Provided is a prize discharge mechanism that can manage the remaining number of prizes, including the stock to be discharged not only for the next discharge but also for subsequent discharges. A prize discharge mechanism is provided with the following: a delivery disk that includes six passage opening parts through which capsules pass, that is disposed so that from among these, a connection passage opening part corresponds to the position of an upper-side discharge port, and that with rotation, delivers the capsules; a bottom surface disk that includes a connection opening part through which the capsules pass, and that is disposed between the delivery disk and the upper-side discharge port so that, while blocking other than the connection passage opening part, the connection opening part corresponds to the position of the upper-side discharge port; and five sensors that detect the capsules of the remaining five passage opening parts.

A poker machine and a poker card collating method therefor. The poker machine includes the following. A card feeding device, includes a control disk being provided at the center of a panel, the control disk being driven up and down by means of a center lifting mechanism, and when the control disk is lifted, a card feeding port for placing cards being formed below the control disk. A card collating device, the center of a card collating base being provided with a center rotating disc driven to rotate by means of a rotating disc electric motor, includes an arc-shaped card collating channel for collating the cards being formed between the center rotating disc and a card collating channel outer side wall, and a plurality of conveying rollers being provided at the bottom of the arc-shaped card collating channel. A dealer includes a card storage box and a card dealing device.

Mechanisms for dispensing items such as medications and medical supplies. Different mechanisms may be tailored to dispensing different kinds of items, for example medications in single dose packages, vials, syringes, or other similarly-shaped items. The dispensers may be placed in a dispensing unit that includes a lockable restock drawer and a dispense drawer into which items are dispensed by the dispensing mechanisms. The various kinds of dispensing mechanisms may be installed in the restock drawer in any workable proportion and arrangement. The dispensing mechanisms include multiple sensing technologies for tracking and inventory of items and for accurate sensing of items as they are dispensed.

A system that includes detergent articles and a dispenser. The dispenser may include a drum containing the articles, a collection element having a scoop, and a refilling area. The drum may be rotatable around a drum rotation axis making an angle of at least 75 degrees and of less than 135 degrees with the direction of gravity, and the drum may have a cylindrical shape, a barrel shape, a funnel shape or a conical shape.

There is provided a product storage device for a vending machine capable of changing the length of each of gaps of a spiral member to store products without replacing the spiral member. The spiral member includes a first spiral member and a second spiral member which have the same rotation axis and a gap of the same length. The position of the first spiral member relative to the second spiral member is the rotating direction is changed to change the length of the gap formed by the first spiral member and the second spiral member.

There is provided a product storage device for a vending machine capable of changing the length of each of gaps of a spiral member to store products without replacing the spiral member. The spiral member includes a first spiral member and a second spiral member which have the same rotation axis and a gap of the same length. The position of the first spiral member relative to the second spiral member is the rotating direction is changed to change the length of the gap formed by the first spiral member and the second spiral member.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a healthcare management service are provided.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a healthcare management service are provided.

The present disclosure relates to special purpose vending machines (SPVMs) methods of use thereof, and computer readable mediums (CRMs) for operating the same. In certain aspects, the method includes receiving personally identifying information (PII) from a user, receiving, from the user, an order to purchase at least one item, transmitting the PII to a third-party verification service (TPVS), receiving at least one user verification from the TPVS, sending a code to the user, where the code may include order data corresponding to the at least one item purchased by the user, receiving a scan of the code from the user using a special purpose vending machine (SPVM), where the SPVM houses the at least one item purchased by the user, and instructing the SPVM to dispense the at least one item purchased by the user.

The present disclosure relates to special purpose vending machines (SPVMs) methods of use thereof, and computer readable mediums (CRMs) for operating the same. In certain aspects, the method includes receiving personally identifying information (PII) from a user, receiving, from the user, an order to purchase at least one item, transmitting the PII to a third-party verification service (TPVS), receiving at least one user verification from the TPVS, sending a code to the user, where the code may include order data corresponding to the at least one item purchased by the user, receiving a scan of the code from the user using a special purpose vending machine (SPVM), where the SPVM houses the at least one item purchased by the user, and instructing the SPVM to dispense the at least one item purchased by the user.