Hello
Looking for any information on this digger that anyone may have or know of . Patent drawings , photo's , advertising , etc . Or know of anyone who posses one of these machines ?
I have a project machine that is in a state of disrepair that I would like to restore .
Apparently a chap named Alfred Norwat invented this digger to be used as a candy dispenser for use in a one man operated store that he used to purchase his tobacco . The proprietor would spend a lot of time at the back of the store selling candy to the kids all the while Norwat would wait at the front of the store for his tobacco . This inspired him to mimic cranes he saw at the docks with his invention of the Norwat digger . The machine could dispense candy to the kids and the merchant could wait on the adults .
Sam