MERCHANDISE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the damage of the lowest end merchandise other than a sale instruction object by an inversely moved push-out member when the same merchandises are continuously sold while the merchandises in two adjacent merchandise columns are selectively dispensed through the use of one driving means. SOLUTION: A merchandise dispensing device is provided with a driving transmission means which rotationally drives one endless rotary body 3 forward or backward and also a rotationally drives the other endless rotary body 3 backward or forward in conjunction with the forward rotation or the backward rotation of a single driving means. The push-out members 2 are constituted to be freely changeable into a non-pushing-out posture with abutment on the lowest end merchandise T in the case of backward movement. The driving of the driving means is stopped when the push-out members 2 of both endless rotary bodies 3 reache a stand-by position at the rear side from the lowest end merchandise. The driving means performs backward driving when the push-out member 2 of one endless rotary body 3 which is rotationally driven forward reaches a merchandise dispensing end position or a specified position in front of the end position.