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| Without patent protection, the Caille Brothers Co. and the Watling Manufacturing Co. were able to make identical copies of the Mills Bell slot. | Charles Fey would not sell his Liberty Bell machine, but preferred to operate them. Around 1905 a Fey Liberty Bell slot was stolen from a San Francisco saloon. The only two things missing were the machine and a towel used to hide the theft. |
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 1912 Watling Gum Vender |
 1910 Caille Operators
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did the fruit symbol come from? In 1910 Mills Novelty introduced the Liberty
Bell Gum Fruit model, top left, using the fruit symbols (above)
which dispensed a package of gum with each play.This allowed
the slot to be classified as a vending machine, thus circumventing
the law. |
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