JPH05298548A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a thin type automatic vending machine capable of surely electing a cigarette starting from the one located at the lowest position out of the cigarettes housed in front and rear lines in a column with a pusher claw. CONSTITUTION:This automatic vending machine is equipped with the pusher claw 50 set so as to pierce the lower part of the column 35 from the rear side to the front side, an elevation member 74 travelling forward/backward as being elevated and capable of supporting a cigarette line on the rear side at an elevated position, and a driving roller 69 which controls the elevation of the elevation member 74 interlocking with the motion of the pusher claw 50. After the cigarettes T1, T2 being pressed by the pusher claw 50 are ejected, the elevation member 74 takes down the cigarette line on the rear side so as to separate from the cigarette line on the front side. Therefore, the cigarette in each line can drop without generating mutual interference, and it can be prevented from being piled as inclining. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the cigarette from clogging.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vending machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to a vending machine suitable for a boxed cigarette as a product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of vending machine, cigarettes (hereinafter referred to simply as cigarettes) packed in boxes in a product storage frame are stacked in front and rear rows, and the cigarettes at the bottom of each row are stacked. There is a pusher plate that sequentially pushes out from the front and back of the product storage frame to discharge.

According to such a vending machine, there is an advantage that a large number of cigarettes can be stored in one product storage frame.
On the other hand, it is necessary to provide chutes at the front and rear of the product storage frame and guide the tobacco discharged from the product storage frame to the product outlet of the vending machine via the chutes. That is, since the chute exists before and after the inside of the vending machine of the type described above, the entire depth thereof is long and a large space is required for installing the vending machine.

From the above-mentioned circumstances, for example, it is conceivable to arrange an endless drive chain below the product storage frame and attach a pusher claw to the drive chain instead of the pusher plate. According to such a configuration, the pusher claw is inserted into the product storage frame from the entrance provided at the rear portion of the product storage frame by running the drive chain in one direction, and then penetrates the lower part of the product storage frame. Can be moved in this way. As a result, the lowest tobacco in each row in the product storage frame can be pushed out by the pusher claws and sequentially discharged from the discharge port provided in the front part of the product storage frame.

In detail regarding this point, when the push claw enters into the product storage frame, the pusher claw first comes into contact with the lowermost cigarette in the rear cigarette row, and then the cigarette in the rear row is inserted. Push the cigarette at the bottom of the front row of cigarettes forward. As a result, the cigarettes in the front row are discharged from the product storage frame. At this time, the cigarettes in the rear row sneak in under the front cigarette row and become cigarettes in the front row. On the other hand, regarding the rear-side tobacco row, the lowest tobacco is moved to the front row and disappears. At this point, therefore, the remaining stacked tobacco falls by one tobacco as a whole.

Further, when the push claw moves forward,
Tobacco at the bottom of the front tobacco row (previously at the bottom of the rear tobacco row) is directly pushed out by the pusher claws and discharged from the product storage frame, after which the pusher claws are removed from the product storage frame. When exiting, the front row of cigarettes will fall by one cigarette as a whole. According to the pusher claw type vending machine described above, the tobacco in the product storage frame is discharged only from the front part of the product storage frame. Therefore, in the vending machine, a chute may be provided only on the front side part. The depth of the vending machine can be shortened and the vending machine can be made thinner.

[0007]

In the push claw type vending machine described above, since the push claws move so as to penetrate from the rear to the front in the product storage frame, the stacked cigarettes are stacked. A force is applied to the row in the forward direction. For this reason, the cigarettes in the rear tobacco row come into contact with the cigarettes in the front tobacco row, and they interfere with each other. Therefore, especially if the stacking of cigarettes is misaligned, or if the frictional resistance of the contact surface is increasing due to moisture, etc., the cigarettes in the front and rear rows are caught and the cigarettes tilt when dropped. It may happen.

When such a phenomenon occurs, the pusher claw causes the lowermost cigarette in the rear cigarette row to move through the cigarette.
Even if an attempt is made to push out the bottommost cigarette in the front row of cigarettes, there is a problem that the pushout of the cigarettes in the front row may be clogged and the cigarettes may not be sold. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the use of pusher claws makes it possible to reduce the overall thickness, and the pusher claws reliably discharge the product from the product storage frame. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine that can do the same.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in the vending machine of the type in which the products are stacked and stored in the front and rear two rows in the product storage frame as described above, the product storage A pusher claw that moves so that the lower part of the frame penetrates from the rear to the front and sequentially pushes out the lowest products in the product storage frame and discharges them from the product storage frame.
The holding member, which is arranged below the rear product row, moves forward and backward while moving up and down, and in its raised position, can project into the product storage frame to support the rear product row; When the pusher claw moves, a drive mechanism that controls the raising and lowering of the holding member in conjunction with this movement is provided, and the drive mechanism is a rear surface of the product in which the pusher claw is the lowest in the product row on the rear side. While pressing, move this product and the product at the bottom of the front product line together forward, eject the product at the bottom of the front product line from the product storage frame, and When the product at the bottom was sunk to the bottom of the front product line, the holding member was raised diagonally forward, and the pusher claw directly pushed out the sunk product and discharged it from the product storage frame. If the holding member is slanted It has become a thing to be lowered toward the person.

Preferably, the drive mechanism is provided on the bottom of the holding member, the first roller rolling surface extending obliquely downward from the rear side to the front side, and the first roller rolling surface provided on the bottom of the holding member. A second roller rolling surface that extends substantially horizontally from the moving surface to the front, and a second roller rolling surface that is attached to the pusher claw and moves integrally therewith, and rolls the first roller rolling surface to move the holding member diagonally forward. It is desirable to provide a roller member that raises and holds the holding member in the raised position while rolling on the second roller rolling surface.

[0011]

According to the vending machine of the present invention, when the pusher claw enters the product storage frame from the rear of the product storage frame,
The pusher claw comes into contact with the lowest product in the rear product row, and pushes out the lowest product in the front product row through the product in the rear row and discharges the product in front of the product storage frame. At this time, the product at the bottom of the rear product line sneaks into the lower side of the front product line. Further, due to the action of the drive mechanism, the holding member rises diagonally forward and projects into the product storage frame. Therefore, after this, when the pusher claw further moves and completely escapes from the region of the rear product row, the rear product row falls on the holding member and is supported thereby.

When the pusher claw further moves forward from the above state, the product moved so as to sneak from the lowermost position in the rear row to the lowermost position in the front row is discharged from the product storage frame by the pusher claw. Then, when the pusher claw further moves out of the product storage frame, the front product row drops by one product, and the drive mechanism lowers the holding member diagonally rearward. Therefore, the rear product row supported by the holding member is lowered so as to be separated from the front product row. For this reason, a gap is generated between the product rows, and the product rows smoothly drop without interfering with each other.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cigarette vending machine to which the present invention is applied, and the vending machine includes a housing 10. An opening / closing door 12 is attached to the front surface of the housing 10 via a hinge (not shown). By opening the opening / closing door 12, it is possible to replenish tobacco as a product and collect charges.

The opening / closing door 12 is provided with an advertising light 14 from above.
The display shelves 16 of three-stage cigarette samples are provided, and the selection buttons 18 are arranged at the bottoms of the respective display shelves 16 corresponding to the cigarette samples. Further, in the opening / closing door 12, below the lowermost display shelf 16, there are provided a coin insertion slot 20, a bill insertion slot 22, and various function buttons 24 such as a withdrawal button and a continuous buying button. The amount of money inserted or inserted through the insertion port 20 and the insertion port 22 is digitally displayed on the display window 26.

Further, at the lower part of the opening / closing door 12, there are provided a cigarette withdrawal port 28 and a changeout withdrawal port 30 located near the withdrawal port 28. According to the vending machine described above, the coin slot 20
Alternatively, by inserting or inserting a predetermined amount of money from the bill insertion slot 22 and pressing the selection button 18, the desired cigarette can be received from the ejection slot 28, and if there is change, the change is provided. Can be received from the refund port 30.

FIG. 2 shows a part of the inside of the housing 10. Inside the housing 10, the outlet 28
The casing 32 arranged a predetermined distance above
And a product storage frame provided corresponding to each casing 32 and erected on the casing 32, that is, a so-called column 3
4 etc. are stored. And these casings 32
A large number of columns 34 are stored side by side in the left-right direction of the vending machine.

Each casing 32 is elongated in the front-rear direction of the vending machine and accommodates a cigarette discharging device 35, which will be described later. Upper wall 32a of each casing 32
Has its front half part horizontally extending rearward, then obliquely downward via a gradient 32d, and its rear half part horizontally extending. In addition, as shown in FIG.
As shown in, an opening 56, a slit 58, and a pair of notches 66 and 67 are provided. The opening 56 has a rectangular shape and is located at the rear of the upper wall 32a. This opening 56
Is set to be larger than the claw body 54 of the pusher claw 50 described later.

The slit 58 is a leg portion 5 of the pusher claw 50.
The width is set to be slightly wider than that of 2, and extends forward from the opening 56. That is, the slit 58 extends in a substantially central position in the width direction of the upper wall 32a so as to vertically cut the casing 32. And this slit 58
Is the opening 6 formed in the front wall 32b of the casing 32.
It continues to 0. The notches 66 and 67 are arranged in the rear half of the upper wall 32a and are provided on both the left and right sides of the slit 58. Each notch 66, 67 has a substantially rectangular shape elongated in the front-rear direction.

On the other hand, each column 34 is defined between a rectangular frame frame 36 extending in the vertical direction and the upper surface of the casing 32. Therefore, the bottom surface of the column 34 is configured by a part of the upper wall 32a of the casing 32. As shown in FIG. 2, the rear wall of the frame 36 is provided with an entrance 62 at a lower portion thereof. The entrance 62 has a rectangular shape larger than the pusher claw 50. Also, on the front wall of the frame 36,
A cigarette discharge port 65 is provided at the lower part thereof. The tobacco discharge port 65 has a cutout portion larger than the entrance 62 and the stopper plate 6 disposed in the cutout portion.
It is specified by 4 and.

In this column 34, cigarettes T of the same brand are stacked and stored in two rows, front and rear. Each cigarette T is a cigarette in which every 20 cigarettes are packed in a box. As shown in FIG. 2, the front tobacco row is composed of tobacco T1,
.., T3, T5, ... And they are stacked on the front half of the upper wall 32a. On the other hand, the rear tobacco row is composed of tobacco T2, T4, T6 ... And is stacked on the rear half of the upper wall 32a. As described above, the upper wall 32a
Since the rear half section extends at a lower position than the front half section, the front tobacco row is stored in a state of being slightly lifted with respect to the rear tobacco row.

The stopper plate 64 is a cigarette T1 located at the lowest position among the cigarettes T in the front cigarette row.
Only the outside of the column 34 is exposed. The cigarette discharger 35 is configured to include a drive sprocket 40 and a driven sprocket 42 that are spaced apart in the front-rear direction of the column 34 and are rotatable in the vertical plane.
An endless drive chain 44 is wound between 0 and 42. The drive chain 44 has the slit 58.
It is located below.

More specifically, the drive sprocket 40
Is located below the front tobacco row and in the front portion of the tobacco row, while the driven sprocket 4 is
2 is arranged slightly rearward of the rear tobacco row, that is, the column 34. The shaft of the drive sprocket 40 is connected to the output shaft of an electric motor (not shown), and
When the electric motor is driven, the drive sprocket 40 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
4 will also run in one direction.

Further, in the drive chain 44, the portion on the outward path where the driven sprocket 42 travels toward the drive sprocket 40 is designed such that its travel is guided by a chain guide (FIG. 4). The forward path portion of the vehicle can run without bending downward. On the other hand, a pair of tension sprockets 48 are meshed with a portion of the drive chain 44 on the return path side, and a predetermined tension is applied to the drive chain 44 by these tension sprockets 48.

A pair of pusher claws 5 are attached to the drive chain 44 so as to project to the outside of the drive chain 44.
0 is attached. These pusher claws 50 are
The drive chains 44 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction. Therefore, when the drive chain 44 travels, the pair of pusher claws 50 also travels with the travel of the drive chain 44, and during this traveling, the pair of pusher claws 50 moves from the inside of the casing 32. A part thereof projects upward, and after that, it moves from the rear of the column 34 through the inside of the column 34 and again enters the casing 32.

That is, each pusher claw 50 is composed of a leg portion 52 extending toward the drive chain 44 and a claw body 54 integrally formed at the tip of the leg portion 52. on the other hand,
As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of brackets 51 corresponding to the pusher claws 50 are projected from the drive chain 44 toward the outside of the travel path.
The leg portions 52 of the pusher claws 50 are connected to each other so as to be inserted therebetween.

The claw body 54 of each pusher claw 50 extends to both sides of the leg portion 52 of the drive chain 44 when viewed in the running direction of the drive chain 44, and therefore each pusher claw 50 is viewed from the running direction of the drive chain 44. In that case, the whole is T-shaped. The claw body 54 can pass above the upper wall 32a of the casing 32, that is, below the column 34. The width and height of the claw main body 54 of each pusher claw 50 as viewed in the traveling direction of the drive chain 44 are set according to the size of the cigarette T.

A pair of drive rollers 69 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 4) is rotatably attached to each pusher claw 50 via a bracket 71. The upper part of each bracket 71 is fixed to the bracket 51, as shown in FIG. The bracket 71 extends obliquely downward so as to separate from the bracket 51, and each drive roller 69
Are located on both sides of the drive chain 44.

A limit switch (not shown) for controlling the drive of the electric motor described above is provided inside the drive chain 44. The limit switch is turned off by a pressing piece (not shown) attached to the drive chain 44. That is, drive chain 4
4 moves and each pusher claw 50 moves to a predetermined position, the pressing piece turns off the limit switch. As a result, each pusher claw 50 stops at a predetermined position.

Further, inside the casing 32, a pair of lifting members 74, 75 are provided. Each lifting member 74,
75 is arranged below the column 34, and one elevating member 74 is arranged on one side of the slit 58, and the other elevating member 75 is arranged on the other side of the slit 58 (FIG. 3). One elevating member 74 is composed of a horizontal plate 74a elongated in the front-rear direction and a side plate 74b hanging downward from an outer edge of the horizontal plate 74a. Horizontal plate 74
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the central portion of a is gently inclined downward from the rear toward the front. Therefore,
The front horizontal part extends at a lower position than the rear horizontal part.

The central portion of the horizontal plate 74a and the bottom surface of the front horizontal portion are roller rolling surfaces. Pusher claw 50
Drive roller 69 rolls along the rolling surface, and the elevating member 74 is moved up and down as described later. That is, the raising / lowering member 74 is raised / lowered by the drive roller 69 as a drive means in conjunction with the traveling of the drive chain 44.

The elevating member 74, more specifically, the central portion and the rear horizontal portion of the horizontal plate 74a are arranged in the notch 66,
The front horizontal portion is housed in the casing 32. When the elevating member 74 moves up, the rear horizontal portion projects into the column 34 and can support the rear tobacco row. The side plate 74b of the lifting member 74 is shown in FIG.
And, as shown in FIG. 5, it hangs obliquely toward the rear. A guide slit 78 is provided on the side plate 74b. The guide slit 78 extends obliquely downward in the axial direction of the side plate 74b, that is, rearward.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of guide rollers 80 mounted on the side wall 32c of the casing 32 are fitted in the guide slits 78. The guide rollers 80 are obliquely arranged at a predetermined interval. Therefore, this side plate 74b is attached to each guide roller 80.
Ascending and descending, the elevating member 74 moves in the front-rear direction while moving up and down.

The other lifting member 75 is the lifting member 7.
It is constructed in the same manner as in FIG.
Are simultaneously moved up and down by each drive roller 69. Therefore, detailed description of the other lifting member 75 is omitted. A chute 72 extends from the front of the tobacco discharge port 65 described above.
Is connected to the above-mentioned outlet 28 with the opening / closing door 12 closed.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned vending machine will be described with reference to FIG.
12 to 12 will be additionally described. When the purchaser presses the predetermined selection switch 18 from the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the sales command signal is transmitted to the electric motor. Therefore, at this point, the electric motor is driven and the drive chain 44 starts traveling. At this time, as is clear from FIG. 2, the pusher claw 5 with the claw body 54 protruding upward from the opening 56 of the casing 32.
The 0 moves toward the column 34 as its legs 52 are guided in the slit 58 described above. Therefore, thereafter, the claw main body 54 of the pusher claw 50 enters the column 34 through the entrance 62 of the column 34.

In this way, when the pusher claw 50 enters the column 34, the pusher claw 50 comes into contact with the lowermost tobacco T2 in the rear tobacco row, and the tobacco T2.
The cigarette T1 at the bottom of the front cigarette row is pushed forward through 2 (Fig. 7). Here, the tobacco T2 directly pushed out by the pusher claw 50 moves along the slope 32d formed on the upper wall 32a of the casing 32 and sneaks into the lower side of the front tobacco row. Therefore, the tobacco T2 is
It is pushed forward smoothly. Further, the drive rollers 69 arranged on both sides of the pusher claw 50 move below the rear half of the horizontal plate of each elevating member 74, 75 with a slight gap therebetween. .. Therefore, the drive rollers 69 do not affect the elevating members 74 and 75 until the pusher claw 50 passes through the rear half of the horizontal plate.

Further, when the pusher claw 50 is moved and the tobacco T2 is pushed forward, the tobacco T1 is discharged from the discharge port 65 of the column 34 to the chute 72 as shown in FIG. It will be guided to the outlet 28. At approximately the same time, each drive roller 69 contacts the bottom surface of the central portion of the horizontal plate of each lifting member 74, 75. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, each drive roller 69 lifts each horizontal plate while rolling on the bottom surface of the central portion, whereby each elevating member 74, 75 is directed diagonally forward from the solid line position in FIG. It rises to the position and projects into the column 34.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the pusher claw 5
When 0 moves to the region of the front tobacco row, the pressing piece attached to the drive chain 44 turns off the limit switch. Therefore, at this time point, the driving of the electric motor is stopped and the traveling of the drive chain 44 is stopped based on the signal from the limit switch. As a result, the pusher claw 50 stops pushing the tobacco T2, and the tobacco T2
2 is held in the position moved from the rear tobacco row to the bottom of the front tobacco row. In addition, each drive roller 69 holds each elevating member 74, 75 in a state of being raised.

At this time, the tobacco T2 sunk into the lower side of the front tobacco row together with the pusher claw 50, so that the rear tobacco row left behind falls on the elevating members 74, 75 and, as shown in the figure, the upper wall. It is held in a state of being floated from 32a. Then, this state is maintained until the next sales command signal is output. Next, when the sales command signal is output again from the state shown in FIG. 9, the drive chain 44 travels in the same manner, whereby the pusher claw 50 in the column 34 directly moves the cigarette T2. (Fig. 10). Further, at this time, each driving roller 69 rolls on the bottom surface of the front half of each horizontal plate constituting each elevating member 74, 75 until the pressure pawl 50 discharges the tobacco T2, and thus each elevating member. 74 and 75 are held in the raised position.

Then, when the pusher claw 50 pushes out the tobacco T2 and discharges it from the column 34 (FIG. 11), the tobacco T2 thus discharged is also discharged by the chute 72.
It will be guided to the outlet 28 through. When the tobacco T2 is discharged, the front tobacco row falls by one tobacco. On the other hand, even after the tobacco T2 is discharged from the column 34, the drive chain 44 continues to travel. When the pusher claws 50 come out of the column 34 and the drive rollers 69 pass through the elevating members 74, 75, the elevating members 74, 75 move the guide rollers 80.
And descends diagonally rearward (dashed line arrow in FIG. 5). Therefore, the rear tobacco row supported by the lifting members 74 and 75 is lowered onto the upper wall 32a so as to be separated from the front tobacco row (FIG. 12). As a result, the entire tobacco rows fall reliably and stably without interference between the front tobacco row and the rear tobacco row.

Then, when the drive chain 44 travels and one pusher claw 50 that has come out of the column 34 moves into the casing 32 through the opening 60, the pressing piece turns off the limit switch, and The drive chain 44 and the pusher claw 50 stop. In this state, the other pusher claw 50 located in the casing 32 has moved to the stop position of the one pusher claw 50 shown in FIG. 2, and as a result, the above-described FIG. 2 and FIG.
A state similar to that of will be reproduced.

Therefore, by repeatedly performing the above-described operation of the vending machine, the tobacco T at the lowest position in the front and rear tobacco rows is sequentially placed in the column 34.
Will be discharged from. 6 to 12, the alternate long and short dash line represents the traveling locus of each drive roller 69.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but various modifications can be made. For example, the elevating members 74 and 75 do not necessarily have to be moved up and down by the drive rollers 69. For example, the drive rollers are omitted, and a pair of pneumatic cylinders are used to interlock with the travel of the pusher claws. The expansion and contraction of these pneumatic cylinders may be controlled.

[0043]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, the products in the product storage frame are pushed out and discharged only from the front side of the product storage frame. The chute for this purpose may be arranged only in the front part of the vending machine, and the vending machine can be made thinner. Then, in the raised position, the holding member that supports the rear product row in the product storage frame lowers the rear product row in a direction away from the front product row, so that the front product row and the rear product row that remain in the product storage frame Each product can be dropped stably without interference with the line. Therefore, the vending machine of the present invention has an excellent effect that the products can be reliably discharged without being clogged in the product storage frame.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vending machine.

2 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the vending machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an upper portion of a casing which is a bottom surface of a column.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a lifted state of a lift member.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a state before the operation of the vending machine of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 6 is operated to the next stage.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 7 is operated to the next stage.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 8 is operated to the next stage.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 9 is operated in the next stage.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 10 is operated in the next stage.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a state in which the state of FIG. 11 is operated to the next stage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 32 casing 34 column (commodity storage frame) 40 drive sprocket 42 driven sprocket 44 drive chain 50 pusher claw 69 drive roller 74, 75 lifting member (holding member) T cigarette

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine in which products are stacked in front and rear two rows in a product storage frame, and the lowest-order products in each product line are sequentially discharged from the product storage frame. The pusher claw that moves from the rear toward the front to push out the lowest product in the product storage frame in order and discharges it from the product storage frame. While moving forward and backward, and in its raised position, the holding member that can project into the product storage frame and support the rear product row, and when the pusher claw moves in the product storage frame, in conjunction with this movement A drive mechanism for controlling the lifting and lowering of the holding member, wherein the drive mechanism pushes the rear surface of the product at the bottom of the rear product row while the pusher claw pushes this product and the product at the bottom of the front product row. And moved forward together , The goods that were in the bottom of the front side of the goods train was drained from the product storage frame,
When the lowest product in the rear product row sneaks into the lowest product in the front product row, the holding member is raised diagonally forward and the pusher claw directly pushes out the sunk product. An automatic vending machine, characterized in that, when the holding member is discharged from the storage frame, the holding member is lowered obliquely rearward. 2. The drive mechanism is provided on the bottom of the holding member, and is provided on the bottom of the holding member and a first roller rolling surface that extends obliquely downward from the rear side to the front side. A second roller rolling surface that extends substantially horizontally from the moving surface to the front, and a second roller rolling surface that is attached to the pusher claw and moves integrally therewith, and rolls the first roller rolling surface to move the holding member diagonally forward. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a roller member that raises and holds the holding member at the raised position while rolling on the second roller rolling surface.