公开(公告)号：US11783660B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17293011

申请日：2019-11-11

申请人： SANDEN RETAIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION

发明人： Hiroshi Kudose ,  Kazuya Sembongi ,  Hironori Ito ,  Nobuyuki Takayama ,  Hideki Sadakata ,  Tatsuya Hirose

IPC分类号： G07F11/04 ,  B65G1/08 ,  G06Q20/18

CPC分类号： G07F11/04 ,  B65G1/08 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  B65G2207/30

摘要： Provided is an automatic column setting device for an article vending machine. The device is for an article vending machine 1 including a column in an article storing shelf 13, to store articles arranged in a front-rear direction, and a dispensing mechanism 55 removably installed for the column in the shelf 13, to sequentially dispense the stored articles, the mechanism 55 is arbitrarily installable at a plurality of preset right and left positions in the shelf 13, and the automatic column setting device includes a motor presence/absence information preparing section 81 that detects an installation position of motor 61 in accordance with a connected state of motor 61, and a pattern extracting section 82 that determines a type and an installation position of the mechanism 55 in the shelf 13 based on presence/absence information of motor 61 that is detected by the motor presence/absence information preparing section 81.