SMALL VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small vending machine with a very simple configuration for selling articles, such as food and beverages packed in a can, a bottle, a PET bottle, or the like. SOLUTION: The vending machine comprises a plurality of void storage parts S for storing article containers 9 by stacking a plurality of article containers 9 placed sideways in a vertical direction, a drum A mounted at the lower end of each void storage part S to house a container located at the lowest part of the containers 9, and a driving source 6 for rotating the drum A in the direction of an axial circumference. In the drum A, a side plate part 4 is formed at both sides in a longitudinal direction of a surface receiving part 3 with a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction made a circular arc, and a protruding piece 32 protruding in a circumferential direction of the surface receiving part 3 is formed at a side of a front side of the drum A in a positive rotation direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT