AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PURPOSE:To accurately and speedily input product information on an automatic vending machine and to easily input product information. CONSTITUTION:First data carriers 31 which are installed in chassis parts on the back of product samples and transmit column number data when a reader emitting an inquiry signal enters a prescribed range which is not affected by the adjacent product sample, second data carriers 32 which are installed in the product samples and transmit product name information data when the reader emitting the inquiry signal enters a prescribed range at the inner side of the active range of the first data carriers 31, third data carriers 33 which are installed on a product name board and transmit product attribute data when the reader emitting the inquiry signal enters a prescribed range on the inner side of the active range of the second data carriers 32, and the reader transmitting the inquiry signal to the respective data carriers and receiving stored information from the respective data carriers are provided.