This application discloses a luggage vending machine, including a shelf, a communication controller and an electronic lock, the communication controller and the electronic lock are both installed on the shelf, and the communication controller and the electronic lock are electrically connected, the communication controller is used for Communicate and control the opening and closing of electronic locks used to lock luggage. The utility model has the following beneficial effects: by installing an electronic lock and a communication controller on the shelf, the electronic lock is used to lock the suitcase on the shelf, and at the same time, the communication controller is further used to control the opening and closing of the electronic lock. The automatic sale of luggage is convenient and fast.

This present invention relates to a novel vending machine system that stores a variety of items, such as clothing, food, and more, to fulfil the desires and requirements of various users. The novel vending machine system features various storage compartments, a dispenser tray, a user interface, a trash bin, a drone delivery mechanism, a staff tech room and much more to enhance the functionality of conventional vending machines. The vending machine system has spacious storage compartments to store, organize, and display a variety of items for purchase, including everyday necessities as well as seasonal items.

This present invention relates to a novel vending machine system that stores a variety of items, such as clothing, food, and more, to fulfil the desires and requirements of various users. The novel vending machine system features various storage compartments, a dispenser tray, a user interface, a trash bin, a drone delivery mechanism, a staff tech room and much more to enhance the functionality of conventional vending machines. The vending machine system has spacious storage compartments to store, organize, and display a variety of items for purchase, including everyday necessities as well as seasonal items.

A self-serve product dispenser system includes a user-interactable tiered menu that is dynamically modifiable in realtime to display available products at current price. The menu may be displayed proximate to the product dispenser, or displayed remotely, e.g., on a user's smart device. Preferably the menu is displayed on a touch screen to facilitate user touch-interaction with images of available products, which interaction advances to a new menu tier with more detailed product information. The user can touch-select payment mode and can make secure payment in a variety of ways, including remotely. Upon confirmed payment, products are dispensed directly from the product dispenser, and associated inventory is debited by the quantity of dispensed products. However, the product dispenser may act as a virtual locker should the user elect to select and pay for products but defer secure pick-up from the dispenser.

A self-service terminal includes a user interface to provide information to a user of the self-service terminal, an interface modification button, and a control device configured to: determine, whether an interface interaction mode of the self-service terminal is a first interface interaction mode or a second interface interaction mode. The control device is also configured to instruct, in response to a user input at the interface modification button, a modification of: a first perceptible property assigned to the information, when the interface interaction mode is the first interface interaction mode, and a second perceptible property assigned to the information, when the interface interaction mode is the second interface interaction mode.

An automatic vending machine includes a product housing rack including a plurality of product housing shelves that are disposed in an up-down direction, a plurality of product housing paths corresponding to the plurality of product housing shelves, each product housing path being defined in the corresponding product housing shelf and configured to house products, a plurality of product discharge devices corresponding to the plurality of product housing shelves and the plurality of product housing paths, each product discharge device being configured to separate and discharge, one by one, the products that are housed in the corresponding product housing path. The product housing shelf includes a front side shelf member and a back side shelf member that are divided in the front-back direction, supported by support members, and detachably coupled with each other so that the front side shelf member is sandwiched by the back side shelf member.

An ADA compliant vending machine that raises vended product to a desired height, and specifically to a new and improved vended product delivery mechanism that moves between lowered and raised positions within a delivery bin within a vending machine, in a coordinated manner with the opening and closing of a delivery door, that raises the vended product for delivery to a customer at the desired height, and where front and rear delivery bin walls can be shaped to interlock with conforming shaped front and rear edges of the delivery mechanism to prevent vended product from becoming wedged or stuck there between.

A dispenser of feminine hygiene products, including feminine pads and tampons activated by a motion sensor. A motion of a person's hand or other object within a given distance from the motion sensor will close an electronic circuit causing a motor to rotate. The motor is attached to a shaft which rotates. The shaft retains a feminine product dispenser. The feminine product dispenser transports one of the feminine hygiene products to a retrieval tray. A time delay reduces the likelihood of or prevents someone from continuously activating the motion sensor to dispense all of the products in the machine.

Provided is a belt conveyor type dispensing mechanism for an article vending machine, in which an associated component other than a belt can be easily and compactly installed. The dispensing mechanism for the article vending machine includes a drive section that is disposed in an article storing shelf 13 and on which articles arranged in a front-rear direction are carried, the drive section being configured to drive based on a vending command, and a belt conveyor unit 57 that sequentially dispenses the articles forward, the belt conveyor unit 57 includes two belt conveyors 71 moving forward and arranged away from each other in a right-left direction, and a detection unit 100 of an article detection device and a gear to drive a rear rotary shaft over which belts of the belt conveyors 71 are looped are arranged between the two belt conveyors 71.

A document handler system and method includes timed operation functionality in which the manufacturer of the document handler may input coded information in the document handler to establish a timed operation of the document handler which may be contingent on continued payments for use of the document handler. Alternatively, or in addition, the timed operation may be used to establish an appropriate warranty period during which the manufacturer is obligated to provide repairs, modification and/or support for the document handler.