Vending machine
A vending machine was a type of machine allowing the purchase of goods without need for personnel. They were common on Earth.

The small Earth settlement of Carbon Creek in the 1950s contained several vending machines, including a beverage-dispensing machine and two candy machines outside Johnnies Market, and one that dispensed cigarettes inside the Pine Tree Bar and Grill. ()

In 2024, there was two vending machines at the Clinica Las Mariposas in Los Angeles. One of them had coffee and the other had snacks such as Lay's potato chips. ()

Types of vending machines
 Candy machine
 Cigarette machine
 News machine
 Soda machine

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Background information 

In the first draft script of  (dated ), the food synthesizer which buries Montgomery Scott in food is described as "a large vending machine of futuristic desig[n]".

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