Automatic column setting device for article vending machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11783660
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17293011

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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.

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SANDEN RETAIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION20 KOTOBUKI-CHO ISESAKI-SHI GUNMA 3720052 ?3720052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirose, Tatsuya Isesaki, JP 99 638
Ito, Hironori Isesaki, JP 140 1364
Kudose, Hiroshi Isesaki, JP 3 6
Sadakata, Hideki Isesaki, JP 25 179
Sembongi, Kazuya Isesaki, JP 2 0
Takayama, Nobuyuki Isesaki, JP 3 3

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