Jennings help

[md171]

I have an early 20's Jennings Operators Bell deferred pay machine. Had a nickel jam and started poking around. Looked like a nickel got stuck, somehow cause it wasn't really visible from behind and cleared after another coin was deposited, in the coin chute under the gooseneck. That cleared I noticed a small coin box with nickels in it - sadly glued once upon a time to a stationary arm. Never noticed it before. What is this box for? One pic shows the box just under the top gooseneck. One shows the nickels therein.

Thanks in advance.

[Richard13]

If that dark piece of metal just above the coin box
Is magnetic I bet its to catch slugs the magnet pulls out of the
coin mechinism.

[MONTI]

I agree with Richard and yes it is a slug cup!
The magnet would pull a slug just enough to swing it into the slug cup and the magnet was adjustable just enough to control the amount of pull to accomplish the task!

[md171]

Good point. Didn't think of that. Just checked and no magnet. No even minor draw like it once may have been. I dunno how that coin box would even catch anything unless that there was a magnet there at some point.

[Richard13]

Thanks Monti this is how the site is supposed to work. Please post photo of
Front of your machine I may have one and can take a photo and post it here for
You of how mine is set up. Also I have never checked mine but I would not doubt after
60 or 70 years the magnet may lose some of its magnativity. I will check mine when I pull
A photo for you.

[md171]

I knew it wouldn't take long for you guys to figure this out for me. Thanks.....again!!! That's exactly what that is. Makes total sense now. Here's a pic of the front of the machine as requested.

[MONTI]

Here is a picture showing where the magnet should be!

And Richard, please don't go there, leave it lay!

[Richard13]

Here is the back side of the one I just bought. Uh oh no magnet or coin box but this was a re vamp machine so could have been removed when revamped. Also this is serial number 844 so maybe was before magnet added?? I think it's a 1922 machine and it too has the defer pay arm in it.

[md171]

Great info!!!!!! Thanks!!!!'

[flipper77]

Nice looking machine. But if this is a future pay or deferred pay machine, where is the small window showing next play pay out?

Just wondered,
Flip.