Abstract: A toy container is for accommodating a toy and is made of paper containing a predetermined amount of pulp. Accordingly, the toy container can be an earth-environment friendly product as compared to conventional plastic products that are not naturally decomposable.

Abstract: A vending machine for discharging merchandises by inserting a coin to operate a discharge merchandise retention member by a handle. The vending machine includes: a notch provided at a front face of a body to open upward, and a control panel attached with the notch in a detachable manner, the control panel including the handle and a coin sorting unit.

Abstract: An automatic vending machine in which a discharge merchandise holding member is operated by operation power by a handle after a coin is inserted and a piece of merchandise is discharged by an operation of the discharge merchandise holding member, the machine includes: a discharge merchandise detecting section to detect the piece of merchandise to be discharged and to output an detection signal thereof; a display section capable of displaying a total number of the discharged merchandise since a predetermined time in a manner viewable from an outside; and a processing apparatus to determine the total number of the discharged merchandise on the basis of the signal of the detection outputted by the discharge merchandise detecting section and to make the display section display the total number of the discharged merchandise at a preset occasion.

Abstract: A merchandise discharge device body has a detection means for directly or indirectly detecting discharge of merchandise and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), where the merchandise discharge device body transmits power of an operation member operated by a user to a discharge member, operating the discharge member to discharge the merchandise. The number of pieces of merchandise to be discharged, which number is obtained by the result of detection by the detection means, is stored in a semiconductor memory of the RFID. Merchandise management is performed by reading the merchandise data, stored in the semiconductor memory, by an external reader.

Abstract: A vending machine capable of discharging merchandises by throwing a coin therein to operate a discharge merchandise retention member by the operating power of a handle. The vending machine includes: a notch which is provided at a front face of a box body and which opens upward, a control panel which is attached with the notch in a detachable manner, the control panel including the handle and a coin sorting unit.