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NEW YORK-Coin-metered washing ma-
chines have been in use in apartment
houses for almost 13 years. But the current
shortage of washing machines in homes
has led to many new developments in the
use of coin-operated laundry equipment.
Two large firm s, Telecoin Corp. and Auto·
matic Laundry Distributors, Inc., have been
doing pioneer work in this enlarged field.
Telecoin has established self-service laun-
dry stores in various cities throughout the
country. These storcs, operating under the
name of Launderette, use machines made
by Bendix Home Appliance Co. Telecoin
grants operators a franchise- for specific
areas and supervlses th e establishment of
the stores.
In a ddition to the Launderette stores,
Telecoin has other plans in th e coin ma-
chine field. A new bulk milk vendor is out
of the blue print stage; an early announce-
ment is expected concerning a fruit juice
vending machine said to have impoltant
innovations.
Automatic Laundry's stores use Westin g-
hou se equipm ent and operate under th e
name of Laundromat. Equipment sold to
the operators in a unit includes washers,
drvers, extra ctors, water hea ters, water
soften ers, scales.
The coin-operated laundry is being
watched with interest by coinmen. The
need is evident-manufacturers estimate
that 5,000,000 washing machin es will be
needed to fill the existing dem.md and it
will take some time for supply and demand
to balance.
Self-service laundry centers open up new
possibilities as locations for other types of
coin Il),achines. Beverage vendors, candy
vendors, and many other types of vending
machines should go well in such location s.
And why not an automatic phonograph or
a coin-operated radio so that the ladies
may have music while they wait for the
machines to do their laundry ? This would
add an all-important touch of glamour and
do away forever with any thoughts of
drudgery in connection with wash days-
a far cry indeed from th e days of the wash-
board -an d the big galvanized tin wash
tubs! Perhaps some of the new food
vendors would find a j!ood reception here.
Sketchy meals for the family on wash days
would then also be thfngs of th e past.
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PARTS CLEANING SYSTEM
It's new • • • it's a labor saver ••• and a
profit-maker. It's designed for faster, more
efficient cleaning of coin machines of a ll
types.
It's no longer necessary to completely
-disassemble intricate gears, chains, springs
and wheels-with an Agitor the entire ma -
chine can be placed in the tank. Cold cleans
with the safe, efficient solvent .. • Agitene.
Removes oils, greases, dirt, and slndge .. .
speeds overhauling, reduces maintenance
time . . . puts machines back in service
sooner.
Agitor 's Hi-volume Centrifugal Pump
plus the air-agitation feature provide 4
different cleaning actions. Frees the me-
chanic from tediou s cleaning tasks , in-
creases his time for skilled operations, and
increases your profit-time.
GRAY-M ILLS CORPORATION
1966 Rid g e Avenue .
E van s ton , Illino is
New Coin-Radio . Entry
CHICAGO - ' Coin-o-Matic Hotel Radio
and Television, Inc., with headquarters at
120 S. La Salle St., has announced its in-
ten tion of entering the coin-o perated radio
field. In addition to standard sets, the com-
pany intends to operate coin-controlled tele-
vision and FM radio sets in hotels_
Coin-o-Matic is headed by Kennon V.
Rothchild. Associated with hhn are John
W. Palmer and Harold E. Blanchette.
Plans for th e telel;ision and FM sets are,
necessarily, still indefinite. Initiallocations
will be first-class hotels.
Coin-o-Matic's six-tube radio, manufac-
tured by a Minneapolis company, differs
from models shown heretofore. It is a
table model with a white plastic cabinet
Coin Laundries Offer
Many Possibilities
Gray-Mills Corporation, Evanston, Illinois
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and has coin chutes and a clock on th e
front. High selectivity is daimed by reason
of th e use of a three-gang tuning condenser.
The radio will operate two hours for 35
cents or 30 minutes for 10 cents. However,
once the patron has inserted his money,
th e radio must play continuously in order to
obtain full playing time. If it is shut off,
the coin drops immedihtely into. th e coin
box.
The company plans to install and service
the radios, giving th e hotel a percentage of
receip ts. According to announcement, ad-
vance orders for 10,000 are already on
hand.
Because few hotel rooms are equipped
with clocks, advertisements in hotel trade
papers will probably use the electric clock
on the face of the set as one selling point.
LOS ANGELES-Vending machine op-
erators are invited to attend the monthly
meetings of the W estern Operators' Vend-
ing Association, held at 7:00 p.m. on the
last Tuesday of each month in the dining
room of the Gates Hotel, 6th and Figueroa
Streets. Los Angeles.
Philip N. Sreden advises that memb er-
ship dues are $9 a year and cover the
cost of th e dinners.
The NEW
CHANGE.MASTERS
SOLID ALUMINUM CASTING
POLISHED CHROME
HOLDS $1 0 IN NIC KELS
$9.85 Each
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PAUL A. LAYMON