Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — Latest Vending Machine Is Detector of Spurious Coin [ARTICLE]

Latest Vending Machine Is Detector of Spurious Coin

One of the interesting developments in the vending machine field is a large I apparatus that dispenses bottled beverages, sandwiches and chewing gum. In order to encourage patrons to return empty bottles to the machine, a stick of gum is discharged when a bottle is placed in the receiver provided for it. A counterfeit detector rejects spurious coins. A complete record of all transactions is kept Jby a sales registering mechanism. The only attention the machine requires is that Involved in stocking and icing it daily.