Coin Slot
Issue: 1979 February 049 - Page 9
Coin Slot Magazine - #049 - 1979 - February [International Arcade Museum]
The art work is eye catching and
well balanced. Two bell boys in bright
red uniforms and caps with gold trim
and buttons dominate the front of the
machine.
They face each other hold
ing a pumpkin size blue and yellow
gum ball aloft against a potted palm
background.
Between the bell boys
is a glass front "jackpot" almost burst
ing with gaily colored gum balls ready
to pour out at the touch of a lever.
It is an excellent example of the "art
deco" design which is a favorite even today.
Two thumb press
levers are protruding from the lower front part of the machine.
The large one on the right is for playing the machine; the smaller
one on the lower left is pressed to receive the gum ball.
It has an
instruction marquee in an aluminum frame screwed to the top of
the machine. (See Photo A)
The mechanism itself is even more fascinating. While dismant
ling it for cleaning and restoration, I came across some puzzling
features. Over the reel strips, out of the players sight, there is a
movable red bar. This bar is attached to a dog-leg shaped piece
of metal that is counter balanced on the reel axle.
It has nothing
to do with the playing mechanism nor is there any visible connection
to the gum dispensing unit to its right. What then is its purpose? I
found out by accidentally bumping the machine while setting it
on the workbench. The red bar falls down over the three pay out
symbols when the mechanism is bumped.
It is a TILT device.
The machine has the free wheeling kicker type reel spinning unit
seen commonly
in trade stimulators.
It appears that the reels
could be jiggled to a winning combination, because the free wheel
ing mechanism has no locking dogs on the star wheel stops. J~hey
are the simple ratchet type wheels
that can be moved by jiggling the
machine.
The
balance counter
.com
m
:
u
om the muse
fr to
symbols putting a stop
d
-
e
jiggle" artists." l (See
a B) de
oad Photo
c
r
n
a
Dow //www.
: certainly a clever
The tilt was
http
weight falls off the axle which
allows the red bar to fall over the
anti-cheat device.
But why go
to all the trouble to design such
a thing and put it on a penny,
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
The art work is eye catching and
well balanced. Two bell boys in bright
red uniforms and caps with gold trim
and buttons dominate the front of the
machine.
They face each other hold
ing a pumpkin size blue and yellow
gum ball aloft against a potted palm
background.
Between the bell boys
is a glass front "jackpot" almost burst
ing with gaily colored gum balls ready
to pour out at the touch of a lever.
It is an excellent example of the "art
deco" design which is a favorite even today.
Two thumb press
levers are protruding from the lower front part of the machine.
The large one on the right is for playing the machine; the smaller
one on the lower left is pressed to receive the gum ball.
It has an
instruction marquee in an aluminum frame screwed to the top of
the machine. (See Photo A)
The mechanism itself is even more fascinating. While dismant
ling it for cleaning and restoration, I came across some puzzling
features. Over the reel strips, out of the players sight, there is a
movable red bar. This bar is attached to a dog-leg shaped piece
of metal that is counter balanced on the reel axle.
It has nothing
to do with the playing mechanism nor is there any visible connection
to the gum dispensing unit to its right. What then is its purpose? I
found out by accidentally bumping the machine while setting it
on the workbench. The red bar falls down over the three pay out
symbols when the mechanism is bumped.
It is a TILT device.
The machine has the free wheeling kicker type reel spinning unit
seen commonly
in trade stimulators.
It appears that the reels
could be jiggled to a winning combination, because the free wheel
ing mechanism has no locking dogs on the star wheel stops. J~hey
are the simple ratchet type wheels
that can be moved by jiggling the
machine.
The
balance counter
.com
m
:
u
om the muse
fr to
symbols putting a stop
d
-
e
jiggle" artists." l (See
a B) de
oad Photo
c
r
n
a
Dow //www.
: certainly a clever
The tilt was
http
weight falls off the axle which
allows the red bar to fall over the
anti-cheat device.
But why go
to all the trouble to design such
a thing and put it on a penny,
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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