March, 1941
one used it the amount of noise
its mechanism made was trans
mitted through the floor t© the
broadcasting room.
A cigarette vendor is back in
this same studio today, and it’s
doing as well and better than
the first. Reason? It’s fully in
sulated against sound, and the
mechanism is much quieter any
how than it was ever believed
a cigarette vendor could be
made.
Quiet operation may not seem
like a very important thing to
consider, but it appears to be
coming in for a greater amount
of thought by shrewd operators.
They know that every location
presents a different problem,
and if a noisless vendor is de
manded, they must produce it
or relinquish the spot to some
one who can.
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AUTOMATIC AGE
LOCATIONS IN THE AIR
John Driscoll claims to be a
flying man. According to him,
he has travelled thousands of
miles in airliners.
“I have always wondered why
some operator did not approach
the big airplane companies with
a plan to install vending ma
chines in the large ships. It
seems to me that this would be
a good idea as some trips are
long and tiresome and could be
made considerably more pleas
ant if passengers might get up
and purchase some candy or
gum from a vendor.”
Driscol explains that many
times he has boarded a plane in
a hurry for a long trip and had
COULD BE DONE
W E’D SAY
Mike Zales has been saving
odd and ancient coins fed into
his equipment for more than
fifteen years. Zales, whose route
is to found in the southwest,
claims to have run almost every
kind of coin operated device
that has ever been placed on the
market.
“It wasn’t until I had been in
the game for about five years,”
he says, “that I got the idea of
saving some of the old coins my
machines were taking in. Since
then, I have made myself a real
collection, and I guess I prob
ably have every old coin ever
saved by the folks around my
territory.”
People in Zale’s town have
come to know him by the odd
"Watch chain he wears. It is
fashioned of coins. Each coin
has a small hole drilled in op
posite sides near the edges, and
fv. Sma^ silver chain connects
hem all thus forming a unique
a^d no doubt valuable watch
chain.
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no time to buy cigarettes, candy,
or gum. It is his belief that ven
dors could serve passengers
who find themselves in the same
fix.
No doubt the real answer to
Driscoll’s question lies in the
fact that airline officials know
that their ships are built to cer
tain rigid weight specifications.
Each passenger is allowed to
take with him a certain amount
of luggage.
Nevertheless, Driscoll’s idea
may be explored by some enter
prising coin machine men. Lo
cations in the air? Who knows.
Vending machines would supply
a desirable service, and make
sales at a profit.
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