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Automatic Age

Issue: 1933 October - Page 136

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ness. A machine designed to meet the ^
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HE Rowe “Aristocrat” will sell cigarettes at any
range from lc to 25c, and deliver from one tc ^
pennies in change with each purchase. ^
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dimes alone, or any combination of nickels and^ ^
will operate the machine. A single coin mec a
controls all sales, with a slug ejector develope
degree of efficiency that closely approaches perfeC
D e s ig n : No matter how well a vending machine fUI1 if its outward appearance is not attractive^ «
signed, depreciation and loss of sales is the inevitable ^
No expense has been spared to make the “Aristocrat
world’s most beautiful and best constructed cigarette
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I t w ill h arm o n ize w ith the surro u n d in g s of th e m o st select location.
Its rug ge d construct*0 dps.i>o(
w ith s ta n d the abuses to w h ic h such m ac h ine s are often subjected. L o w o p e ra tin g cost is one of its
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I t is s k illfu lly engineered an d co-ordinated for tro ub le free o peratio n on location, year in and y e‘
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O perators can secure locations w ith the “A ris to c ra t” w h ic h h av e been closed to th e m in the past. ^
T he com plete ope rating , or m ovable, p a r ts of the m ach ine , consist of five sep arate u n its , d e s iS ru
the Scavenger, w h ic h is so co nstructed th a t clogging the m ac h ine w ith to othpicks, elongated ,Tl^l0tlii^
b e n t coins, etc., is alm o st a physical im p o ss ib ility ; the Slug E je cto r has no m o v in g p arts
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to ge t o ut of order. Y o u are in v ite d to try slugs accepted by a n y o the r m a c h in e a n d see how
rejected by the “A ris to c r a t” ; the Money Register, w h ic h is d is tin c tly a new d e parture in ve nd ing 111 ^ 11 $'/
In tw e n ty seconds, can be changed by s im p ly tra n s fe rrin g a sm all set screw to sell cigarettes ‘ ^
price desired. P e rm its use of nickels or dim es alone, or a n y c o m b in a tio n of both, th u s e lim in a te
large ex tent the necessity of m a k in g change for the purchaser; the P enny C hange Device, which
in stalle d w hile m a c h in e is on location, in a b o u t tw o m inute s, an d in less th a n one m in u te , can be ^
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to deliver in a coin re tu rn receptacle, one to fo u r pennies in change; the P lu ng er H ousing, w
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ab so lute safety an d pro te ctio n in the delivery of cig are tte s an d m atches, b eing a m p ly protected wi becu
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lo ck in g cam s. W h e n co lu m n o f cigarettes becom es em pty, the p lung e r in fro n t of such colum n
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locked in sta n tly , w ith o u t affe c tin g the o pe ratio n of an y o the r co lu m n in the m ach ine . A ll of the ^ ^
are die cast, th u s as s u rin g no t only lo ng e vity a n d perfect operation, b u t also in te rc h a n g e a b ility of a
The e n tire m e ch an ism , or a n y of these five o pe ra ting u n its, can be rem oved in less th a n five
m a k in g repairs on location very sim ple an d rem oval of m ac h in e for repairs unnecessary.
A ll p lung e r knobs an d coin p lates are ch ro m iu m p lated a n d all m e ta l parts are r u s t p r o o f e d - ^
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in g a n y o f the m e ch an ic al w o rk in g p a rts from the outside, other th a n th ro u g h n o rm al operation-
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pletely e lim in a te d . A n efficient ca b in e t lock prevents th e ft th ro u g h o rd in ary m eans.
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I f proper inse rtion of coins is no t m ade, they are re turne d in a coin receptacle p e rm ittin g easy 1 W- \
T he operation is very sim ple an d fool-proof. T he delivery o f cigarettes is no t prevented if a purcn
n o t w a it for coins to stop before a tte m p tin g to p u ll delivery plunger.
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T he m oney box is e n tire ly enclosed. In d iv id u a l m ag a zin e s are sim p ly h u n g in place and
rem oved in s ta n tly . The e n tire operation of re filling a n d co llecting can be accom plished in c o n s id e r
tim e th a n required w ith other m ac h ine s o f even sm alle r capacity.
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