Item dispensing device

1. An item dispensing device comprising:

a plurality of stacked item ejection units;

a cylindrical shared delivery pipe penetrating throughout the plurality of stacked item ejection units, wherein a plurality of side-wall portions corresponding to the plurality of item ejection units are opened as a plurality of item ejection ports; and

an item dispensing unit connected to a lower end of the shared delivery pipe and provided with an item dispensing slot,

wherein the item ejection unit includes:

a cylinder for storing a plurality of items;

a circular rotor rotatably provided in a lower part of, and coaxially with the cylinder, wherein the rotor has an opening portion in which a plurality of substantially semicircular item holders for holding one item in each holder with an opening formed radially inward are disposed intermittently along a circumferential direction; and

an energizing mechanism for energizing the item held in one of the plurality of item holders radially inward and pushing out the item through the opening of the item holder substantially horizontally to the item ejection port when the opening is aligned with the item ejection port with rotation of the rotor, and

wherein the energizing mechanism includes:

a push-into member provided in the proximity of each of the item holders of the rotor and energized inward from an outer circumferential side of the rotor; and

a cam member adapted to release the push-into member only at a position where the opening of one of the plurality of item holders is aligned with the item ejection port with rotation of the rotor, and move the push-into member to the outer circumferential side of the rotor at any other positions.

2. The item dispensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the push-into member includes:

a pantograph mechanism with a proximal end thereof provided on the outer circumferential side of the rotor, wherein the pantograph mechanism is adapted to extend and retract in a radial direction of the rotor; and

an elastic member for driving the pantograph mechanism.

3. The item dispensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the pantograph mechanism includes:

a bracket provided in the proximity of the outer circumference on a back surface of the rotor and provided with a pair of slits formed in an orthogonal direction to the radial direction of the rotor;

a pair of supporting shafts slidably attached to the pair of slits, respectively, the pair of supporting shafts energized by the elastic member in a direction approaching each other;

a pair of actuating arms with proximal ends thereof swingably attached to the pair of supporting shafts, respectively, wherein the pair of actuating arms is swingably connected with each other at centers of the both;

a pair of operating arms with proximal ends thereof swingably attached to tips of the pair of actuating arms, respectively; and

a cam follower shaft for swingably connecting the tips of the pair of actuating arms with each other and for pushing out the item.