HK1182209B - Manually-manipulated merchandise vending device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a manually-manipulated merchandise vending device that can more easily avoid the failure of discharging merchandise. The manually-manipulated merchandise vending device of the present invention comprises a blocking unit 70. The blocking unit 70 comprises an engaging portion 71 which is provided near a merchandise retaining member 60 and can enter or exit from a merchandise retaining portion 63. When a piece of merchandise 12 is in the merchandise retaining portion 63, the engaging portion 71 contacts with a lateral portion of the merchandise 12 and exits from the merchandise retaining portion 63 so that the action of the merchandise retaining member 60 is permitted. On the other hand, when there is no merchandise 12 in the merchandise retaining portion 63, the engaging portion 71 enters the merchandise retaining portion 63 and engages with the merchandise retaining member 60 so that the action of the merchandise retaining member 60 is blocked.

Description

Manual commodity selling device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a manual commodity selling device, and more particularly, to a manual commodity selling device that delivers commodities by operating a handle.

Background

Manual vending devices that dispense items of merchandise when coins are inserted and the handle is rotated are widely used. In general, in such a vending apparatus, coins deposited when the operation handle is rotated fall into the collection box, but if the operation handle is rotated in a no-product state (empty state), so-called purchase falling-out occurs in which coins fall into the collection box even though no product is delivered, and a technique for preventing this has been proposed in the past (for example, see patent document 1).

The vending machine described in patent document 1 is provided with a commodity holding member that rotates in conjunction with an operating body (handle) at a lower portion of a commodity storage space, and a plurality of commodity holding holes are provided in a circumferential direction of the commodity holding member. An engaging portion which can be engaged with and disengaged from the commodity holding portion hole is provided below the commodity holding member. When the article is present in the article holding hole, the engaging portion is disengaged from the article holding hole without the dead weight of the article, thereby allowing the rotation of the article holding member. When there is no commodity in the commodity holding hole, the locking portion is engaged with the commodity holding member by the elastic force of the spring, and rotation of the commodity holding member is prevented.

According to this vending machine, when a purchaser inserts coins and rotates the operation body when a commodity is present in the commodity storage space, the commodity is discharged from the commodity discharge hole. The inserted coins drop into the collection box along with the rotation of the operation body. On the other hand, when there is no commodity in the commodity storage space, the rotation of the commodity holding member is prevented by the locking portion, and the operation body cannot rotate. Therefore, the purchaser cannot rotate the operation body even when the purchaser inserts the coin. Accordingly, coins can be prevented from falling into the collection bin, and purchasing can be prevented from falling out.

[ Prior art documents ]

[ patent document ]

[ patent document 1] Japanese patent No. 4536616 (FIG. 5)

Disclosure of Invention

[ problems to be solved by the invention ]

However, in the technique described in patent document 1, since the presence or absence of a commodity is detected by the weight of the commodity, if the commodity is light, the spring force of the spring may overcome the weight of the commodity. In this case, even if the commodity exists in the commodity holding hole, the locking portion is engaged with the commodity holding hole by the spring, and the commodity cannot be sold. Therefore, it is conceivable that the spring force of the spring is set to be weak in advance, but if the spring force of the spring becomes weak, the locking force of the locking portion is lowered. That is, when the purchaser mistakenly thinks that the operation member is a failure and forcibly rotates the operation member, the engagement portion may descend without being collided with the rotation of the product holding member, and the product holding member may rotate. Therefore, if the spring force of the spring is set to be weak, the rotation of the commodity holding member cannot be reliably prevented, and it is difficult to prevent the purchase from falling empty. In view of the above, in the technique described in patent document 1, the spring force of the spring needs to be strong to reliably prevent the product from falling out, but if the spring force is too strong, the product holding member does not rotate even though there is no product in the case of a light product, and therefore, it is difficult to adjust the spring force of the spring used.

The invention aims to provide a manual commodity selling device which can more simply prevent the purchase from falling off.

[ means for solving problems ]

The invention is a manual goods selling device, comprising: a coin input port for inputting coins; a handle operable when a coin is thrown into the coin inlet; a storage unit for storing a commodity; a commodity holding member provided at a bottom of the storage portion and operated in conjunction with an operation of the handle; and a plurality of commodity holding portions provided to the commodity holding member and holding the commodities; and the commodity holding member is operated by operating the handle, so that the commodities waiting in the commodity holding part are sequentially sent out; the manual merchandise vending apparatus is characterized by comprising: a blocking unit that blocks an operation of the article holding member when the article is not present in the storage portion; and is

The blocking unit includes a locking portion that is provided in the vicinity of the product holding member and is movable forward and backward from a side with respect to the product holding member, and when the product is present in the product holding portion, the locking portion contacts a side portion of the product or the product holding member and retracts from the product holding portion to allow the operation of the product holding member, and when the product is absent in the product holding portion, the locking portion enters the product holding portion to block the operation of the product holding member.

In addition, the manual commodity selling apparatus of the present invention may include: a sales space display unit which is projected to the front side of the coin inlet in conjunction with the operation of the locking unit; when the locking portion is in contact with a side portion of the article or the article holding member and retreated from the article holding portion to allow the operation of the article holding member of the article holding portion, the sold-out display portion is retreated from the front side of the coin slot, and when the locking portion enters the article holding portion to prevent the operation of the article holding member, the sold-out display portion protrudes to the front side of the coin slot to cover the coin slot and display a sold-out state.

[ Effect of the invention ]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a manual goods vending apparatus which can prevent a purchase from being dropped out more easily.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a manual goods vending apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the housing.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the housing.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the purchase-loss prevention means (prevention means).

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the configuration of the coin inlet as viewed obliquely from below.

Fig. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the purchase omission preventing unit (preventing unit) when the product is present in the product holding portion.

Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the purchase-omission preventing means (preventing means) when selling commodities.

Fig. 9 is an explanatory view of the operation of the purchase omission preventing unit (preventing unit) when no article is present in the article holding portion.

Fig. 10 is an explanatory view of the operation of the sales space display unit as viewed from the side of the apparatus.

Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the sales space display unit as viewed from the front of the apparatus.

[ description of symbols ]

10 hand goods selling device

12 commodity

17 coin inlet

18 handle

40 receiving part

60 turntable (goods keeping component)

63 commodity holding part

70 purchase-proof falling unit (block unit)

Arm 71 (stop part)

100 selling space display part

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, an embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as an embodiment) for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the description. The front and rear sides are the front and inner sides when facing the manual commodity selling device, and the left and right sides are the left and right sides when facing the manual commodity selling device.

As shown in fig. 1, a manual merchandise vending apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a frame body 11; a storage unit 40 provided above the housing 11 and storing the commodity 12; a front cover 13 covering the front side of the lower part of the frame 11; a rear cover 15 covering the rear surface side of the frame 11; and an upper cover 16 that covers the frame 11, the storage section 40, and the rear cover 15 from above.

The storage unit 40 has a function of storing a plurality of products 12 and delivering the products 12 one by one. The configuration of the housing portion 40 will be described in detail below. Here, the product 12 is a capsule toy in which a small toy is housed in a synthetic resin capsule (capsule), but the form and type of the product 12 may be arbitrary.

The front cover 13 is provided with a coin inlet 17, a handle 18, a commodity outlet 21, a coin return button 22, and a coin return port 23. The handle 18 is configured to be rotatable when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 17. The coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 17 are collected in a coin collecting box (not shown) when the operating lever 18 is rotated by the purchaser, but are returned to the coin return slot 23 when the coin return button 22 is pressed without rotating the operating lever 18. The commodity outlet 21 communicates with the storage unit 40, and when the handle 18 is rotated, 1 commodity 12 is fed out from the storage unit 40 to the commodity outlet 21. In addition, the coins used in the manual merchandise vending apparatus according to the present invention include tokens to be exchanged with merchandise, which are provided by a store where the apparatus is installed, in addition to money.

As shown in fig. 2, the handle 18 is rotatably provided on the front cover 13 and the frame 11. A drive shaft 25 is provided on the handle 18. The drive shaft 25 extends toward the rear cover 15. A 1 st intermediate gear 26 is provided at the front end of the drive shaft 25. The 1 st intermediate gear 26 is rotatably supported on the rear cover 15 and meshes with the 2 nd intermediate gear 27. The 2 nd intermediate gear 27 is rotatably supported on the rear cover 15 and meshes with the 3 rd intermediate gear 28. The 3 rd intermediate gear 28 is rotatably supported on the rear cover 15. A 4 th intermediate gear 31 is integrally provided on the front side of the 3 rd intermediate gear 28. The 3 rd intermediate gear 28 and the 4 th intermediate gear 31 are configured as two-stage gears. The 4 th intermediate gear 31 is engaged with a rack (rack)62 (described below) as a driven engagement member. When the operation handle 18 is rotated, the rotational force thereof is transmitted to a rotatable disk (rotatable table)60 (a so-called "commodity holding member" in the present invention, which will be described later) via the drive shaft 25, the 1 st intermediate gear 26, the 3 rd intermediate gear 28, and the 4 th intermediate gear 31, and the rotatable disk 60 is rotated.

A discharge portion 32 for sending out the commodity 12 from the storage portion 40 is provided at a lower portion of the housing 11. Chutes (outlet) 32a formed to be inclined inward and downward are provided in front and rear of the discharge portion 32. The chute 32a guides the products 12 from the storage unit 40 to the product outlet 21 (see fig. 1) as indicated by an arrow (1).

As shown in fig. 3, the receiving part 40 has a container body 50, a transparent cover 42 installed at the front of the container body 50, a turntable 60, a stirring unit 61, and a purchase-and-drop preventing unit 70 (a so-called "preventing unit" of the present invention) as main components. The container body 50 is formed in a substantially box shape that is open at the front. A circular recess 51 is formed in the lower portion of the container body 50. A circular discharge hole 52 is formed in the bottom of the recess 51. Further, a through hole 53 is provided at the rear end of the recess 51. Further, a member denoted by a reference numeral 55 is a guide to guide the commodities 12 one by one to the discharge hole 52 in the container body 50, and a member denoted by a reference numeral 56 is an inclined plate to prevent the commodities 12 from staying at a corner of the container body 50.

A dial (commodity holding member) 60 is rotatably fitted in the recess 51 of the container body 50. A rack 62 is formed at the lower peripheral edge of the turntable 60. The rack 62 passes through the through hole 53 and meshes with the 4 th intermediate gear 31 (see fig. 2). The dial 60 rotates in the recess 51 by power transmitted from the 4 th intermediate gear 31 (see fig. 2). The turntable 60 is provided with a plurality of (here, 5) commodity holding portions 63 arranged in a row in the circumferential direction to hold the commodities 12 (see fig. 2). Each of the plurality of commodity holding portions 63 is formed in a cylindrical shape which is open in the vertical direction, and when the turntable 60 rotates, any one of the commodity holding portions is aligned with the discharge hole 52. The product 12 (see fig. 2) rotates or slides on the bottom surface of the recess 51 in a state where the product holding portion 63 and the discharge hole 52 are not aligned, but falls from the discharge hole 52 into the discharge portion 32 (see fig. 2) when the product holding portion 63 and the discharge hole 52 are aligned.

The stirring unit 61 includes a support portion 61a installed at the center of the turntable 60, and a plurality of stirring springs 61b supported by the support portion 61 a. The stirring spring 61b rotates together with the turntable 60 to stir the commodity 12 (see fig. 2) in the container body 50, thereby preventing the commodity 12 from staying.

The purchase falling prevention unit (prevention unit) 70 is a member that prevents the action (rotation action in the case of the present embodiment) of the rotary plate (article holding member) 60 when there is no article 12 in the storage section 40, and is provided on the front upper surface of the container body 50. In addition, the inclined plate 41 covers the front portion of the container body 50 from above, and the inclined plate 41 covers the purchase falling prevention unit 70 from above. Further, the transparent cover 42 covers the front of the container body 50.

As shown in fig. 4, a peripheral wall 65 is formed on the outer periphery of the turntable 60. The peripheral wall 65 is formed higher than the upper edge of the recess 51. The commodity holding portion 63 is substantially cylindrical, and the height of the commodity holding portion 63 is approximately the same as the height of the peripheral wall 65. The peripheral wall 65 is provided with a notch 66 that opens the commodity holding portion 63 to the side.

Next, the structure of the purchase avoidance unit 70 will be described in detail with reference to fig. 5 and 6.

As shown in fig. 5, the purchase avoidance unit 70 includes a lock arm 71 (a so-called "locking portion" of the present invention), a link mechanism 80 connected to the lock arm (rock arm)71, and a sales display unit 100 connected to the link mechanism 80.

The lock arm 71 is rotatably provided near the outer periphery of the turntable 60 via a main shaft 72. The distal end 73 of the lock arm 71 is bent in an L shape and can move laterally (enter and retreat) through the notch 66 with respect to the commodity holding portion 63 holding the commodity 12 to be sold next. An extension coil spring 75 is provided on the lock arm 71. The tension coil spring 75 holds the spindle 72 together with the tip end portion 73 and pulls the opposite end portion, thereby always biasing the lock arm 71 in a direction in which the tip end portion 73 enters the commodity holding portion 63 (in fig. 4 and 5, in a clockwise direction with respect to the spindle 72). Thereby, when the article 12 is present in the article holding portion 63, the lock arm 71 elastically contacts the side portion of the article 12 or the peripheral wall 65 of the dial 60. Further, the lock arm 71 is pressed by the side portion of the commodity 12 or the peripheral wall 65 of the dial 60, and thereby can be retracted from the commodity holding portion 63 against the elasticity of the tension coil spring 75. Thus, the locking arm 71 does not prevent rotation of the dial 60 but allows rotation of the dial 60. On the other hand, when no commodity 12 is present in the commodity holding portion 63, the distal end portion 73 of the lock arm 71 enters deeply into the commodity holding portion 63 and engages with the edge of the notch 66. That is, the lock arm 71 is a detection means for detecting whether or not the commodity 12 is present from the side, and is also a locking portion that is engaged with the turntable 60 to prevent the rotation thereof depending on whether or not the commodity 12 is present. A columnar projection 76 projecting upward is formed at the base end of the lock arm 71.

In order to interlock the sales display unit 100 with the movement of the lock arm 71, a link mechanism 80 is provided between the lock arm 71 and the sales display unit 100. The linkage 80 includes a 1 st member 81, a 2 nd member 86, and a 3 rd member 88. The 1 st member 81 is rotatably provided at the front of the container body 50 via a main shaft 82. The 1 st member 81 includes elongated holes 83a and 83b engaged with the projections 76 of the lock arm 71, and a lever (lever) 85. The elongated holes 83a and 83b include an elongated hole 83a for arm rotation that allows movement of the projection 76, and an elongated hole 83b for display portion falling that is continuous with an end portion of the elongated hole 83a for arm rotation. When the tip 73 of the lock arm 71 elastically contacts the side of the commodity 12 or the outer periphery of the turntable 60 and tries to retract from the commodity holding portion 63, the 1 st member 81 allows the movement of the projection 76 by the arm-turning long hole 83a and prevents turning around the main shaft 82 by the projection 76. On the other hand, when there is no commodity 12 and the distal end portion 73 of the lock arm 71 enters the commodity holding portion 63 deeply, the projection 76 moves into the long display portion falling hole 83b, thereby allowing the rotation of the 1 st member 81 about the main shaft 82.

The 2 nd member 86 is a rod-shaped member extending in the front-rear direction. The rear end 86a of the 2 nd member 86 is coupled to the front end of the rod 85 of the 1 st member 81. The 2 nd member 86 is movable in the front-rear direction, is located at the rearmost position when the rotation of the 1 st member 81 is prevented by the projection 76 of the lock arm 71, and is not movable from this position, but is movable in the forward direction when the rotation of the 1 st member 81 is permitted. A linear long hole 87 is formed in the distal end portion of the 2 nd member 86.

The 3 rd member 88 is a rod-shaped member having a square cross section and extending in the left-right direction. Both right and left ends of the 3 rd member 88 are rotatably supported on the container body 50 in the front-rear direction via bearings 91. A rocking section 92 is attached to one end of the 3 rd member 88. The front end portion (the end portion opposite to the end portion attached to the 3 rd member 88) of the rocking section 92 is slidably fitted in the elongated hole 87 of the 2 nd member 86. Since the front inner wall of the elongated hole 87 abuts on the front end portion of the pivotal portion 92, when the movement of the 2 nd member 86 is stopped at the rearmost position, the pivotal portion 92 is pulled by the 2 nd member 86, and therefore the front end portion of the pivotal portion 92 moves rearward and the forward movement is stopped. Therefore, when the 2 nd member 86 is prevented from moving in the rearmost position, the 3 rd member 88 attached to the pivot portion 92 also pivots rearward about the bearing 91, and the pivoting forward is prevented. Conversely, when the 2 nd member 86 is allowed to move forward, the front end portion of the rocking section 92 also moves forward, and therefore the 3 rd member 88 also rotates forward. At this time, when the 3 rd member 88 is rotated forward by the weight of the sales display unit 100, the front end portion of the swinging unit 92 also moves forward. At this time, since the front end portion of the pivot portion 92 abuts on the long hole 87, the 2 nd member 86 attempts to move forward by being pulled by the pivot portion 92, and the 1 st member 81 also attempts to rotate in association therewith. At this time, the projection 76 of the lock arm 71 is positioned in the long display portion dropping hole 83b without preventing the rotation of the 1 st member 81, and as a result, the 1 st member 81 rotates, the 2 nd member 86 and the tip end portion of the rocking portion 92 both move forward, and the 3 rd member 88 rotates forward. The member indicated by reference numeral 93 is a tension coil spring that assists the 3 rd member 88 in rotating rearward.

The sales space display unit 100 includes: a mounting portion 101 fixed to the other end of the 3 rd member 88; and a rotating part 102 extending forward and upward from the mounting part 101 and then bent forward and downward. A display surface 103 for displaying sales spaces is provided on the outer surface of the front portion of the rotating portion 102. However, when the product 12 is present in the product holding portion 63, the rotation of the 1 st member 81 is stopped, and therefore the forward movement of the 2 nd member 86 and the swinging portion 92 is stopped at the rearmost position, and therefore the forward rotation of the 3 rd member 88 is also stopped, and the forward and downward rotation of the sales display portion 100 is also stopped. That is, in a state where the long arm turning hole 83a is engaged with the projection 76, the 1 st member 81, the 2 nd member 86, and the 3 rd member 88 are restricted, and therefore, the rotation of the sales display portion 100 in the forward and downward direction is also prevented. On the other hand, when the tip end 73 of the lock arm 71 enters the article holding portion 63 deeply, the projection 76 moves to the long hole 83b for display portion falling and allows the rotation of the 1 st member 81, so that the 2 nd member 86 allows the restriction by the 1 st member 81, and the swing portion 92 and the 3 rd member 88 are also released from the restriction by the 2 nd member 86, so that the sales display portion 100 can also rotate downward by its own weight.

As shown in fig. 6, an insertion hole 43 through which the rotating portion 102 of the sales display portion 100 can be inserted is provided at the lower portion of the transparent cover 42. The rotating portion 102 is retracted to the inside of the transparent cover 42 in the normal vending state (when the commodity 12 is present in the commodity holding portion 63), that is, rotated rearward and upward along with the rearward rotation of the 3 rd member 88, but protrudes from the insertion opening 43 to the outside of the transparent cover 42 to cover the front side of the coin insertion opening 17 when the sales display portion 100 is rotated forward and downward by its own weight while being released from the restriction by the link mechanism 80 (see fig. 5).

Next, the operation of the purchase avoidance unit 70 will be described with reference to fig. 7 to 11.

Fig. 7 shows a state of the purchase omission preventing unit 70 when at least 1 article 12 remains on the turntable 60. As shown in fig. 7, the tip 73 of the lock arm 71 abuts against the side of the product 12 and retracts, and is not engaged with the dial 60. Thus, the dial 60 is rotatable.

When the purchaser rotates the operating handle 18 (see fig. 1), the dial 60 rotates to move the commodity 12 to the discharge hole 52, as shown in fig. 8. At this time, the distal end 73 of the lock arm 71 is slightly retracted from the article holding portion 63 in the direction indicated by the arrow (2), but elastically contacts the peripheral wall 65 of the dial 60, and maintains the permission of the rotation of the dial 60. At the same time, the projection 76 of the lock arm 71 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow (3), but moves along the arm-turning long hole 83a, so that the 1 st member 81 does not turn and does not affect the link mechanism 80. Therefore, the retail space display unit 100 is rotated rearward and upward, and the rotating unit 102 is also retracted to the inside of the transparent cover 42.

Then, when the waiting products 12 are sequentially fed out and the last product 12 is moved to the discharge hole 52, as shown in fig. 9, the tip end portion 73 of the lock arm 71 enters the product holding portion 63 deeply by the elastic force of the tension coil spring 93 and engages with the edge of the notch 66 (arrow (4)). Thereby, the turntable 60 cannot rotate.

With the rotation of the lock arm 71, the projection 76 moves into the long display portion dropping hole 83b, and therefore the 1 st member 81 becomes rotatable in the direction indicated by the arrow (5). Thereby, the link mechanism 80 and the retail display unit 100 are released from the restriction by the lock arm 71. As a result, the sales display unit 100 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow (6) by its own weight, and the link mechanism 80 follows the operation of the sales display unit 100.

As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the front portion of the rotating portion 102 protrudes from the insertion opening 43 of the transparent cover 42, covers the front side of the coin insertion opening 17, and the display surface 103 faces the front surface of the apparatus. At this time, since the 3 rd member 88 also rotates, the tension coil spring 93 extends. Thereby, the rotation speed of the 3 rd member 88 is suppressed, and therefore, the rotation of the retail display unit 100 is also braked. The contact between the sales space display unit 100 and the transparent cover 42 and the like is alleviated by braking the rotation of the sales space display unit 100.

When the empty container body 50 is replenished with the product 12 and vending is resumed, the lock arm 71 is returned to the retracted position (the position of the lock arm 71 shown in fig. 7), and the product 12 is placed in the product holding portion 63. By returning the lock arm 71 to the retracted position, the 3 rd member 88 is rotated via the 1 st member 81 and the 2 nd member 86, and the retail display unit 100 is pulled up. Thereby, the sales display unit 100 is retracted from the front side of the coin slot 17 and returned to the inside of the transparent cover 42.

According to the manual merchandise sales device 10 described above, when there is no merchandise 12 in the merchandise holding portion 63, the rotation of the dial 60 is prevented by the lock arm 71, and as a result, the handle 18 cannot be operated. Therefore, even if the purchaser mistakenly throws in the coin, the handle 18 does not rotate, so that the coin can be prevented from falling into the collection box.

Further, when the product 12 is present in the product holding portion 63, the lock arm 71 abuts against a side portion of the product 12 to allow the rotation of the dial 60, so that the product 12 can be sold reliably regardless of the quality of the product 12. That is, in contrast to the conventional art that detects the presence or absence of a product based on the quality of the product, in the embodiment, the presence or absence of the product 12 is detected based on the size (outer diameter, etc.) of the product 12. Therefore, even a light commodity 12 can be sold smoothly, and the setting of the elastic force of the tension coil spring 75 is relatively easy.

Further, since the sold-out display unit 100 displays the sold-out state while covering the front side of the coin slot 17 when no product 12 is present in the product holding unit 63, when the purchaser inserts coins into the coin slot 17, the purchaser can recognize that the product is sold out, and thus the purchase can be doubly prevented from falling out in cooperation with the operation of the lock arm 71.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the described embodiments. It is apparent that the embodiments modified or improved in this way are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, according to the description of the technical scope of the present invention.

Claims (2)

1. A manual merchandise vending apparatus, comprising: a coin input port for inputting coins; a handle operable when a coin is thrown into the coin inlet; a storage unit for storing a commodity; a commodity holding member provided at a bottom of the storage portion and operated in conjunction with an operation of the handle; and a plurality of commodity holding portions provided to the commodity holding member and holding the commodities; and the commodity holding member is operated by operating the handle, so that the commodities waiting in the commodity holding part are sequentially sent out; the manual merchandise vending apparatus is characterized by comprising:

a blocking unit that blocks an operation of the article holding member when the article is not present in the storage portion; and is

The blocking unit includes an engaging portion provided in the vicinity of the commodity holding member and movable laterally with respect to the commodity holding member,

when the article is present in the article holding portion, the locking portion comes into contact with a side portion of the article or the article holding member and retreats from the article holding portion to allow the operation of the article holding member, and when the article is absent in the article holding portion, the locking portion enters the article holding portion to prevent the operation of the article holding member.

2. The manual merchandise vending apparatus of claim 1, comprising: a sales space display unit which is projected to the front side of the coin inlet in conjunction with the operation of the locking unit; and is

When the locking portion is in contact with a side portion of the article or the article holding member and retreated from the article holding portion to allow the operation of the article holding member of the article holding portion, the sold-out display portion is retreated from the front side of the coin slot, and when the locking portion enters the article holding portion to prevent the operation of the article holding member, the sold-out display portion protrudes to the front side of the coin slot to cover the coin slot and display a sold-out state.