Mills Locks

[TheFatman]

I now have 2 Mills locks that the barrel is chrome or nickle but the mounting is still brass. They are shorter barrels than the standard back door locks and wont fit in the recessed area of the door to keep them in place with the mounting plate. Now I tried it on the cash box door and the holes for the screws dont line up. Anyone have an idea what machine this type of lock can go to? Looks like the standard back door lock but aint right. Just wondering if someone, and I am sure I am asking in the right place, has run across this before.
Dave F

[Midcoast Vintage]

All of the ones with chrome barrels i have ever had came on high tops.
They may have been on others as well, but that is the only place i have ever found them.

[gamblingman]

A lot of those shorter locks were used in trade stimulators and arcade machines. For instance, they interchange with the Dudley door locks on Buckley diggers. In fact, I think I read somewhere that mills bought or owned Dudley and subsequently changed everything over to Mills brand. But I am sure there are folks here that know the story better than me.

[leospanner]

Maybe they are from a mills compact. In the compact they are usually a chrome/nickel barrel and are a bit shorter than the back door locks. They fit in the side of the machine and when released the barrel slides up to release the catch. Just a thought.

[papaslots]

Those locks are for the wood doors on Jumbo Parades and for the lower wooden doors on counsole models.