JPH05143844A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic vending machine where commodities are effectively prevented from running out and the proper number of commodities are replenished at a proper timing. CONSTITUTION:This automatic vending machine is provided with a storage circuit 2 where actual results of sale such as the quantity of sold commodities and the sale date are stored with time, a control circuit 3 which determines the proper number of commodities to be ordered based on sale actual result information stored in the storage circuit 2, and an ordering data output circuit which outputs this number of commodities determined by the control circuit 3 as ordering data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine, and more particularly to an automatic vending machine capable of outputting data about a shortage of products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vending machine, it is general that a delivery staff periodically visits the vending machine and confirms the shortage of goods before replenishing them.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional vending machine, since the delivery staff patrolls to replenish the goods,
There was a drawback that the product had to be sold out, and in order to prevent it, it was necessary to visit more than necessary.

[0004]

It is an object of the present invention to improve the inconvenience of the conventional example, to effectively obtain the information on the out-of-stock, and to replenish an appropriate number of products at an appropriate timing. Its purpose is to provide vending machines.

[0005]

According to the present invention, based on a storage circuit that stores the sales results such as the sales quantity and the number of sales days of stored products over time, and the sales result information stored in the storage circuit. A configuration is adopted in which a control circuit for determining an appropriate order quantity of a product and an order data output circuit for outputting the order quantity determined by this control circuit as order data are employed. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned object.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is based on a storage circuit 2 that stores the sales results such as the sales quantity and the number of sales days of the stored products over time, and the sales results information stored in the storage circuit 2. Control circuit 3 that determines the appropriate order quantity
And a data transmission circuit 4 as an order data output circuit that outputs the order quantity determined by the control circuit 3 as order data.

Then, the sales record of the product is first stored in the memory circuit 2. Based on this data, the control circuit 3
The order information is transmitted from the data transmission circuit 4 through the telephone line 5. On the other hand, reference numeral 6 is a host device, and the telephone line 5
Through the data receiving circuit 7, the order information is received, and the information is printed out by the printout circuit 8 as an order slip.

[0008]

As described above, by using the present invention, the vending machine is constantly replenished with an appropriate number of commodities according to the sales situation, so that the commodities are not sold out and delivered. It is possible to provide an unprecedented excellent vending machine in which the staff does not have to go to replenish the products more than necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine 2 Storage Circuit 3 Control Circuit 4 Data Transmission Circuit 5 Telephone Line 6 Host Device 7 Data Reception Circuit 8 Printout Line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage circuit that stores the sales results such as the sales quantity and the number of sales days of the stored products over time, and an appropriate order quantity of the products is determined based on the sales performance information stored in the storage circuit. An automatic vending machine, comprising: a control circuit for controlling and an order data output circuit for outputting the order quantity determined by the control circuit as order data.