PURPOSE:To stop the sale of merchandises at the time when a vending machine manager changes merchandises to be sold or a selling price in a merchandise storage part with respect to the controller for a separate type vending machine which is separately provided with a vending machine operation part for the vending machine operation of a merchandise purchaser and the merchandise storage part for storage of merchandises to be sold and is provided with a merchandise carrying path through which merchandises in the merchandise storage part are carried to the vending machine operation part. CONSTITUTION:This controller consists of a main control part 4 which controls the whole of the vending machine, a vending machine operation control part 5 which is connected to the main control part 4 and controls functions arranged in the vending machine operation part 1, a merchandise storage control part 6 which is connected to the main control part 4 and controls functions arranged in a merchandise storage part 2, a communication means 7 for connection between the main control part 4 and the vending machine control part 5 and between the main control part 4 and the merchandise storage control part 6, and a setting confirmation device 8 for confirmation of various settings.

Controller for automatic vending machine

PURPOSE:To improve the utilization efficiency of projected light from a light source in a curved surface mirror by irradiating a rectangular area to be irradiated through the rectangular aperture of the curved surface mirror consisting of two specified parabolic mirrors. CONSTITUTION:This illuminating system is composed of the 1st parabolic mirror 2 having a circular aperture, the light source 1 arranged near the focal point of the mirror 2, and the 2nd parabolic mirror 3 having the rectangular aperture 4 whose diameter is nearly the same as the mirror 2 in its center and curvature smaller than the mirror 2 and then the focal points of the mirrors 2 and 3 are allowed to agree with each other. It is desirable to form an illuminating device for displaying an image 120 which illuminates a liquid crystal light valve 108 having a rectangular display area by using this illuminating system and a luminous flux from the valve 108 is cast to a screen 110.

Mitsutake Hideaki

Papers

Illuminating device and image display device provided therewith