Multiple Cigarette .
For Quick Smokes
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
88
FOR
JUNE
1946
FAIRFIELD, Conn.-Henry R. Bauer of
this city is doing something for smokers
who do not have time to finish their cigar·
ette and have to throwaway a large part
of it unsmoked.
Under the title "Multiple Cigarette or
the Like," he has obtained a patent grant
covering 12 generic claims for making mul·
tiple cigarettes which the smoker can
smoke all of, half of, or one·third of, as the
case may be, and still retain the unused
portion in its original condition, with. no
straggling ends . of tobacco at the breakmg
point.
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Nine types of multIple cIgarettes are 11·
lustrated in the patent papers: . L .With _.
combustible paper disc in center; 2. With
non-combustible cardboard disc in the cen-
ter which can contain an advertising mes-
sage ' 3. With cardboard or metal disc in
the ~enter with serrated edge, enabling the
smoker to break the cigarette in the center
by rolling with the fingers. This disc also
can obtain advertising; 4. Hood or boot-
like element in center at breaking point,
this element serving as a tip for the cigar-
ette; 5. With filter-tip having an air pas-
sage for cooling the smoke; 6 .. ~ith out-
side paper suitably ruled to faCIlItate sep-
aration; 7. With a pull-string in center to
break the paper; 8. A multiple or long-
strip cigarette with any desired number of
bootlike or hoodlike separations; 9. A
multiple or long-strip cigarette with any
desired number of separating discs.
Seven minutes normally are required to
smoke the standard size cigarette, but many
working people in factories, offices, rapid
transit systems, etc., do not have time dur-
ing rest periods to smoke an entire cigar-
ette. Bauer feels that the multiple cigar-
ette can be conveniently shared with
another smoker.
Multiple cigarettes would not necessarily
reduce the amount of tobacco consumed
per cigarette but would enable people to
smoke oftener than with. the conventional
cigarette.
Bally Has Hew Ray Gun
CHICAGO-Bally Mfg. Co. has a new
type ray·gun known as the Atom Gun in
the final stages of engineering, but produc-
tion schedules will depend on the avail-
ability of certain special materials, acc~rd.
ing to an announcement by George Jenkms,
Bally vice'President and general sales man-
ager.
The game is said to be modeled on
Bally's pre-war Rapid·Fire, but a new fea-·
ture has been added to increase its earn-
ings as a skill device.
Cliff Blake and Ir-
yin Part smile proud-
ly oYer the number
of orders written af
the NATD show in
San Francisco for the
new Eastern Electric
Vendor. "Certainly a
mighty fribute to this
reyolutionary yen-
dor," said Blake.
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Electric Vendor Is
NATO Show Hit ·
LOS ANGELES-"After waiting for six
years for new cigarette vendors and reading
and listening to volumes of copy about the
sensational new machines to come as a
result of scientific research and develop-
ment during the war years, it was only
natural for vending operators to acclaim
the new Eastern Electric cigarette vendor,
the machlne that fulfilled all of the prom-
ises made."
Thus spoke C. A. Blake, of Blake Sales
Co.. Pacific Coast Distributor of the ven-
dor; in speaking of the reception accorded
the machine at the recent NATD show
in San Francisco.
"As the first all-electric console vendor
on the market, the Eastern Electric has
won wide acclaim and we are very pleased
over the tremendous volume of orders com-
ing in from all over the Pacific Coast
area," concluded Blake.
Irvin Part of Cash Wholesale Tobacco
Co. and partner of Blake in Blake Sales,
said "I have watched the cigarette vending
industry from its infancy. I am convinced
that cigarette machines are importa!lt fac-
tors in retail cigarette trade and WIth the
Eastern Electric will become even more
important factors in the months and 'Years
ahead. Speaking from the standpoint of a
tobacco jobber I am mighty happy to be
in this business."
Machines are being shipped from the
East via steamship under a new arrange-
ment which brings freight into the L. A.
harbor in 12 days from New York at about
one-half the cross-country rail freight rate.
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A mother and her daughter boarded a
bus and the youngster ran to the farebox,
grabbing the lever.
"Let me put the ticket in, mother."
"No, dear, I'll take cl1re of it," the
mother replied firmly.
"No," said the little girl, "You can put
it in and I'll flush it."
FOR SALE-HIGH CLASS USED EQUIPMENT
2 Jap Guns
10 Five-Ball Games
10 Buckley Boxes
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10 Packard Boxes
10 320 Wurlitzer Boxes
10 Rock-Ola Counter Boxes
New Jack Nelson Flat Side Double-Point Needles
10,000 Plays Per Needle
75 cents Per Needle
Special Price on Quantity Lots
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We also service _music machines for operators temporarily
out of town.
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w. H. I.EVENHAGEN " CO.
1813 W. PICO BLVD.
New Phone: DRexel 1345
LOS ANGELES 6, CALIFORNIA
Cigar Vendors Back
PHILADELPHIA-Phillies cigars manu-
factured by Bayuk Cigar Co., Philadelphia,
are being made available to coin machine
operators, the company has announced, now
that armed service requirements have been
drastically reduced.
This announcement, together with the re-
cent sta tement by Robert Z. Greene, presi-
dent of Rowe Mfg. Co., that his firm is
planning to build a cigar vendor, has
'caused a widespread interest in cigar vend-
ing. The business had just gotten under
way when the outbreak of war stopped cigar
vending machine manufacturing and di-
verted large quantities of cigars to the
military.
Ex-servicemen who were able to buy pop-
ular priced and expensive cigars for ill few
cents have become confirmed cigar smokers
and are said to be good potential customers
for cigar vendors.
Most popular of the cigar vendors now in
operation is the wall type, similar in ap- .
pearance to gum machines. Principal draw-
back to this o/I?e is that cigars without
wrappers do not keep fresh.
In New York City cigar vendors are said
to be doing much more business than ex-
pected. Furthermore, top-volume locations
seem more easily found than spots for cigar-
ette vendors.
Greene Sounds Warning
PHILADELPHIA-"Current national in-
terests in automatic merchandising may
ag.a in bring forth some of those same old-
time promo ters who preyed on the public
prior to the last boom," Robert Z. Greene,
president of National Autoiliatic Merchan-
dising Association, warned a recent NAMA
regional council meeting of more than 100
members at a luncheon in the Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel.
"With your help, we can stop these busi-
ness parasites," Greene told tlIe group,
while warning that unscrupulous promoters
may besmirch the legitimate business of
selling merchandise and service tlIrough
machines.
In reviewing the progress of the auto-
matic merchandising industry, Greene re-
counted various difficulties encountered,
and also stressed that the function of vend-
ing machines is to sell in places where it
is not practical to sell candy, gum, ice
cream, beverages and cigarettes over the
counter .
Vending machines do not and cannot
compete with trade in places where the
volume of sales requires the support of a
salesgirl or salesman, the speaker declared.
Tobacco Profits
NEW YORK-Manufacturers of cigars,
cigarettes, tobacco and snuff rang up 4.1
per cent profit, after tax deductions, on their
1945 sales. Sales volume reached a grand
total of more than $1.6 billion, making for
a cool 66 million in profits.
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