JP2014229211A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine capable of performing merchandise selling flexibly corresponding to the state of the selling propriety of each merchandise while reducing manufacturing costs by reducing the number of selling propriety display units to be installed.SOLUTION: An automatic vending machine 10 includes: a merchandise presentation part 24 for presenting a plurality of types of merchandise to be sold; ten keys 38 as a merchandise selection part for selecting the merchandise presented by the merchandise presentation part 24; and lamps L1 to L4 permitting sales as sales propriety display units for displaying whether or not the merchandise is sellable. A plurality of types of merchandise can be allocated to one of the lamps L1 to L4 permitting sales. The automatic vending machine 10 includes a sales propriety display control part 44 for controlling the display of the lamps L1 to L4 permitting sales to which the plurality of types of merchandise have been allocated on the basis of a plurality of types of sales propriety information A to H related to the allocated merchandise.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine capable of selling a plurality of types of products.

  For example, a cup-type vending machine that sells coffee beverages sells four types of related products (coffee beverages) consisting of coffee with sugar and cream, coffee with cream, coffee with sugar, and black coffee. About hot products and cold products are set.

  In this type of vending machine, a saleable lamp (sale availability indicator) for notifying the customer whether or not the product is available for sale is installed in the vicinity of the product presentation unit that presents the sale product. In conventional vending machines, one sellable lamp is installed for each sale product, so the parts cost of the lamp itself and its wiring cost are large, which increases the manufacturing cost of the vending machine. It was. In particular, in order to reduce costs, the product selection button, which has been placed one by one for each product, has been abolished, a product number is set for each product, and a product is selected by specifying this product number. In a vending machine using a numeric keypad with numeric buttons 0 to 9 to be provided, if a sellable lamp is provided for all products, the cost reduction effect by using the numeric keypad will be canceled.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, for example, the above four types of coffee drinks are presented as one product group, and one sale availability indicator is provided in the one product group, and the sales of each coffee beverage constituting the group are sold. There has been proposed a configuration that reduces the number of parts of the sales permission / inhibition indicator and improves the manufacturability of the vending machine by sharing the availability indicator.

JP 2003-123133 A

  In the configuration of Patent Document 1, the sales availability indicator is displayed only by the information about the out-of-stock information (sale availability information) of the coffee ingredients common to the four types of coffee beverages constituting one product group, that is, only by one condition. I have control. For this reason, for example, when the cream raw material runs out, all coffee beverages can be sold on the display of the availability indicator, but in fact, only sugared coffee and black coffee can be sold. It has become.

  Therefore, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, there is a possibility that a customer can misunderstand a product that can be purchased, but no consideration is given to the control or configuration for preventing the product. In addition, as described above, since the display of the sale availability indicator is controlled by only one condition, it is difficult to set and construct a sale method that flexibly corresponds to the sale availability status of each product. ing.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is a product that flexibly corresponds to the status of whether each product can be sold, while reducing the number of installation of the sales availability indicator to reduce the manufacturing cost. An object is to provide a vending machine capable of selling.

  The vending machine according to the present invention includes a product presentation unit that presents a plurality of types of products to be sold, a product selection unit that selects a product presented in the product presentation unit, and whether or not the product can be sold. A vending machine that can display a plurality of types of merchandise for a single sales propriety indicator, and includes a sales propriety indicator to which the plurality of types of merchandise are allocated. And a sales permission / inhibition display control unit that performs display control based on a plurality of types of sales permission / inhibition information regarding the assigned products.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of installed sale availability indicators than the number of products to be sold, and to reduce the manufacturing cost of the vending machine. In addition, the sales availability display control unit controls the display of the sales availability indicator to which a plurality of types of products are assigned based on the plurality of types of sales availability information about each product. It is possible to optimally control according to the installation location of the vending machine, the assumed customer group, and the like, and it becomes possible to sell products flexibly corresponding to the status of whether or not each product can be sold.

  The sales permission / inhibition display control unit displays the sales permission / inhibition indicator only when all the sales permission / inhibition information regarding all the products among the plurality of types of products assigned to the sales permission / inhibition indicator is sold. It is good also as a structure which performs the display which can be sold. In this way, even with a structure that minimizes the number of sales availability indicators and reduces costs, it is possible to prevent products that cannot be sold from being erroneously displayed as available for sale, and to ensure that customers are misidentified. Can be prevented.

  The sales permission / inhibition display control unit displays the sales permission / inhibition display when one or more sales permission / prohibition information regarding one or more products among the plurality of types of products assigned to the sales permission / inhibition indicator is sold. It is good also as a structure which performs the display which can be sold to a container. Then, even though some products can be sold, all the products assigned to the predetermined sale availability indicator are displayed as unsaleable, and sales opportunities for products that are available for sale are displayed. You can avoid losing.

  In this case, you may provide the separate indicator which displays the sales propriety information which cannot be sold among the sales propriety information regarding the multiple types of goods allocated to the said sales propriety display. Then, even if the sales availability indicator that handles products that cannot be sold is displayed as available for sale, the customer is surely notified of products with sale availability information that has become unavailable for sale. It is possible to prevent a customer from selecting a product that cannot be sold by mistake.

  When the individual indicators are shared for some or all of the products assigned to some or all of the sale availability indicators, the number of individual indicators can be minimized, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. The customer convenience can be improved while suppressing the increase in the number of customers.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of installed sale availability indicators than the number of products to be sold, and to reduce the manufacturing cost of the vending machine. In addition, the sales availability display control unit controls the display of the sales availability indicator to which a plurality of types of products are assigned based on the plurality of types of sales availability information about each product. It is possible to optimally control according to the installation location of the vending machine, the assumed customer group, and the like, and it becomes possible to sell products flexibly corresponding to the status of whether or not each product can be sold.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a numeric keypad provided in the vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a product presentation unit, a sale availability display unit, and a product number display unit provided on the product sales surface. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the individual display unit.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a vending machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by giving preferred embodiments in relation to its control method.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment is a cup-type beverage vending machine that injects and sells beverages into a cup (not shown), and depending on the type of products sold, by mixing a plurality of raw materials in the cup, Various drinks such as coffee drinks and juice drinks can be sold. Here, “sales” includes both paid and free.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine 10 includes a main body cabinet 12 that is a box-shaped heat insulating housing having an open front surface, and an outer door 14 that opens and closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 10.

  The main body cabinet 12 includes a control device 16, an inventory management unit 18, a product providing device 20, a money processing device 22 (see FIG. 4), and a cooling / heating device (not shown) for cooling or heating.

  The outer door 14 is a heat insulating door that opens and closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 12 by being rotatably supported on one side of the main body cabinet 12, and the front surface presents products to customers. The product sales surface 14a accepts a purchase operation. A product presentation unit 24 that presents a plurality of types of products to be sold is provided in the substantially upper half of the product sales surface 14a. In the present embodiment, the product presentation unit 24 is provided in two upper and lower stages. Below each product presentation unit 24, a sales availability display unit 26 that displays whether or not the product can be sold, and a product number display unit 28 that displays a product number that is a selection number at the time of purchase of each product, Is provided. A product outlet 29 for the user to receive the product to be sold is provided below the product presentation unit 24 and the like.

  A bill insertion slot 30, a coin slot 32, a return lever 34, which are operated when a user uses the vending machine 10 on one side (right side in FIG. 1) of the product sales surface 14a in the outer door 14. A coin return port 36, a numeric keypad 38, and a display unit 40 are provided. The bill insertion slot 30 is an opening for inserting bills, and the coin insertion slot 32 is an opening for inserting coins. The return lever 34 is a lever that is operated when returning the inserted bills and coins, and the coin return port 36 is a portion from which return coins and change are paid out.

  The numeric keypad 38 is a product selection unit for the customer to select and support the product to be purchased, and selects the product number (product numbers 1 to 12 in this embodiment) assigned to each product by the product number display unit 28. It is an input part for specifying. The numeric keypad 38 is effective when, for example, bills or coins are inserted. As shown in FIG. 2, the product numbers (1) to (12) are directly input by the numeric buttons 0 to 9, and finally, By pressing the purchase button 38a, a product having a desired product number can be designated and purchased. On the display unit 40, input information by the numeric keypad 38 is displayed, and various kinds of information such as the amount of money to be inserted and change of change are also displayed.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the product presentation unit 24, the sale availability display unit 26, and the product number display unit 28 provided on the product sales surface 14a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the product presentation unit 24 presents a plurality of types of products sold by the vending machine 10 and displays a photograph, name, content, size, and the like of each product. . In the case of this embodiment, 12 types of products are presented in the product presentation unit 24. The product number display unit 28 displays one product number for one product presented to the product presentation unit 24 so that the user can easily recognize the product number of the desired product and use the numeric keypad 38 to confirm the product number. It is for making it possible to input to.

  Specifically, in this embodiment, product number (1) is hot coffee with sugar and cream, product number (2) is hot coffee with cream, product number (3) is hot coffee with sugar, and product. Number (4) is black hot coffee, Item number (5) is M size orange juice (cold), Item number (6) is L size orange juice (cold), Item number (7) is sugar / cream Iced coffee (cold coffee), product number (8) is iced coffee with cream, product number (9) is iced coffee with sugar, product number (10) is black iced coffee, product number (11) is M Size carbonated drink (cold) and product number (12) are L size carbonated drink (cold).

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the product presentation unit 24, related product groups having a common raw material are arranged adjacent to each other as one product group. That is, product numbers (1) to (4) that are related products group of hot coffee constitute a product group G1, and product numbers (5) to (6) that are related product groups of orange juice constitute a product group G2. In addition, product numbers (7) to (10) that are related products of iced coffee constitute a product group G3, and product numbers (11) to (12) that are related products of carbonated beverages constitute a product group G4. doing.

  The sale availability display unit 26 is configured by providing one saleable lamp (sale availability display) L1 to L4 for one product group G1 to G4. The sellable lamps L1 to L4 are display devices having an illumination such as an LED, and notify the user of whether or not the product can be sold by the lighting state of the lamp. You may call it.

  In the present embodiment, a sellable lamp L1 is installed under the product presentation unit 24 that presents each product of the product group G1, and the sellable lamp L2 is installed under the product presentation unit 24 that presents each product of the product group G2. Is installed, a sellable lamp L3 is installed under the product presentation unit 24 that presents each product of the product group G3, and a sellable lamp L4 is installed under the product presentation unit 24 that presents each product of the product group G4 Has been. That is, the products of the product numbers (1) to (4) are allocated to the sellable lamp L1, the products of the product numbers (5) to (6) are allocated to the sellable lamp L2, and the products are allocated to the sellable lamp L3. The products of numbers (7) to (10) are allocated, and the products of product numbers (11) to (12) are allocated to the sellable lamp L4.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the vending machine 10 shown in FIG.

  The vending machine 10 includes a control device 16 that performs overall control of the vending machine 10, and the control device 16 controls the inventory management unit 18, the product providing device 20, the money processing device 22, a cooling and heating device (not shown), and the like. The setting change or the like of the control device 16 is performed by a setting input unit 42 such as a remote controller (not shown) inside the outer door 14.

  The inventory management unit 18 detects the sales availability information A to H, which is inventory information (sold out information) of a plurality of (e.g., 8 types in this embodiment) raw materials, using a sensor (not shown), and displays the availability of sales on the control device 16. This is transmitted to the control unit 44. Eight types of sales availability information A to H are, for example, sales availability information A: hot coffee raw material information, sales availability information B: sugar raw material information, sales availability information C: cream raw material information, sales availability information D: Raw material information of iced coffee, sales availability information E: Raw material information of orange juice, sales availability information F: Carbonated beverage out of stock information, sales availability information G: M size out of stock information, sales availability information H: L size out-of-stock information. For example, the inventory management unit 18 may detect the availability information A to H in addition to the method using the above-described sensor. The number of times may be counted by software and subtracted, and when the stock quantity is determined to be zero, it may be determined that the material is out of stock (sold out).

  The sale availability display control unit 44 controls the sale availability display unit 26 based on the sale availability information A to H transmitted from the inventory management unit 18, and performs display control (lighting control) of the sale lamps L1 to L4. And is provided as a function of the control device 16.

  In response to the product provision command from the control device 16 based on the input information (product selection information) from the numeric keypad 38, the product provision device 20 injects the raw material related to the selected product into the cup, and takes the drink-containing cup into the product collection. It is an apparatus for transporting to the outlet 29 and providing it to the customer, and may be a known configuration that is generally used conventionally. The money processing device 22 is a device that calculates whether or not the corresponding product can be sold based on money input by the customer and the selling price of the product, and also pays out change etc. as necessary. A commonly used configuration may be used.

  Next, the control method of the sales permission / inhibition display unit 26 in the vending machine 10 configured as described above will be described by exemplifying the first and second control methods.

  For example, in the four types of products constituting the product group G1, one piece of sale availability information A (hot coffee out of stock information) is common, and sale availability information B (sugar out of stock information) is the product number (1), (3) is common, and sales availability information C (cream raw material information) is common to product numbers (1) and (2). In this manner, by assigning related products having the sales availability information A to H of common or related items to one of the sellable lamps L1 to L4, the products that can be sold to customers are displayed. In addition to securing the necessary functions, the number of sellable lamps can be reduced to reduce costs. Hereinafter, the control method related to the product group G1 will be specifically exemplified and described, and the control methods related to the other product groups G2 to G4 will be described simply or omitted.

  First, the first control method will be described.

  In the first control method, the sellable lamps L1 to L4 are displayed as “available for sale” only when all the products assigned to the sellable lamps L1 to L4 can be sold.

  For example, the sale possibility display control unit 44 lights the corresponding saleable lamp L1 only when all the products of the product numbers (1) to (4) included in the product group G1 can be sold. , “Sellable” is displayed. Specifically, the sales permission / inhibition display control unit 44 only when the sales permission / prohibition information A to C regarding the constituent products of the product group G1 transmitted from the inventory management unit 18 are all “sellable (OK)”. When the sale possible lamp L1 is displayed and controlled as “available for sale” and one of the sale availability information A to C is “not available for sale (NG)”, the sale available lamp L1 is displayed as “not available for sale”. Display control is possible. As a result, for example, in a state where the raw material of sugar has run out and the product numbers (1) and (3) cannot be sold, the sales corresponding to the product group G1 including these product numbers (1) and (3) The possible lamp L1 is not displayed as “available for sale”, and the customer is prevented from selecting the product numbers (1) and (3) which are products that cannot be sold by mistake.

  However, in this first control method, the product numbers (2) and (4), which are products that can be sold, are also displayed as “unsaleable” by the sellable lamp L1, so these product numbers (2 ), (4) is likely to lose the sales opportunity.

  Then, next, the 2nd control method which solved this problem is explained.

  In the second control method, when one of the products assigned to each of the sellable lamps L1 to L4 can be sold, the sellable lamps L1 to L4 are displayed as “available for sale”.

  For example, if one of the product numbers (1) to (4) included in the product group G1 can be sold for the product group G1, the sales enable / disable display control unit 44 turns on the corresponding sellable lamp L1. “Sellable” is displayed. Specifically, the sales permission / inhibition display control unit 44 becomes “sellable (OK)” even in one of the sales permission / inhibition information items A to C regarding the constituent products of the product group G1 transmitted from the inventory management unit 18. If the sale possible lamp L1 is displayed as “available for sale”, the sale available lamp L1 is displayed as “not available for sale” only when all of the sale availability information A to C are “not available for sale (NG)”. Display control is possible. In this case, for example, the sugar is out of raw materials, and the product numbers (1) and (3) cannot be sold. In the product group G1 including these product numbers (1) and (3), Since the corresponding sellable lamp L1 is displayed as “available for sale”, it is also assumed that the customer tries to select the product numbers (1) and (3) that are products that cannot be sold by mistake.

  Therefore, when the display control of the lamps L1 to L4 that can be sold by this second control method is performed, as shown in FIG. You may provide the separate display part 50 displayed individually. The individual display unit 50 may be disposed adjacent to the numeric keypad 38 on the product sales surface 14a, for example.

  The individual display unit 50 is configured by providing five sellable lamps (individual indicators) L5 to L9. Like the saleable lamps L1 to L4, the saleable lamps L5 to L9 are display devices with illumination such as LEDs, and whether or not the raw materials can be sold depends on the lighting state of the lamps. This is to notify the user, and the display is controlled by the control device 16.

  In the case of this embodiment, the sellable lamp L5 displays that the raw material of sugar is out based on the availability information B, and the sellable lamp L6 displays that the ingredient of cream is out of stock based on the availability information C. Yes, the sellable lamp L7 indicates that the M-size material has run out or the cup has run out based on the availability information G, and the sellable lamp L8 shows that the L-size material has run out or the cup has run out based on the sale availability information H. It is a notification. Moreover, the sellable lamp L9 displays this when all the products sold by the vending machine 10 cannot be sold.

  As described above, the sellable lamps L5 to L8 constituting the individual display unit 50 are common to the products in the product groups G1 to G4 among the sales availability information A to H regarding the products of the product groups G1 to G4. Except for the sales availability information A, D, E, and F, the sales availability information B, C, G, and H related to only some products in each of the product groups G1 to G4 are supported. When the sales availability information A, D, E, F common to the products in each product group G1 to G4 is out of raw materials, all the products in the product group G1 to G4 cannot be sold. This is because it is possible to deal with the lamps L1 to L4 that can be sold.

  By providing the individual display unit 50, for example, the salable lamp L1 corresponding to the merchandise group G1 including the merchandise numbers (1) and (3) even though the sugar (sellability information B) is out of raw materials. Even if “Sellable” is displayed, by displaying the sellable lamp L5 as “Not sellable”, the product number (1) is a product that the customer cannot sell by mistake. , (3) can be prevented. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, if the individual display unit 50 is disposed in the vicinity of the numeric keypad 38, erroneous customer selection can be prevented more reliably.

  Moreover, since the individual display unit 50 can display the out of raw material of the sales availability information A to C common to some or all of the product groups G1 to G4, for example, the single sales lamp L5 indicates the product groups G1 and G3. The product numbers (1), (3), (7), and (9), which are beverages containing sugar, can be notified efficiently that they cannot be sold. Thus, since the individual indicator 50 can be shared for a part or all of the products assigned to some or all of the sellable lamps L1 to L4, installation of the sellable lamps L5 to L9 constituting the individual display 50 is possible. The number can be minimized, and the convenience of the customer can be enhanced while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost.

  As described above, in the vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the product presentation unit 24 that presents a plurality of types of products to be sold, and the numeric keypad 38 that is a product selection unit that selects the products presented on the product presentation unit 24. And sellable lamps L1 to L4 that are sale availability indicators for displaying whether or not the goods can be sold, and a plurality of types of products can be assigned to one sellable lamp L1 to L4. In addition, the sales enable / disable display control unit 44 controls display of the sellable lamps L1 to L4 to which a plurality of types of products are assigned based on the plurality of types of sale availability information A to H related to the assigned products.

  Therefore, the number of installable lamps L1 to L4 can be significantly reduced from the number of products to be sold, and the manufacturing cost of the vending machine 10 can be reduced. In addition, the sellable lamp L1 can be displayed by controlling the display of the sellable lamps L1 to L4 to which a plurality of types of products are assigned based on the plurality of types of sellable information A to H related to each product. The display of L4 can be optimally controlled by, for example, the first or second control method as described above according to the installation location of the vending machine 10, the assumed customer layer, and the like. Product sales that flexibly correspond to the availability status can be made. As described above, the vending machine 10 adopts a purchase method using the numeric keypad 38, eliminates the product selection button arranged one by one for each product, and further reduces the cost in the configuration in which the cost is reduced. By reducing the number of L1-L4 installed, further cost reduction effect is achieved.

  In the first control method described above, the sale availability display control unit 44 sets all sale availability information A to H related to all the products among the plurality of types of products assigned to the sale available lamps L1 to L4 as “available for sale”. Only when “” is displayed, “Sellable” is displayed on the corresponding sellable lamps L1 to L4. As a result, even if the number of installable lamps L1 to L4 is reduced to a minimum and the cost is reduced, it is possible to prevent a product that cannot be sold from being erroneously displayed as available for sale, and misidentify customers. Can be reliably prevented.

  On the other hand, in the above-described second control method, the sale availability display control unit 44 includes one or more sale availability information A to H related to one or more items among a plurality of types of products assigned to the sale available lamps L1 to L4. Is “available for sale”, “available for sale” is displayed on the applicable available lamps L1 to L4. As a result, even though some products can be sold, all the products assigned to the predetermined sellable lamps L1 to L4 are displayed as “unsaleable” and are in a state that can be sold. It is possible to prevent losing sales opportunities for products.

  As described above, the individual display 50 for displaying the sale availability information that is “not saleable” among the sale availability information A to H regarding the plurality of types of products assigned to the saleable lamps L1 to L4. You may prepare. Then, even if the sellable lamps L1 to L4 responsible for the products corresponding to the sale availability information A to H that are out of raw materials are displayed as “available for sale” by the second control method described above. Therefore, it is possible to reliably notify the customer of a product that is out of raw materials, and to prevent the customer from selecting a product that cannot be sold by mistake.

  By the way, in the vending machine 10, the product presentation unit 24 includes one or more product groups G <b> 1 to G <b> 4 composed of a plurality of types of products having at least one type of common sales availability information A to H. One sellable lamp L1 to L4 is assigned to the groups G1 to G4. For this reason, when changing the type of raw material such as flavor or changing the product presentation position in the product presentation unit 24, the product group is restricted and it may be difficult to change the setting.

  Therefore, in order to avoid this problem, for example, wiring for installing a sellable lamp (not shown) is passed in advance at each product presentation position of the product numbers (1) to (12), and each sale in the control device 16 is performed. The possible lamp and the allocation setting of each product are configured to be changeable. For example, the saleable lamp L1 is attached to the wiring at the position of the product number (2), and the saleable lamp is not attached to the wiring at the positions of the product numbers (1), (3), (4). The product shown in FIG. 3 is constructed by assigning the products having the product numbers (1) to (4) to the sellable lamp at the position of the number (2). With such a configuration, for example, when the configuration product of the product group G1 is changed from the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3 to a configuration including the product numbers (1) to (6), the sale of the product number (2) is performed. The possible lamp L1 can be easily changed to the presentation position of the product number (3) located in the approximate center of the new product group consisting of 6 types of winning factors, and the product group can be easily reconstructed. The versatility and convenience of the vending machine 10 are improved.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be freely changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vending machine 12 Main body cabinet 14 Outer door 14a Merchandise sales surface 16 Control device 18 Inventory management part 24 Commodity presentation part 26 Commodity sale availability display part 28 Article number display part 38 Numeric keypad 44 Sale availability display control part 50 Individual display part G1- G4 Product Group L1-L9 Available Lamp

Claims (5)

A product presentation unit for presenting multiple types of products to be sold;
A product selection unit for selecting a product presented in the product presentation unit;
A sales availability indicator that displays whether the product is available for sale;
A vending machine capable of assigning multiple types of products to one sale availability indicator,
A vending machine comprising: a sales availability display control unit configured to display and control the sales availability indicator to which the plurality of types of products are allocated based on a plurality of types of sales availability information regarding the allocated products. The vending machine according to claim 1,
The sales permission / inhibition display control unit displays the sales permission / inhibition indicator only when all the sales permission / inhibition information regarding all the products among the plurality of types of products assigned to the sales permission / inhibition indicator is sold. A vending machine characterized by having a display indicating that it can be sold. The vending machine according to claim 1,
The sales permission / inhibition display control unit displays the sales permission / inhibition display when one or more sales permission / prohibition information regarding one or more products among the plurality of types of products assigned to the sales permission / inhibition indicator is sold. A vending machine, characterized by having the vessel display a sign that it can be sold. The vending machine according to claim 3,
A vending machine comprising: an individual display for displaying sales availability information that cannot be sold among sales availability information regarding a plurality of types of products assigned to the sales availability display. The vending machine according to claim 4,
The individual display device can be shared for a part or all of the products allocated to a part or all of the sales availability indicators.

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