CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure the guarantee temperature of merchandise and to reduce energy consumption by efficiently performing cooling/heating by storing the number of pieces of sold merchandise in a storage part and changing an inside setting temperature through an arithmetic control part corresponding to the condition showing the number of pieces of merchandise to be sold set by a setting part. SOLUTION: The setting temperature of plural warmth retaining cabinets 1 is set on the conditions corresponding to the number of sold pieces by a setting part 4 and stored in a storage part 6. Based on the data set by the setting part 2, an arithmetic control part 9 outputs a signal corresponding to the lapse of time stored in a storage part 6, current time of timer 5, the number of sold pieces and a vending signal from a vending control part 8. A temperature changing means 10 is provided for changing the setting temperature of warmth retaining cabinets 1 corresponding to the signal from the arithmetic control part 9 and operates/stops a cooler/heater 2. Since the cooling or heating set temperature inside the cabinet can be varied corresponding to the sales quantity in the past, cooling/heating is efficiently performed so that the energy consumption of automatic vending machine can be reduced.