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Been working on a 5 cent Mills escalator that has this modification . Why did operators do this modification ? I got the upper and lower coin drive parts form Dave Berten . When I reassembled the escalator I found there is another part needed to get this back to normal . The part that is needed is the piece that the nickel slides across .that part has been angled for the last 2 nickels to gravity drop .
Just hoping to get more insight as to why someone would do this to an escalator ?
It seemed to jam up occasionally at the drop end with this modification , that is why I am attempting to bring it back to stock .
Sam

This modification was used in the casino's to keep escalator jams from occurring repeatedly in the Mills slot machine with escalators that were not operating correctly!
Limited the amount of times the keyman, floorman or slot mech would have to service the machine on the casino floor.
Was primarily used in the later Mills Baldechi open front slot machines, this would allow the floorman/security to see at least the last two coins played so that if slugs were used it would be detected but limited the amount of coins the escalator would have to pass thru to prevent coin jams!

Dave Berten here,
The Clubs turned these escalators in to "ROLL DOWNS" by
modifying the escalator with cutting the advance teeth and holding bar teeth
off, except for the first tooth! Taking the bottom spacer and ramping it, This
was to show only one coin or last coin played, the rest rolled down, this was a
no jam escalator, so they could run these slots 24/7 non stop!

Thanks
Dave

Thanks to both of you for the replies , very interesting . With the ramp version it was jamming from time to time . Maybe the escalator needs an adjustment . I will convert it back to roll away and tinker with it .
Monti thanks for the pic !
Dave Thanks for the parts !