InvestorsHub Logo
Boards
News
Market Data
Markets
Discover
Discover
Subscribe Login/Register
S&P 500
5,071.63
(
0.02%
)
US TECH 100
16,917.60
(
-0.50%
)
Dow Jones
38,460.92
(
-0.11%
)
Brent Oil
87.28
(
-0.33%
)
Bitcoin
64,039.89
(
-3.57%
)

Automated Vending

0
Follow
0

Automated Vending

0
Follow
0

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.

Sign Up
Live Updating
profile icon
Siforus Free
01/05/12 9:42 AM
Post #5
Last Read
profile icon
Siforus Free
05/09/11 6:30 PM
Post #3
Last Read
profile icon
Siforus Free
05/08/11 5:35 PM
Post #2
Last Read
profile icon
Siforus Free
05/08/11 4:56 PM
Post #1
Last Read

Automated Vending RSS Feed

Followers
0
Posters
1
Posts (Today)
0
Posts (Total)
5
Created
05/08/11
Type
Premium
Moderators
Automated Vending



 THE HISTORY OF VENDING MACHINES
Based on what we think of when we hear the term “vending machine” today, some might be surprised to learn that vending machines have their historical roots in ancient Greece! The first known vending machine was invented by the Greek engineer and mathematician Hero of Alexandria around 215 BC. These first vending machines were located in Egyptian temples and dispensed holy water in exchange for coins.

Despite this early innovation, it was not until the early 1880s that the first commercial coin-operated vending machines were introduced for public use. These vending machines were found in London and dispensed post cards. Around the same time, Richard Carlisle, an English publisher and bookshop owner, invented a vending machine that dispensed books.

Vending machines finally made their United States debut in 1888 when the Thomas Adams Gum Company installed machines on subway platforms in New York City that vended Tutti-Frutti gum. In 1897, the Pulver Manufacturing Company added animated figures to their vending machines, which provided added entertainment for the customer as the figures would move once coins were deposited into the machine.

After these first vending machines were introduced in the U.S., other vending machines soon followed, offering a wide variety of items including cigars, postcards, stamps, etc. In 1902, the Horn & Hardart Baking Company opened a completely coin-operated Automat restaurant, which stayed in business until 1962.

 In December 1970, Ussery Industries of Dallas, Texas at its Dallas convention displayed its "talking" vending machine, the Venda Talker. With insertion of a coin, the machine said "thank you" and added a one-liner voiced by comic Henny Youngman.


talk about vending past, present, future
...and all of the companies involved



Board Info
Posts Today
0
Posts (Total)
5
Posters
1
Moderators
New Post