AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine in which a falling speed of an article which falls in a carry-out path can be suppressed by using an attitude control plate by a thin plate material while reducing the number of components.SOLUTION: In an automatic vending machine, article accommodation passages each accommodating a plurality of articles while aligning the articles in one line in a longitudinal direction are disposed over vertical multiple stages in a slant type article accommodation rack 42, and an article cut out by an article carry-out device disposed in the vicinity of an article carry-out port in each of the article accommodation passages is dropped and carried via a carry-out passage between the article carry-out port and a back wall of a main body cabinet, and an attitude control plate 47 which is freely rotatable is provided in a rear end portion of the article accommodation passage. The attitude control plate 47 is formed from a thin steel plate which is rectangular and laterally long, and hollow cylindrical bearings 472, 472 provided on a proximal end side and beads 471 of a plurality of lines on a plate surface which is curved in a downwardly protruding shape are formed to maintain its mechanical strength.