ARTICLE STORAGE DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article storage device of an automatic vending machine which can commonize base side plates.SOLUTION: In an article storage device 10 of an automatic vending machine including: an article storage passage 13 which is defined in a mode extending in the vertical direction by arranging a passage formation member 12 between base side plates 11 and sequentially stores articles at falling-down postures; and a top tray 30 having an article guide passage which guides inserted articles to an upper end opening of the article storage passage 13, the top tray 30 includes: a fixing member 31 fixed between the base side plates 11 by inserting engagement projections 313, 314 provided at side ends into engagement holes of the respective base side plates 11; and a movable member 32 which is constituted by being engaged into the fixing member 31 in a mode that the top face of itself constitutes the article guide passage and becomes deformable in the extending direction of the fixing member 31, and regulates back and forth width L in the upper end opening of the article storage passage 13 by deformation.