Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
This reference catalog documents 2 Bernitz Mfg. machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1940 to 1940. Model-specific archive photography survives for 2 of the 2 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Bernitz Mfg. company history
Preserved background
Historical material places Bernitz Mfg.
in Kansas City, Missouri, Bernitz Manufacturing & Machine Works built a coin operated top for coolers referred to as the Roulette Vendor.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Bernitz DE-2 (Early to mid 1940's) through Bernitz DEV-2 (Early to mid 1940's). It contains 2 model records, 2 with recorded production dates and 2 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1940s (2). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Bernitz Mfg. machines
2 model records
Research note: Profile scope is 2 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.