In 1897 the company launched its first coin-operated gambling machine the 'Mills Owl'. Somewhere between 18 Mortimer founded the M.B.M Cigar vending Co using machines based on that earlier patent. The Mills name enters the coin-operated world on the 14th April 1891 when Mortimer Mills was granted a patent on improvements to a coin-operated vending machine. The Rye Heritage Ctr Collection of Working Models.See a Selection of the More Complex Machines at Work.Coin Operated Related Seaside Postcards.
