What is a vending machine that you can buy electric shock invented 120 years ago?

By@ Notnixon

Japan is the world's largest vending machine (vending machine) powerhouse, there are vending machines not only drinking and cigarettes but also toys, sweets, rice, magazines, and sushi inside. However, in the UK far before the vending machines flooded on the road in Japan, vending machines hitting "Electric Shock" had been developed.

In 1888, one man patented a machine for vending "healthy" electric shocks | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/10/a-look-at-the-1888-patent-for-an-electric-shock-vending-machine/#image-5

This is an electric shock vending machine "coin operated electrical apparatus". As its name suggests, electricity flows when you push the coin through the coin slot on the front and step on the pedal. At the top there is a meter that shows the magnitude of the current, and you can adjust the strength of the electric shock by operating the lever.


The inventor of this electric shock vending machine was Mr. Norman W. Rath in the UK and acquired a patent in 1886. After that, this invention has also obtained patent in France, Belgium, Canada, USA.


"Why do you want an electric shock till you pay the money?" Is a good question, but since the electricity was not well understood in the nineteenth century, various experiments were repeated and the animal's death current value While we are exploring the value of the weak current, it is said to be good for the body and an electric shock vending machine was developed as a health promotion tool.

This is written by Mr. Paul Braithwaite's author "Arcades and Slot MachinesBattery built-in type electric shock machine drawn in.


In the patent application data of Dr. Rath, there was no concrete description such as what kind of effect it has by flowing the current, and it is practical whether the electric shock vending machine was actually developed or not Whether it is unknown.

Although electric shock vending machines were not popularized as health appliances, though different from life promotion and purpose rather than health promotion, after more than 100 years'Automatic external defibrillator (AED)"It seems that it can be said that the electric shock machine is installed in the town as much as odd.

ByNemo's great uncle