Coin Machine Journal

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THE COIN M A C H I N E J O U R N A L
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find a wide sale, in view of the fact
that most of the bars and public
houses find they cannot check up on
the sales of cigarettes carried loosely
in stock. The new machine must be
adapted to English cigarettes, and to
the two coins 6d. and ls.Od. Further­
more, it is desired to have the back
of the machine so constructed that the
last coin inserted can be seen. This is
merely requested to enable the dis­
covery of counterfeit coins.
“The second proposition concerns
the automatic pin ball machine. There
is a very strong demand for this prod­
in
uct, though the. price is somewhat
high. The usual sales price in this
market to amusement parks is £12.
Mr. Howells believes that if all the
automatic parts were sent over here
loose, so that the machine could be
assembled in this country, there would
be a tremendous saving in freight and
import duty, and a considerably im­
proved outlet. The framework of the
machine could be constructed by his
firm, and it is his desire that you put
him in touch with such American com­
panies which are not as yet repre­
sen ted here.”
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S e rv ic e T h r o u g h V e n d e rs
Discussing the new fields for ma­
chine operations in Germany, Phili­
bert, a writer in Der Automat, tells
of the increase of coin machines in
public places in that country.
Machines have made their appear­
ance in churches for instance. As the
writer goes on to relate:
Vend Church Goods
“Neat and conservative looking
machines have been placed in church
lobbies in Dortmund, Cologne, Pader-
lorn and other cities for the sale of
religious books, pamphlets, etc. The
church does not want to ask for alms,
but wants to give their members some­
thing for the money. This is a good
innovation, which originated in Ger­
many. At the same time the members
are kept in closer contact with their
church, when they receive a religious
paper for the money they are do­
nating.
Pay Taxes Automatically
In the tax offices (where you pay
your taxes) the Department of Fi­
nances plans to simplify the admin­
istration by installing machines to sell
the “smaller” taxes. The machines
will form a sort of counter. The money
is inserted in front and immediately
carried away by a belt to prevent rob­
beries. The machine gives out stamps,
that get the full value by an auto­
matic stamping device only with the
'regular sale; robbery of stamps there­
for are rendered useless.
Stamp Bulk Mail
In many German post offices coin
machines have been installed for
stamping massed mail without postal
stamps. They are very popular with
firms that only now and then sent out
a lot of mail and where it would not
Schools Use Book Venders
Schools also now have machines.
The idea originated in Bavaria and
it is intended only to sell books that
are not sold in book and school sup­
ply stores, as school annuals, vaca­
tion reports, reports about class ex­
cursions, etc. The profits are to be
used for school improvements.
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pay to request own post control
stamping machines. After the total
amount and the lot of letters is put
into the machine, the stamp is printed
on each letter. It is very popular in
Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Cologne,
Munich, Breslau and Koenigsberg.
The postal department will bring
out quite a number of new coin ma­
chines for the convenience of the pub­
lic, it is said. Coin machines always
proved to be of high rentability for
the postal department.
“Long distance ticket printers are
not very common yet. However, sub­
urban ticket printers were very suc­
cessful during the last two years. An
innovation will be machines for Sun­
day excursion tickets. They will have
slots for about 30 most popular ex­
cursion points. A railroad expert from
Switzerland recommends to place such
machines in the wagons, as they most­
ly run the same trips. Each station
can be marked down by the self­
printer; the price can be seen on a
price table.
G e r m a n P r o d u c e r O b se rv e s
6 6 t h A n n iv e r s a r y
The firm of Kade, one of the larg­
est coin machine manufacturers in
Germany, celebrated 66 years of ac­
tivity last month.
The founder, Carl Ade, a master
locksmith, was also a fighter and a
challenger of repute in his day. He re­
tired from activity in 1908 and the
business taken over by Hermann
Kade.
The company produces chocolate
venders, scales and other machines
drawing business from chocolate man­
ufacturers throughout Europe.
Kade has also produced the well
known Cigarette, Handkerchief and
Camera film venders so popular in
Germany.
Some of their most recent machines
were the coat and hat checking ma­
chine, newspaper venders.
These machines were shown at the
Leipzig fair, an annual trade event of
world-wide importance, where they at­
tracted attention of tradesmen and
operators who also held a coin ma­
chine show in conjunction with the
fair;
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