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[CEFrazier]

Attached is a picture of a slot I purchased along with a lot of other items (and no information) 35+ years ago. I've just unburied it from a corner and would appreciate any information anyone might have about it. The key says "MADE IN ENGLAND" on one side and "RUFFLER & WALKER LONDON" on the other. The coin is marked 1d. Thank you ahead of time for any information I might receive. Chuck

[andydotp]

Hi CEFrazier,
Interesting bandit.
Ruffler & Walker were distributors of many coin operated machines and made a terrific line of allwins - wall machines, I'm sure we've all seen them -- flick the ball around the track and hope it lands in a winning cup.
The 1D is the imperial British (and Australian) penny, similar size as the US 50c.
Your machine would be one of the very last made under the 'Mills' brand as the original Mills company was long gone. TJM Co (The Jennings Mills Company) I think was the manufacturer of this and that company made the last of the purely mechanical machines because Bally came to the forefront with their Money Honey (1963??). Then Ainsworth/Aristocrat here in Oz blew them out of the water so to speak.
I think your machine is referred to as an M-Head due to the coin entry.
Happy to stand corrected on any of the above. Sorry, bit hungover this morning. Where's my coffee.
Regards,
andydotp

[TheFatman]

This is a EM Mills slot. From the 50's I would say using solenoids for complete running of the machine. Got it at a good price too.
This could be a European modle using 220V system. Check the solenoids or transformer to see what viltage it is. The coin is an English coin, and I had one once and got it to work with US pennies, but not well.
Dave F

[andydotp]

I stand corrected (already!!), thanks Dave F.
If it is E-M that'd mainly be the solenoid slide pay wouldn't it?
Thought it would have been later, 1960's though?
andy

[TheFatman]

I had a similar machine and it only used the solenoid to pay off an extra token that was 10 times the value of the coin. This was activated by a micro switch at the normal mechanical payout slides and when the top slide moved back it would hit the switch activating the solenoid kicking out 1 token along with the regular payout. My machine only had a payout of 2 coins and then the token. I was not a big fan of the machine but it was built like a tank.
Dave F

[CEFrazier]

Thanks everyone for the information. After further exploration I did see that it has a 220V transformer. It also has had a 110v light installed to light up the machine. The mechanics seems to work however I just don't have coins to place in it. Because I'm not a collector I'm sure I'll try to sell it. The history of these machines is fascinating. This is a tremendous site.