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Title: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: Jim on January 28, 2010, 06:52:21 am Anyone see or know any information about this model...?
Canada Dry Machine (http://cgi.ebay.com/1960s-CANADA-DRY-Soda-Machine_W0QQitemZ330398922221QQ) Update: Just noticed it's from the Universal Vender Company of Elgin, Ill --> Too bad it doesn't have a model number... Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: mznb1u on January 28, 2010, 07:45:23 am WOW! Looks heavy. Interesting vending stack and mechanism.
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: johnieG on January 28, 2010, 09:34:28 am Just an observation, but the styling of the chassis & trim pieces look like they were cloned from an S/V 96, same cast bottle delivery chute, coinmech, & if it had the S/V cast aluminum coindoor, you'd swear it was an S/V 96.
Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: GreginNM on January 28, 2010, 09:51:07 am Good observation, JohnieG! The door latch looks the same as the SV-96 as well, but the bottle chute placement is way off.
Interesting machine! Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: tkaz on January 28, 2010, 10:51:15 am Not sure on the model, not a whole lot of info out there on Universal Vendors. One interesting thing that came up in a search was the patent that was filed, and it looks to be the same machine, at least on the interior.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2770393.pdf (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2770393.pdf) Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: Kilroy on January 28, 2010, 10:52:11 am It's ugly cool
Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: VMC 81 on January 28, 2010, 11:10:04 am woof!
Title: Re: Identify an Unknown Machine... Post by: Jim on January 28, 2010, 02:50:31 pm Thanks for diggin' a little Tom!
The patent office doc is pretty cool! |