FOR COUNTING METHOD RESIDUAL QUANTITY OF MERCHANDISES IN AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PURPOSE:To reduce a load on an operator by recognizing the residual quantity of merchandises by increasing the content of the merchandise residual quantity memory of a bend-rack by one at every detection of merchandise by a sensor, and decreasing it by one when the merchandise is sold. CONSTITUTION:The controller (delivery controller or master controller) of an automatic vending machine increases the content of the merchandise residual quantity memory of the bend-rack 1 by one at every detection of the throw-in of the merchandise by the sensor 4, and decreases it by one at every sale of the merchandise. Therefore, when the operator refills the merchandises, the content of the merchandise residual quantity memory goes to a value in which the number of merchandises is added, and the content of the merchandise resid ual quantity memory is subtracted by one corresponding to the sale of the merchandises therefore, it results that the content of the merchandise residual quantity memory shows the residual value of the merchandises in the bend-rack 1. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the load on the operator, and to accurately recognize the value of the residual quantity of the merchandises.