 2 Is a perspective view showing the internal structure, image 3 It is a block diagram schematically showing the control system of the vending machine, and will be explained in order.

[0021] The vending machine illustrated here is used to sell commodities such as canned beverages and PET bottled beverages, and includes the main cabinet 1.

[0022] The main body cabinet 1 is formed as a rectangular heat-insulating housing with an open front. A plurality of independent commodity storages 2a, 2b, and 2c are arranged side by side inside the main cabinet 1 on the left and right. These commodity storages 2a, 2b, and 2c are storages for storing commodities such as c...

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Abstract

The invention provides a vending machine capable of carrying a plurality of goods shelves while improving the sales statistics efficiency. The vending machine comprises a first setting part which at least sets goods codes of goods accommodated in the goods shelves according to each column; a first statistics mode storage part which performs sales data statistics according to the goods codes set by the first setting part; a second setting part which sets the same goods as the same goods group; a second statistics mode storage part which performs sales data statistics according to the goods groups set by the second setting part; a third setting part which sets one or more goods shelves as the same column; a third statistics mode storage part which performs sales data statistics according to the setting of the third setting part; a selection part which selects one statistics mode from the first statistics mode storage part to the third statistics mode storage part; and a control part which sends stored sales data output by the selection part which selects the statistics mode storage part to a portable storage medium.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine that has a plurality of product storage shelves and can count the sales of products stored on the product storage shelves. Background technique [0002] In the past, in automatic vending machines, the sales statistics of commodities used the following known methods, that is, a column can be set into multiple category groups such as commodity price, hot commodity, cold commodity, and bottle size (see Patent Literature 1). [0003] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-58698 Summary of the invention [0004] Problems to be solved by the invention [0005] However, the above-mentioned vending machine must set which sales statistics group a column belongs to, and it needs to be set for each column. With regard to the current vending machines, due to the increase in the number of columns, there is a problem that the work efficiency becomes poor. [0006] In addition, when counting the sale...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G07F13/10
Inventor 的场一嘉
Owner FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD
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