JP2003272040A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine capable of simplifying a structure by dispensing with a tacking-out mechanism for commodities 11 and a power source at a side of a plurality of commodity storage racks 28. <P>SOLUTION: The plurality of commodity storage racks 28 are arranged in parallel, and the commodities 11 are longitudinally arranged and stored on each commodity storage rack 28. The commodity storage rack 28 is downwardly inclined toward a commodity taking-out position 35 at a front end, and the stored commodities 11 are guided to the commodity taking-out position 35 at the front end by the inclination. A commodity conveying part 29 is moved to a front area of the commodity storage rack 28 storing the commodities 11 in selling the commodity. The commodity 11 positioned on the commodity taking-out position 35 of the commodity storage rack 28 is taken out onto a commodity conveying part 29 by a commodity taking-out device 31 mounted on the commodity conveying part 29. The commodity conveying part 29 loading the taken-out commodity 11 is moved to a taking-out port 25. By mounting the commodity taking-out device 31 on the commodity conveying part 29, the taking- out mechanism for the commodities 11 and the power source are not mounted at the side of the plurality of commodity storage racks 28, and the structure can be simplified. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine having a plurality of product storage racks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional vending machines that sell products are
Equipped with multiple product storage racks that store products by type,
It is provided with a payout mechanism for paying out one product for each product storage rack and a power source such as a motor for driving the payout mechanism.

In this case, since a payout mechanism and a power source are provided for each product storage rack, the number of these payout mechanisms and power sources is large, and the structure is complicated. Therefore, the assembly including the wiring is complicated. At the same time, there are problems such as an increase in mass and an increase in failure probability.

Further, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-302140
As described in Japanese Patent Publication, a product storage rack for storing products arranged side by side in the front-rear direction is arranged in the vertical direction and the left-right direction, and the product is placed on the front region of these product storage racks and conveyed to the take-out port. A transport unit and a transport device for moving the product transport unit in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are provided.

A transport mechanism for transporting the stored products to the front is provided for each product storage rack, and a power source for driving the transport mechanism of the product storage rack is provided at the product transfer section.

At the time of sale by selecting a product, the product transport unit moves to the front of the product storage rack that stores the selected product, and power is transmitted from the power source of the product transport unit to the transport mechanism of the product storage rack. The product stored in the product storage rack is transported to the front, the frontmost product is discharged to the front and received by the product transport unit, and the product transport unit that received the product moves to the take-out port, and the product is taken out from the take-out port. It is possible to take out.

In this case, only one power source is required and the structure is simplified. Therefore, the assembly including the wiring and the like can be facilitated, and the mass and the failure probability can be reduced.

[0008]

However, in the structure described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-302140, one power source is provided on the product transport section side and not on each product storage rack side, but each product storage is provided. It is necessary to equip the rack side with a transfer mechanism to take out the frontmost product, and the structure cannot be sufficiently simplified. Therefore, ease of assembly, reduction of mass and reduction of failure probability are not sufficient. There's a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an automatic vending machine which can simplify the structure without providing a merchandise take-out mechanism or a power source on the side of a plurality of merchandise storage racks. The purpose is to

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic vending machine, which has a machine body having an outlet, and is arranged in the machine body.
A carrier device having a plurality of product storage racks for storing products and a product transfer unit for transferring the product, and a transfer device for moving the product transfer unit with respect to the product storage rack and the outlet, and a product of the transfer device And a product takeout device that is provided in the transfer unit and takes out the products in the product storage rack to the product transfer unit.

With this configuration, when the product is sold, the product transport unit is moved to the product storage rack that stores the product to be sold, and the product in the product storage rack is moved by the product takeout device provided in the product transport unit. The product carrying unit that takes out the product to the carrying unit moves to the take-out port, and the product can be taken out through the take-out port. By providing a product take-out device that takes out the products in the product storage rack to the product transfer unit in the product transfer unit that moves relative to the product storage rack and the take-out port, a product take-out mechanism and It is not necessary to provide a power source, and the structure can be simplified.

The vending machine according to a second aspect is the vending machine according to the first aspect, in which the commodity storage rack is provided at one end and a commodity take-out device takes out a commodity by a commodity take-out device. A sliding portion that is provided in a descending slope and stores the products arranged side by side in the tilt direction and slides the stored products toward the product take-out position.
Further, it has a stopper provided at one end of the slide part for restricting the leading product, which slides toward the product take-out position by the slide part, to the product take-out position.

Further, in this structure, the product stored in the slide portion which is inclined downward toward the product take-out position at one end of the product storage rack is slid to the product take-out position, and the product is stopped by the stopper at one end of the slide part. By restricting the leading product that slides toward the take-out position to the product take-out position, the product can be reliably positioned at the product storage position of the product storage rack and can be reliably taken out by the product take-out device.

The automatic vending machine according to claim 3 is the automatic vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the product take-out device projects from the product carrying section to the product storage rack side and a take-out position for taking out the product at the product take-out position. It has a take-out member that is movable from a take-out position to a withdrawal position for withdrawing to the product transport section side, and when taking out a product from the product storage rack, temporarily suspends the product transport section below the product storage rack, and After moving the take-out member to the take-out position, raise the product transport section again,
The take-out member is provided with a take-out control means for moving the take-out member to the retracted position after taking out the product at the product storage position by overcoming the stopper.

In this structure, when the product is taken out from the product storage rack, the product transfer section is temporarily stopped below the product storage rack, the extraction member is moved to the extraction position, and then the product transfer section is raised again. The product at the product storage position can be taken out by the take-out member by overcoming the stopper, and the product taken out can be taken out by moving the take-out member to the retracted position to take out the product regulated by the stopper at the product take-out position of the product storage rack.

A vending machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the vending machine according to the third aspect, wherein the take-out member comes into contact with the product due to the rise of the product carrying section at the take-out position, and the product is placed on the side of the product storage rack. It has a guide part for guiding to the product transport part side.

In this structure, the guide portion of the take-out member comes into contact with the product so that the product is moved from the product storage rack side to the product transfer unit side only by moving the take-out member to the take-out position and raising the product transfer unit. And move the product to the product transport section.

An automatic vending machine according to claim 5 is the automatic vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a sold-out detection means for detecting a sold-out state in which no product is stored in the product storage rack. When the cut-off detection means detects that the product has been sold out, it is provided with a take-out prohibition control means for prohibiting the operation of taking out the product from the product storage rack.

In this configuration, when the sold-out detection means of the product storage rack detects that the product is sold out, the take-out prohibition control means prohibits subsequent operation of taking out the product from the corresponding product storage rack. .

An automatic vending machine according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the automatic vending machine according to any of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising a commodity presence / absence detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a commodity in the commodity transport section.

In this structure, the product presence / absence detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a product in the product transport unit makes it possible to confirm that the product has been taken out from the product storage rack to the product transport unit.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, the products sold by the vending machine 11
As for, for example, a beverage in a rectangular plastic bottle, etc., and has a bottomed cylindrical body portion 14 having a substantially rectangular cross section having a long side 12 and a short side 13, and a mouth portion at one end of the body portion 14. It has a screwed cap 15.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a machine body of a vending machine,
This machine 21 is a box-shaped vending machine body 22 and this vending machine body 22.
And a door body 23 that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the vending machine, and a plurality of installation legs 24 are attached to the lower surface of the vending machine body 22.

Although not shown in the figure, the door body 23 is provided with a product display section for displaying a product sample and a label displaying the product, a selection button for selecting the product 11 and the like at an upper height position. , Also, at the middle height position, a coin insertion part for inserting coins and banknotes, a return lever for supporting the return of the input money, an insertion amount display part, etc. are arranged, and at the lower position,
A return port for paying out change and coins is provided. Further, at the middle height position of the door body 23, an outlet 25 for taking out the product 11 to the outside is formed.

In the main body 22 of the vending machine, a plurality of product storage racks 28 for storing a plurality of products 11 arranged side by side in the front-rear direction are arranged in parallel in a plurality of rows vertically and in a plurality of rows horizontally horizontally. . In the front area of the plurality of product storage racks 28, there is provided a product transfer section 29 for mounting and transferring the product 11, and the product transfer section 29 is arranged along the front area of the plurality of product storage racks 28 in the vertical and left / right directions. Conveyor for moving horizontally
30 are provided. The product transport unit 29 is integrally provided with a product take-out device 31 that takes out the product 11 from the product storage rack 28 and transfers the product 11 to the product transport unit 29.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the product storage rack 28 has a slide portion 34 on which the body portion 14 of the commodity 11 is laid sideways.
Plural products 11 are placed side by side in the front-rear direction with one short side 13 of 14 serving as a lower surface and placed on the slide portion 34.

The slide portion 34 has a product take-out position 35 at the front end, and is supported in a state of descending and tilting toward the product take-out position 35 at the front end, and the product 11 placed on the upper surface is tilted by the tilt. It is formed of a material or shape having a small coefficient of friction with the product 11 so as to slide toward the product take-out position 35 at the front end by its own weight, and is provided with a rotatable roller or the like. At the front end of the slide portion 34, a stopper 36 that projects upward from the upper surface of the slide portion 34 and restricts the frontmost product 11 to the product removal position 35 is provided. These slide parts 34
The front end and the stopper 36 are formed with a plurality of notches 37 for avoiding interference with the product take-out device 31.

The product transport unit 29 can receive the product 11 taken out by the product take-out device 31 from the product storage rack 28, and can also hold the long side 12 of the received product 11 as a lower surface in the form of a base plate or It is formed in a bucket shape.

The transport device 30 includes a Y-axis moving mechanism 40 for moving the product transport unit 29 in the vertical Y-axis direction, and the product transport unit 29 supported by the Y-axis moving mechanism 40 in the left and right horizontal directions. It has an X-axis moving mechanism 41 for moving it in a certain X-axis direction. The Y-axis moving mechanism 40, for example, arranges a rotating body such as a chain or a timing belt on a rotating body such as a sprocket or a timing pulley arranged above and below so that the rotating body can rotate.
By connecting an elevating unit equipped with an X-axis moving mechanism 41 to this traveling body, and rotating one of the upper and lower rotating bodies by a Y-axis motor 42 (shown in FIG. 4) to rotate the traveling body. ,
Along with the lifting unit, the X-axis moving mechanism 41 and the product transport section
29 can be moved up or down. The X-axis moving mechanism 41, for example, arranges a rotating body such as a chain or a timing belt on a rotating body such as a sprocket or a timing pulley disposed on both left and right sides of the lifting unit so that the rotating body can rotate. By connecting the product conveying unit 29 and rotating either the left or right rotating body by the X-axis motor 43 (shown in FIG. 4) to rotate the rotating body, the product conveying unit 29 is moved horizontally in the left and right directions. It can be moved. Note that the transport device
30 is provided on the back side of the door body 23 or is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the vending machine body 22 like the door body 23, and the front surface of the vending machine body 22 when the product 11 is stored in the product storage rack 28. It can be opened from.

The product take-out device 31 is a notch part of the product storage rack 28 at the tip end of the product transport section 29 facing the product storage rack 28.
37 has a plurality of take-out members 46 arranged corresponding to the positional relationship of 37, and these take-out members 46 are formed in a substantially right-angled triangle cross section, and as shown in FIG. A rotatably supported by a shaft support structure (not shown) between the take-out position that projects the product 11 at the product take-out position 35 to project to the 28 side and the retracted position that retracts to the product transport section 29 side as shown in FIG. The motor for extraction 47 as a drive
It is rotated to the take-out position and the retracted position by driving (shown in FIG. 4).

The take-out member 46 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the product 11 by the upward movement of the product carrying unit 29 on the surface facing upward at the take-out position, and the product 11 is transferred from the product storage rack 28 side to the product carrying unit.
Inclined surface 48 as a guide that guides the user toward the 29 side
That is, the inclined surface 48 is inclined so as to surround the product transport section 29 side, and further, on the surface facing the rear at the extraction position, the rear side after the product 11 at the product extraction position 35 is taken out. Is formed with a regulation surface 49 that regulates movement of the commodity 11 to the front commodity take-out position 35. Extraction member
At the retracted position of 46, it is arranged on the side surface of the product transport unit 29 on the product storage rack 28 side to form a wall, and the product 11 on the product transport unit 29 can be held.

FIG. 4 shows a control unit 51 for controlling the vending machine, and the control unit 51 has an operation unit having selection buttons and the like.
52, the product storage rack 28 provided in each product storage rack 28
Sold-out detection means 53 for detecting sold-out in which the product 11 is not stored, product presence / absence detection means 54 provided in the product transport unit 29 for detecting the presence / absence of the product 11 on the product transport unit 29, and the transport device 30. Are connected. The transfer device 30 includes a Y-axis motor 42 of the Y-axis moving mechanism 40 and an X-axis motor 4 of the X-axis moving mechanism 41.
3, unloading motor 47 of the product unloading device 31, etc. are included.

The sold-out detection means 53 is, for example, a mass detection type, which is provided on the stopper 36 and detects the presence of the product when the product 11 is in contact with the stopper 36 and the pressure is applied, and when the pressure is not applied. Detects when there is no product.

Then, the control unit 51 temporarily stops the product transport unit 29 below the product storage rack 28 when the product is taken out from the product storage rack 28, moves the take-out member 46 to the take-out position, and then moves the product transfer unit. 29 is lifted again, the product 11 at the product take-out position 35 is taken out by the take-out member 46 over the stopper 36, and the take-out control means 55 is provided for moving the take-out member 46 to the retracted position after taking out the product. The detection unit 53 has a function of a take-out prohibition control unit 56 that prohibits the taking-out operation of the product from the product storage rack 28 when the sold-out is detected.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In each of the product storage racks 28, a plurality of products is placed with the body 14 of the product 11 lying down and one short side 13 of the body 14 being the lower surface and placed on the slide 34.
11 are placed side by side in the front-back direction. The product 11 stored in the product storage rack 28 slides toward the product take-out position 35 at the front end due to the inclination of the slide portion 34, and the product 11 at the forefront contacts the stopper 36 and is located at the product take-out position 35.

When the user inserts coins and presses the select button, the product take-out operation of the selected product 11 is started.

Upon the start of the product taking-out operation, the product transporting unit 29 moves the product transporting unit 29 toward the product storage rack 28 for storing the selected product 11. At this time,
As shown in, the take-out member 46 is located at the retracted position where it does not interfere with the product storage rack 28.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Is temporarily stopped at the front lower position of the product storage rack 28, and as shown in FIG. 3, the take-out member 46 is rotated from the retracted position to the take-out position and the product take-out position is obtained through the notch 37 of the product storage rack 28. Face the 35 products 11 below.

As shown in FIG. 5, by re-elevating the merchandise transport section 29, the take-out member 46 moves the merchandise at the merchandise take-out position 35.
Abut the lower surface of 11 and push up. When the product 11 is pushed up above the stopper 36, the product 11 is disengaged from between the stopper 36 and the product 11 at the rear, and is supported by the inclined surface 48 of the takeout member 46. The upper side of 11 has fallen down to the front side of the product transport section 29, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the product 11 is rotated by 90 ° and placed on the product transport unit 29 with the long side 12 being the lower surface. Product take-out position 35
The product 11 on the rear side stored in the product storage rack 28 slides toward the product removal position 35 at the front end due to the inclination of the slide portion 34, but on the regulation surface 49 of the removal member 46. The rear side product 11 abuts and regulates the slide.

As shown in FIG. 7, the presence / absence of the product is detected by the product presence / absence detecting means 54, and the product conveying unit 29 reaches the height at which the take-out member 46 comes off above the product 11 on the rear side. When 29 is further raised, the take-out member 46 is rotated from the take-out position to the retracted position. At this time, the product 11 is transferred to the product transport unit 29.
Even if it is not fully transferred on top, the product 11
Press to move and hold the product transport unit 29 to a predetermined placement position.

When the take-out member 46 is detached from the rear side product 11, the rear side product stored in the product storage rack 30.
11 is the front end product take-out position 35 due to the inclination of the slide portion 34.
The product 11 at the foremost portion abuts on the stopper 36 and is positioned at the product taking-out position 35.

The product transport unit 29 carrying the product 11 is moved to the outlet 25 by the carrier device 30 so that the product 11 can be taken out from the outlet 25.

The product storage rack from which the product 11 is taken out
When the product 11 is no longer in 28 and the sold-out detection means 53 detects that the product 11 is sold out, the take-out prohibition control means 56 prohibits the subsequent operation of taking out the product from the corresponding product storage rack 28. To do.

In the vending machine configured as described above, the product take-out position 35 of the product storage rack 28 is provided in the product transport unit 29 that moves with respect to the front area of the product storage rack 28 and the take-out port 25.
Since the product take-out device 31 that takes out the product 11 from the product transport unit 29 is provided, it is not necessary to provide a take-out mechanism or a power source for the products 11 on the side of the plurality of product storage racks 28, and the structure can be simplified. Ease of assembly, reduction of mass, reduction of failure probability, etc. can be sufficiently achieved.

Further, the products 11 stored can be slid forward by the slide portion 34 which descends and slopes toward the front end of the product storage rack 28, and the stopper 36 at the front end of the slide portion 34 allows Since the product 11 can be restricted to the product take-out position 35, the product 11 can be reliably positioned at the product take-out position 35 of the product storage rack 28 without providing a special transport mechanism.

At the time of taking out the product from the product storage rack 28, the product transport section 29 is temporarily stopped below the product storage rack 28,
After the take-out member 46 is moved to the take-out position, the product conveying unit 29 is raised again, and the take-out member 46 causes the product 11 at the product take-out position 35 to be lifted.
Since the product 11 is taken over the stopper 36 and taken out and the take-out member 46 is moved to the retracted position after the product is taken out, the product 11 regulated by the stopper 36 is placed in the product take-out position 35 of the product storage rack 28.
Can be taken out reliably.

Only by moving the take-out member 46 to the take-out position and raising the product transport section 29, the inclined surface 48 of the take-out member 46 abuts the product 11, and the product 11 is transported from the product storage rack 28 side to the product transport section. It can be pushed down to the 29 side and transferred to the product transport section 29.

Further, sold-out detection means 53 of the product storage rack 28
When it is detected that the product 11 is sold out, the take-out prohibition control means 56 can prohibit the subsequent product take-out operation from the corresponding product storage rack 28.

Further, since the product presence / absence detection means 54 for detecting the presence / absence of the product 11 in the product transport unit 29 is provided, it can be surely confirmed that the product 11 has been taken out from the product storage rack 28 to the product transport unit 29.

When storing products in each product storage rack 28, the number of products 11 stored in each product storage rack 28 is input to the control unit 51 or predetermined for each product storage rack 28. Assuming that a predetermined number of products 11 are stored, the control unit 51 counts and stores the number of products 11 taken out from each product storage rack 28 for each product removal operation, and stores each product storage rack 28. When it is determined that a predetermined number of products 11 have been taken out from the product storage rack 28, it may be determined that there is no product in each product storage rack 28. In this case, each product storage rack 28 needs to be provided with sold-out detection means 53. There is no need to simplify the configuration.

The take-out member 46 has an inclined surface 48 and a restriction surface 49.
With the above, even if the plate material is bent into a substantially L shape, the same operational effect can be obtained.

The product take-out device 31 may be provided with, for example, a belt conveyor, and the belt conveyor may take out the product 11 from the product storage rack 28 and carry it into the product carrying section 29. It is possible to take out products with directionality without defeating them.

In the case of an automatic vending machine in which the product storage racks 28 are arranged side by side only in the vertical direction, the carrier device 30 may be provided with only the Y-axis moving mechanism 40, or the product storage racks.
In the case of an automatic vending machine in which 28 are arranged side by side only in the horizontal direction on the left and right, the transport device 30 need only include the X-axis moving mechanism 41.

Further, the product 11 is not limited to a rectangular PET bottle, but a round PET bottle, a can, a bottle, a box-shaped object, or the like can be applied, and the same effect can be obtained.

Further, as an automatic vending machine, it is possible to correspond to a product sales / transportation system in a see-through window installed in an unmanned sales corner.

[0058]

According to the automatic vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a product take-out device for taking out the products in the product storage rack to the product transfer unit is provided in the product transfer unit that moves relative to the product storage rack and the take-out port. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a product takeout mechanism or a power source on the side of the plurality of product storage racks, and the structure can be simplified.

According to the vending machine according to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the vending machine is stored by the slide portion which is inclined downward toward the product take-out position at one end of the product storage rack. The existing product can be slid to the product take-out position, and the top product that slides toward the product take-out position can be restricted to the product take-out position by the stopper at one end of the slide section, so The product can be reliably positioned and can be reliably taken out by the product takeout device.

According to the automatic vending machine of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the automatic vending machine of claim 2, when the product is taken out from the product storage rack, the product transfer section is temporarily stopped below the product storage rack. After moving the unloading member to the unloading position, the merchandise transport section is raised again, the product at the product storage position is moved over the stopper by the unloading member to be taken out, and after taking out the product, the unloading member is moved to the retracted position. The product regulated by the stopper can be reliably taken out to the product taking-out position of the storage rack.

According to the automatic vending machine of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect of the automatic vending machine of the third aspect, it is possible to move the take-out member to the take-out position and raise the commodity transporting section to remove the take-out member. The guide portion comes into contact with the product, and the product can be guided from the product storage rack side to the product transport portion side and transferred to the product transport portion.

According to the vending machine according to claim 5, in addition to the effect of the vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, when the sold-out detection means of the product storage rack detects the sold-out of the goods. With the take-out prohibition control means, the subsequent take-out operation of the product from the corresponding product storage rack can be prohibited.

According to the automatic vending machine of claim 6, in addition to the effect of the automatic vending machine of any one of claims 1 to 5, the automatic vending machine is provided with a product presence / absence detecting means for detecting the presence / absence of a product in the product transport section. , It can be confirmed that the product has been taken out from the product storage rack to the product transport unit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view and FIG. 2 (b) is a side view showing a state in which the take-out member of the automatic vending machine is located at the retracted position.

3A and 3B show a state in which a takeout member of the same automatic vending machine is located at a takeout position, FIG. 3A is a plan view, and FIG. 3B is a side view.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control unit of the same automatic vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a side view explaining an operation of taking out a product by the same automatic vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining the operation of taking out a product, following FIG. 5 above.

FIG. 7 is a side view for explaining the operation of conveying the taken-out product to the outlet, following FIG. 6 above.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 products 21 aircraft 25 Mounting port 28 Product storage rack 29 Product transport section 30 conveyor 31 Product take-out device 34 Slide part 35 Product take-out position 36 Stopper 46 Extraction member 48 Inclined surface as a guide 53 sold-out detection means 54 Product presence detection means 55 Extraction control means 56 Take-out prohibition control means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A machine body having a take-out port, a plurality of commodity storage racks arranged in the machine body for accommodating merchandise, and a commodity conveyance section for conveying the commodity. A storage rack and a transfer device that moves relative to the take-out port; and a product extraction device that is provided in the product transfer unit of the transfer device and that takes out the products in the product storage rack to the product transfer unit. Characteristic vending machine. 2. The product storage rack is provided at one end and is provided with a product taking-out position where the product is taken out by a product taking-out device, and is provided in an inclined shape descending toward the product taking-out position to store and store the products arranged side by side in the inclination direction. It has a slide part that slides the product toward the product take-out position, and a stopper that is provided at one end of the slide part and that restricts the leading product that slides toward the product take-out position by the slide part to the product take-out position. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The product take-out device is movable to a take-out position that projects from the product carrying section toward the product storage rack and takes out the product at the product taking-out position, and a retreat position where the product taking-out position is withdrawn to the product carrying section. Having a take-out member, at the time of taking out the product from the product storage rack, the product transport unit is temporarily stopped below the product storage rack, and the product transport unit is moved up again after moving the take-out member to the removal position, 3. The vending machine according to claim 2, further comprising a take-out control means for taking out the product at the product storage position by the take-out member, taking it over the stopper, and moving the take-out member to the retracted position after taking out the product. 4. The take-out member has a guide portion that comes into contact with the product when the product-conveying unit rises at the take-out position and guides the product from the product storage rack side to the product conveying unit side. The vending machine according to claim 3, wherein. 5. Providing a sold-out detection means for detecting sold-out in which a product is not stored in the product storage rack, and when the sold-out detection means detects a sold-out, prohibition of taking out the product from the product storage rack is prohibited. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising control means. 6. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a product presence / absence detection unit for detecting the presence / absence of a product in the product transport unit.