JPH11175825A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine with an improved operability that can offer other articles of the same brand with an easy opera tion. SOLUTION: This automatic vending machine is composed by storing plural kinds of articles and offers an article that is selected and specified by way of a selection switch 9 out of articles to be sold determined in accordance with charged amount of money. Also, an instruction switch 10 is equipped for specifying an additional purchase of the article and an additional purchase control means 11 is equipped for reselling the same article in accordance with an operation of the instruction switch 10 when the residual amount of charged money after the article selected and specified by way of the selection switch 9 is sold satisfies a sales price of the article.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine such as a cigarette for improving operability of purchase.

[0002]

[Related Background Art] In a product display section of a vending machine such as a cigarette, product samples corresponding to a plurality of products to be sold are exhibited. A display and a product selection switch are provided corresponding to each of the product samples. Are provided. The display includes a sales display for identifying and displaying a product which is lighted and sold according to the input amount and a sold-out display for displaying a sold-out state of the product. The display is exclusively arranged side by side in the key top of a push button type product selection switch.

[0003] In such a vending machine, when a currency is inserted from a coin insertion slot or a bill insertion slot, a sellable item is determined in accordance with the inserted amount. Then, the display (sales display) associated with the product sample corresponding to the sellable product is driven to be lit, and when the product selection switch whose display is driven to be lit is pressed, the corresponding product is displayed. This is done by selectively paying out.

In general, a vending machine is provided with a push-button bulk buying instruction switch for designating bulk buying of two or three products in addition to the above-mentioned product selection switch. Such designation of bulk buying by operating the bulk buying instruction switch is performed prior to the above-described pressing operation of the commodity selection switch.

[0005]

By the way, in recent vending machines, kinds of products to be sold tend to increase, and for example, vending machines capable of selling more than 50 brands of cigarettes have been developed. I have. Along with this, in the product display section provided on the front of the vending machine, many product samples are displayed in multiple stages narrowly, and a product selection switch corresponding to the product sample is also arranged close to each other. . For this reason, it has become difficult to find a product (product sample) of the brand to be purchased in the product display section, and when operating the product selection switch corresponding to the found product sample, the product selection switch adjacent to the product selection switch must be selected. Care must be taken not to operate the switch incorrectly.

[0006] However, after purchasing a product in this way, there is often a request to purchase another product of the same brand. However, when purchasing a plurality of identical products, in a conventional vending machine, it is necessary to operate the bulk buying instruction switch in advance before operating the product selection switch as described above.
For this reason, when purchasing additional products, it is necessary to search for the product to be purchased again in the product display section and operate the corresponding product selection switch.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine excellent in purchase operability, in which the same brand of product can be purchased with a simple operation. It is in. That is, according to the present invention, a vending machine with good operability that does not require a troublesome search for a desired product (product sample) in a product display section and re-operation of a corresponding product selection switch when purchasing the same brand of product. It is intended to provide.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention contains a plurality of types of commodities, and selects from salable commodities determined in accordance with the input amount through a commodity selection switch. Related to vending machines that sell products selected and designated, and in particular, a new instruction switch for designating additional purchase of products, and the amount inserted after selling the product designated and selected via the product selection switch When the balance satisfies the selling price of the product, additional sales control means for reselling the same product in response to the operation of the instruction switch is provided.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the instruction switch functioning as a switch for designating additional purchase of the same product after the sale of the product accompanying the operation of the selection switch is the selection switch. It is characterized in that it functions as a switch for instructing bulk purchase of products before the sale of the product accompanying the operation. That is, the instruction switch for designating the additional purchase of the product is operated as a switch for instructing the bulk purchase before the operation of the product selection switch, so that the instruction switch is also used as the additional purchase instruction switch and the bulk purchase instruction switch. It is characterized by: That is, without changing the number of operation switches, the role of one instruction switch is switched according to whether the operation is before or after the operation of the product selection switch, so that the products are sold or added together. It is characterized by realizing sales.

[0010] Further, the present invention further comprises a collective selling control means which operates when the indicating switch functions as a collective buying switch, wherein the collective selling controlling means is provided in accordance with the number of times of operation of the indicating switch. In addition to setting the number of products to be purchased in bulk, the designated number of products that can be sold together is determined according to the amount of money to be put in, and then the operation of the selection switch is awaited. That is, it is characterized in that the number of merchandise to be purchased in bulk can be set according to the number of times of operation of one instruction switch.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, taking a cigarette vending machine as an example. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a configuration of a door unit 1 forming a front part of a vending machine of a cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A product display section 2 on which a plurality of product samples S are displayed is provided at an upper front portion of the door portion 1, and a product outlet 3 is provided at a lower front portion of the door portion 1. In addition, a coin slot 4, a bill insertion slot 5, a change return port 6, a change return button 7,
An input amount indicator 8 and the like are provided.

The merchandise display section 2 includes a plurality of merchandise display shelves 2a each having a front surface covered with a transparent body, and a plurality of merchandise samples S are arranged on each of the merchandise display shelves 2a. You. Also, at the front end of each product display shelf 2a,
A product selection switch 9 incorporating a display unit is incorporated corresponding to the display position of each product sample S. These product selection switches 9 correspond to product columns (not shown) incorporated inside the vending machine main body, and are provided so as to be able to be pressed from the front side of the product display unit 2. When these product selection switches 9 are selectively pressed under predetermined conditions, the product selection switches 9
The corresponding product (cigarette) is selectively paid out from the product column corresponding to. In this way, the commodity selectively paid out from the commodity column is led to the commodity outlet 3, whereby the commodity is sold.

The display integrated with the product selection switch 9 is, for example, a first display for selecting and displaying salable products.
(Sale indicator) and a second indicator (sold out indicator) for displaying the sold-out state of the product. In particular, the first display unit displays only products of a type (brand) that can be sold under the inserted amount according to the determination result of the amount inserted through the coin insertion slot 4 or the bill insertion slot 5. Lighting driving is selectively performed so as to perform identification display.

Basically, a cigarette vending machine provided with the above-mentioned operation section including the commodity display section 2 and the coin slot 4 on the front face thereof is particularly characterized by the vending machine according to this embodiment. A push button type instruction switch 10 used for specifying additional purchase of a product is further provided on the operation unit.
Is provided as "another buy button".

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, an instruction switch 1 is provided on the operation unit at the center right of the front surface of the door unit 1.
In the vicinity of the instruction switch 10, there is provided a message display 11 which prompts the operation of the instruction switch 10 as "another buy button". The message display 11 is selectively turned on when the input balance after selling the product in accordance with the operation of the product selection switch 9 exceeds the selling price of the same product. Accordingly, the lighting of the message display 11 indicates that additional purchase of the same product is possible. By pressing the instruction switch 10 in such a state,
As will be described later, additional sale of the same product is performed without operating the product selection switch 9.

The message switch 11 is omitted by using a switch having a built-in indicator as the indicator switch 10, and the operation of the indicator switch 10 is controlled by lighting the indicator built in the indicator switch 10. You may be prompted. In this case, if the button is pressed near the instruction switch 10 when the button is lit,
You can buy another one for the same product. "Or the like.

A plurality of bulk purchase designation switches 12 for selectively designating the number of bulk purchases of products are provided near the instruction switch 10. These bulk buying designation switches 12 are selectively operated before the commodity selection switch 9 is pressed. Incidentally, the bulk buying designation switch 12 includes, for example, three push button switches 12a, 12b, and 12c that select and designate the number of bulk buying as "2", "3", or "4". Also, these push button switches 12a, 12b, 12c
A type having a built-in display which is driven to be turned on in response to the selective pressing operation is used. Lighting drive of these push button switches 12a, 12b, 12c is as follows.
It is alternatively performed in response to the switch operation, and the designated number is displayed. By depressing the lighted push button switches 12a, 12b, 12c again, the designation is released.

It should be noted that the instruction switch 10 can also be used as the above-mentioned bulk purchase instruction switch for the products as described later. That is, the instruction switch 1 depends on whether the operation is before the operation of the product selection switch 9 or after the sale of the product accompanying the selection operation of the product selection switch 9.
0 may be selectively functioned as a “bulk purchase instruction switch” or “another buy button”. In particular, in this case, instead of the three bulk buying designation switches 12 (push button switches 12a, 12b, 12c), three quantity indicators 1 for displaying the number of bulk buying are provided.
3a, 13b and 13c are provided, and these number indicators 13 are provided.
It suffices if a, 13b, and 13c are selectively driven to light in accordance with the number of times the instruction switch 10 is operated.

More specifically, the number indicators 13a, 13b and 13c are cyclically turned on sequentially in accordance with the number of times the instruction switch 10 is pressed before the operation of the commodity selection switch 9. The number of batch purchases of the product specified by the number of times the instruction switch 10 is pressed is selectively displayed as, for example, "2", "3", "4", "1 (non-lighted)". You can do it. However, after the product is sold in accordance with the selection operation of the product selection switch 9, the instruction switch 1 is used as described above.
Since “0” is functioned as “another buy button”, in this case, the same product is additionally sold without lighting the number indicators 13a, 13b, 13c. At this time, the instruction switch 10 is functionalized by betting the "bulk purchase instruction switch", or "another
The function as a "buy button" is distinguished by whether the above-described message display 11 is driven to be lit, or whether the instruction switch 10 itself is driven to be lit.

Next, a description will be given of a schematic vending control procedure in a cigarette vending machine in which the operation switch is provided with the instruction switch 10 as the "another buy button".
This process is started by detecting that a coin has been inserted through the coin insertion slot 4 or that a bill has been inserted through the bill insertion slot 5, for example, as schematically shown in FIG. The process is started by determining the amount of the input [Step S1]. If the input amount exceeds the minimum selling price of the product, the control flag F for managing the sales execution of the product is initially set to zero (0) [Step S2], and the sellable product is determined under the input amount. . Then, a display (sales display) incorporated in the above-described product selection switch 9 corresponding to a product that can be sold is driven to light [Step S].
3]. In other words, the type of product that can be sold within the range of the input amount is selected from a plurality of products to be sold, and the sales display of the product selection switch 9 associated with the product is selectively displayed and driven. Such selective lighting of the sales indicator incorporated in the product selection switch 9 attached to the product sample S, together with the product sample associated with the product selection switch 9, gives the buyer Available products for sale are specified.

When the display (sales display) for specifying the salable product is turned on as described above, the return button 7 is operated next (step S4), and the bulk buying instruction switch (bulk buying button) It is sequentially determined whether the button 12 has been operated [Step S5], the instruction switch (another buy button) 10 has been operated [Step S6], and the commodity selection switch 9 has been operated [Step S7]. These determination processes are repeatedly executed until any switch operation is detected.

Specifically, in this series of operation determinations, if the operation of the return button 7 is detected first, the amount of money remaining in the vending machine at that time, that is, before the sale of the product, For example, if the input amount is after the product is sold, the balance (input amount-product sales price) is issued as change (step S8). At this point, a series of product sales control ends.

If the operation of the bulk buying instruction switch (bulk buying button) 12 is detected, the process proceeds to step S
5], set the number of bulk purchases in accordance with the selected bulk purchase designation switch 12, again determine the number of products that can be collectively sold under the input amount, and display the corresponding display (sales unit). (Step S3). At this time, the display incorporated in the selected bulk buying designation switch 12 is driven to light up to display that the bulk buying setting has been made.

If the input amount is insufficient to find any product which can be sold as a batch in the specified number, the designation of the bulk purchase is canceled. In other words, bulk purchase designation is not accepted. If another bulk buying designation switch 12 is pressed after the bulk buying designation is made,
The designated number of bulk purchases is changed accordingly. Furthermore, if the same bulk purchase designation switch 12 is pressed again after the bulk purchase designation, the bulk purchase designation is determined to be canceled, and the bulk purchase designation is released.

On the other hand, an instruction switch (another buy button) 1
When the operation of 0 is detected [Step S6], the control flag F described above is determined [Step S9]. When the control flag F is zero (0), the operation of the instruction switch (another buy button) 10 is ignored. As will be described later, the sale of the product is performed in accordance with the operation of the product selection switch 9, and when the control flag F is set to (1), the balance at that time exceeds the sales price of the same product. The same product as that previously sold is resold (additional sale) on condition that the product is sold (step S10). More specifically, the same product is additionally sold in response to the operation of the instruction switch 10, provided that the message display 11 is driven to be lit and a mode in which the same product can be additionally sold is set.

On the other hand, if a selective operation of the product selection switch 9 is detected [Step S7], the product corresponding to the selected product selection switch 9 is paid out and the designated product is paid out. Sell [Step S
11]. At this time, the bulk buying designation switch 12
It is determined whether or not the number of items for bulk buying is designated by the operation of. If the number of items for bulk buying is designated, the same product is continuously paid out by the number to collectively sell.

When the designated product is sold in response to the selective operation of the product selection switch 9 as described above, the control flag F is set to (1) [Step S12], and the remaining balance after the sale of the product is set. A determination is made [Step S13]. This balance is determined as the difference between the input amount and the product sale price as described above. If the balance is less than the minimum sale price of the product, change processing is performed [step S8]. However, if the remaining balance exceeds the minimum selling price of the product, the remaining balance is set as a new input amount, and the processing from the above-described selection and display of sellable products [Step S3] is repeatedly executed. At this time, if the balance is equal to or higher than the selling price of the same product, the message display 11 is driven to light to indicate that additional sales of the same product are possible.

According to the merchandise sales control executed in accordance with the processing procedure as described above, when a predetermined amount of money has been inserted, the merchandise which can be sold according to the inserted amount is attached to the merchandise sample S. This is clearly indicated by the lighting of a sales indicator incorporated in the product selection switch 9. At this time, if bulk buying is instructed by operating the bulk buying specifying switch 12, the quantity indicator incorporated in the bulk buying specifying switch 12 is turned on to clearly indicate that "bulk buying designation" is performed. At the same time, the selective lighting of the sales display associated with the product sample S is also performed only for products that can collectively sell the specified number of products.

In this state, when the commodity selection switch 9 whose display is driven to be lit is selectively operated, the commodity corresponding to the commodity selection switch 9 is sold. In this case, even if the commodity selection switch 9 whose indicator is not lit or the instruction switch 10 for designating “buy another” is operated, these switch operations are ignored.

When the sale of the merchandise is performed as described above, the control flag F is set to (1) at this time, and if there is a margin, the balance (input) is again determined. Under the "amount", the display of the sellable product is performed. At the same time, the message display 11 is driven to be lit, and it is clearly indicated that the same product can be additionally sold by operating the instruction switch 10. In this state, when the commodity selection switch 9 whose display is driven to be lit is selectively operated, the commodity corresponding to the commodity selection switch 9 is of course sold. When the (another buy button) 10 is operated, the same product as the previously sold product is resold accordingly (additional sales control means). That is, the same product can be additionally purchased only by operating the instruction switch (another buy button) 10 provided in the operation unit without searching for the product sample S to be purchased in the product display unit 2. Such additional purchase of the same product by the operation of the instruction switch 10 can be repeated as long as there is enough remaining money.

Thus, according to the vending machine provided with the instruction switch 10 for designating the "buy another", the purchase of goods can be performed by a very simple operation. Even when the number of product samples S displayed in the product display unit 2 is large, the search for the product to be purchased in the product display unit 2 only needs to be performed once, and the selection operation of the product selection switch 9 is performed only once. It is enough. Therefore, even if the user forgets to operate the bulk buying designation switch 12 prior to the operation of the product selection switch 9 or if the user suddenly intends to purchase the same product after purchasing the product by operating the product selection switch 9, it is easy. It becomes possible to buy the same product. In addition, the probability of erroneous operation of the product selection switches 9 arranged close to each other can be reduced.

By the way, as described above, the instruction switch 10
Can also be used as a batch purchase instruction switch for the product. In this case, whether the operation of the instruction switch 10 is "to buy another one" is determined depending on whether the product selection switch 9 is operated after the product is sold or before the product selection switch 9 is operated. Alternatively, it is only necessary to discriminate whether the designation is "bulk purchase" and to switch the function of the instruction switch 10 accordingly.

Specifically, as shown in a schematic control procedure in FIG. 3, first, the inserted amount is determined [Step S
21], when the input amount exceeds the minimum selling price of the product,
The control flag F is initialized to zero (0), and the parameter n for managing the number of items sold is initialized to (1) [Step S2]
2]. Thereafter, a sellable product is determined based on the input amount, and a display incorporated in the product selection switch 9 corresponding to the product is turned on to clearly indicate the sellable product to the buyer [Step. S23].

In this state, whether the return button 7 has been operated next (step S24), whether the instruction switch 10 has been operated [step S25], and whether the product selection switch 9 has been operated [step S26] are sequentially determined. Determine repeatedly. Then, when the operation of the return button 7 is detected, similarly to the case of the previous embodiment, the amount remaining in the vending machine at that time, that is, the input amount if the product is not sold, If the product has been sold, the balance at that time is issued as change, and the sales control process ends [Step S2].
7].

On the other hand, when the operation of the instruction switch 10 is detected (step S25), first, the control flag F
To determine whether the product is sold after the selection operation of the product selection switch 9 or before the operation of the product selection switch 9 (step S28). And the control flag F
Is zero (0), it is determined that the operation is before the operation of the product selection switch 9, and the operation of the instruction switch 10 is interpreted as an instruction for bulk buying of products, and the parameter n is incremented [step. S29]. Thereafter, the process for selecting and displaying the salable product described above [Step S23].
And the procedure from this process is repeatedly executed.

However, even in this case, if the input amount is insufficient and no product which can be sold in the designated number in a batch is found, the designation of the bulk buying is canceled and the parameter n (not shown) is changed to ( Reset to 1). When the instruction switch 10 is repeatedly operated before the operation of the product selection switch 9, the parameter n is sequentially incremented accordingly, so that the number of products to be purchased in bulk is 2, 3, and 4 in this order. Will be specified. At this time, from a practical point of view, the maximum number of bulk purchases may be limited, and the specified number may be set cyclically, for example, with four as the maximum value. Specifically, when the instruction switch 10 is pressed four times, the parameter n may be returned to (1) to reset the designation of bulk buying. Such a function is realized by using a cyclic counter (not shown).

On the other hand, if the control flag F is not zero (0), it indicates that the product is sold after the operation of the product selection switch 9 as will be described later. Is determined to be an instruction to buy another item, and a product of the same brand as the previously sold product is resold [Step S30]. The resale of this product is performed in accordance with the parameter n set in (1), so that only one identical product is additionally sold. After the additional sale of the same product in this way, the remaining balance is determined as described later (step S31), and if there is enough remaining balance, the above-mentioned display of selectable salable products [step S23].
The processing procedure from is repeatedly executed.

When the operation of the commodity selection switch 9 is detected [Step S26], the commodity corresponding to the selected operation of the commodity selection switch 9 is paid out, and the designated commodity is sold [ Step S3
2]. The sale of the designated product is performed in accordance with the parameter n described above, and the designated products are paid out in order of the number indicated by the parameter n. When the designated product is sold in this way, the control flag F is set to (1) and the parameter n is reset to (1) [Step S
33] Then, the balance after the sale of the product is determined [Step S31]. This balance is determined as the difference between the input amount and the product sale price as described above. If the balance is less than the minimum sale price of the product, the above-described change issuing process is performed [step S27]. However, if the balance exceeds the minimum selling price of the product, the balance is set as a new input amount, and the process from the selection display of the sellable product [Step S23] is repeatedly executed. At this time, it goes without saying that the lighting of the message display 11 is simultaneously performed.

According to the merchandise sales control executed in accordance with the processing procedure as described above, when a predetermined amount of money is inserted as in the previous embodiment, the merchandise which can be sold according to the input amount is This is clearly indicated by selective lighting of a display incorporated in the product selection switch 9 attached to the product sample S. In this state, if the instruction switch 10 is operated prior to the operation of the product selection switch 9, this is determined to be an instruction of "bulk purchase", and the number of bulk purchases is set by incrementing the parameter n. Along with this number setting, the above-described bulk buying number indicators 13a, 13b, 13c are selectively turned on and driven, thereby clearly indicating that "bulk buying" has been set. At the same time, the lighting of the sales display attached to the product sample S,
This is performed only for products that can sell the specified number of products in a lump (collective sale control means). It is needless to say that, before the operation of the product selection switch 9, the bulk purchase designation can be released.

Thus, regardless of whether "bulk purchase" has been set or not, when one of the product selection switches 9 whose display for specifying a salable product is selectively driven to light is selectively operated, A product corresponding to the product selection switch 9 is sold. In this case, even if the commodity selection switch 9 whose indicator is not lit is operated, the operation of the switch is ignored. When the sale of the designated product is executed in response to the operation of the product selection switch 9, the control flag F is set to (1), and the fact that the product has been sold is stored. At the same time, the parameter n is reset to (1).

After that, if there is a margin, the merchandise selection is displayed again under the balance (input amount), and the message display 11 is turned on. In this state, when the commodity selection switch 9 whose display is driven to be lit is selectively operated, the commodity corresponding to the commodity selection switch 9 is of course sold. When the (another buy button) 10 is operated, the product of the same brand as the previously sold product is re-sold accordingly (additional sales control means).
That is, in this case, since the control flag F is set to (1) in association with the sale of the above-described product, when the instruction switch 10 is operated, an instruction of "buy another (additional purchase)" is issued. It is determined that there is. Then, based on the result of this determination, a product of the same brand as the previously sold product is additionally sold.

In this case, since the parameter n is reset to (1) with the sale of the product already executed, only one additional sale of the product is performed. However, after the additional sale of the product, if there is enough remaining money, the product can be sold again, so that the same product is repeatedly sold again with the operation of the instruction switch 10 again. That is, the same product can be sequentially purchased only by operating the instruction switch (another buy button) 10 provided in the operation unit without searching for the product sample S to be purchased in the product display unit 2.

However, if the remaining balance is less than the selling price of the product already sold, it goes without saying that the message display 11 is not lit to output a message indicating that another purchase is possible. The operation of the instruction switch 10 is also ignored. In this case, the merchandise selection switch 9 of the merchandise that can be sold within the range of the balance (input amount).
Only sale by is allowed.

Thus, according to the vending machine for controlling the sale of the product as described above, the purchase of the product can be performed by a simple operation, as in the previous embodiment. Therefore, in the product display section 2 in which a large number of product samples S are displayed, the trouble of repeatedly searching for the product to be purchased can be omitted, so that the purchase operability can be sufficiently improved. In addition, it is possible to simply and effectively improve the man-machine interface by merely providing the additional purchase instruction switch 10 and devising the form of the sales control.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Although a cigarette vending machine has been described as an example here, the present invention can be similarly applied to a vending machine for beverage cans and a vending machine for other packaged products. Also, after selling the product in accordance with the operation of the product selection switch 9, if there is room for the remaining balance, for example, as described above, using the display provided near the instruction switch 10, "Press this button. Can buy the same product. " In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0046]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, there is provided an instruction switch capable of designating the purchase of a product, and in accordance with the operation of the instruction switch, the product sold immediately before that is displayed. Since additional products of the same brand are sold, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of repeatedly searching for the product to be purchased in the product display section where many product samples are displayed, improve purchase operability and improve man-machine interface And the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a front part of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a schematic processing procedure of merchandise sales control according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic processing procedure of merchandise sales control according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S Product sample 2 Product display section 2a Product display shelf 9 Product selection switch (Sales display) 10 Instruction switch (Another buy button) 12 Bulk purchase designation switch 13 Display (Bulk purchase quantity display)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine for accommodating a plurality of types of commodities and selling a commodity selected and designated through a commodity selection switch from among salable commodities determined according to the input amount. An instruction switch for designating additional purchase of the product. When an input balance after selling the product selected and designated via the product selection switch satisfies the selling price of the product, the instruction switch is operated in accordance with the operation of the instruction switch. Vending machine characterized by having additional sales control means for reselling the same product. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the instruction switch is functioned as a switch for instructing bulk purchase of the product before the sale of the product accompanying the operation of the product selection switch. . 3. A collective sale control means, which is activated when the instruction switch is functioned as a switch for instructing a collective purchase of goods, wherein the collective sale control means operates the product according to the number of times of operation of the instruction switch. 3. The vending machine according to claim 2, further comprising: setting a number of bulk purchases, determining a specified number of products that can be collectively sold according to the input amount, and waiting for operation of the product selection switch. 4. .