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HISTORY OF VENDING MACHINES: PART II

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History of Vending Machines: Part I finished on stamps, so it only makes sense for Part II to start on postcards. In 1883, after our friend Simeon Denham had patented the first fully-automatic stamp machine, a fellow innovator named Percival Everitt decided to one up his compatriot by creating the first modern coin-operated vending machine.

JUNE 9, 2014

 

From Holy Water to Coca-Cola, vending machines have come a long way…


History of Vending Machines: Part I finished on stamps, so it only makes sense for Part II to start on postcards.


In 1883, after our friend Simeon Denham had patented the first fully-automatic stamp machine, a fellow innovator named Percival Everitt decided to one up his compatriot by creating the first modern coin-operated vending machine. For a shilling or two, the machine would dispense postcards, notepaper and envelopes.


Everitt’s apparatus proved to be a wild success at train stations and post offices. (Let’s be honest, a postcard machine was the perfect complement to Denham’s stamp dispenser.)


It was therefore no surprise that in 1887, shortly after the introduction of Everitt’s invention, the Sweetmeat Automatic Delivery Company was founded as the UK’s – and the world’s – first company dedicated to the installation and maintenance of vending machines.


Not to be outdone, the US were quick to play catch up as just a year later the Thomas Adams Gum Company (now owned by Cadbury) built America’s first vending machine designed to dispense gum on the New York railway.

 

HISTORY OF VENDING MACHINES

 

Shortly thereafter another organisation, the Pulver Manufacturing Company, began to develop small figures which would move around whenever somebody bought gum from one of their machines. At the time these were known as “trade stimulators”.


While the industry’s progress gets a bit murky from here on out, it is known that the early 20th century saw a number of vending innovations from companies in the US and the UK, many of which are still around today.


A coin-operated restaurant named Horn & Hardart opened in Philadelphia just after the turn of the century, modern cigarette and soda dispensers were introduced in the 1920s, and then the Vendorlator Manufacturing Company developed the first mass-produced Pepsi and Coca-Cola vending machines in the 40s and 50s.


And it’s those machines, it seems, which gave birth to the industry that we know and love today.

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What is the brand and life time of the compressor used in refrigerated vending machines?

We use Embraco,imported from Brazil.

What shall l do if the machine has some problems?

(1) Our engineer will support by video call.
(2) We have operation videos, basic trouble shooting videos so that you can solve it in time.

Can I see the machine data from my mobile phone?

Yes,we develop mobile phone app for the machine you can check the machine data such.

What is the life time of your Vending Machine?

17 years at least.

Can you switch according to the language of our country?

Yes, our machine has 85 national languages to switch freely.

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