![]() ![]() Operators Vending Machine Supply Company supplied every operator on the west coast with quality vending products, Oak Manufacturing Company became the largest bulk vending machine manufacturer with distributors all around the World. Sid Bloom, Sam and Norman Weitzman together built the largest bulk vending machine empire in the World. In the 1970's, Sam's youngest son Lane entered the business. Norman was said to be the most brilliant engineer the bulk vending industry has ever seen. Sam Weitzman's two sons Norman and Barry joined the Oak manufacturing company in the 1950's. With superior products, fair-minded sales policies, sound pricing, rapid service, Oak's Acorn bulk vendor then years later their line of Vista machines could be found in every country in the World. Growth of the Oak manufacturing Company was and is an inspiring story of American ingenuity and foresight. They knew the demands of a machine in the field and operators were able to take credit for the supremacy of Oak machines and then the future "coming of age" of a full-sized bulk vending industry. Oak's President and Secretary-Treasurer were dynamos at the head of Operators Vending Machine Supply Company, leaders in the vending machine business and the largest West Coast supplier to the vending machine business for over 25 years before Oak started. Probasco, who as an officer-stockholder as well as Production Manager has applied engineering "Know-How" to the manufacture of vending machines. Full time engineers, drafting department, die-casting department, punch presses, painting department, deburring department, polishing department, all keyed to producing a machine and its parts in quantities sufficient to meet the "machine a minute" pace set by the order department.īacked by the dream of the Oak Manufacturing Company, was the skill of engineer-craftsman Harold T. Oak became the largest bulk vending machine manufacturer in the world. Devoted, as it was, exclusively to the manufacture of a precision-made, die-cast aluminum vending machine. Housed then in the Culver City, California plant, it became the only factory of its kind in the world. Five years since its inception, the Oak manufacturing Company occupied a factory of approximately 20,000 square feet with an additional 15,000 square feet of warehousing space. The directors of Oak were forced to expand their production facilities and a new plant of approximately 6,000 square feet in size was designed and built. show in 1949, the Acorn bulk vendor was greeted with a flood of orders from the East as well as the West. A great portion of the work was done by hand parts were cast and painted on the outside.Īttending the N.A.M.A. A small plant of approximately 1,000 square feet was put into operation. Oak started out with rather limited ambition of supplying operators of the Western States with a multi-purpose vendor through their local sales office, the Operators Vending Machine Supply Company in Los Angeles, California. Besides manufacturing, Operators Vending Machine Supply Company was the largest distributor of vending machines, charms and supplies on the West Coast. Sid Bloom and Sam Weitzman owned the Operators Vending Machine Supply Company which was then a manufacturer of jaw breakers, candy coated peanuts commonly called Boston Baked Beans, gumball's and other products to be sold in bulk vending machines. Bloom who was Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer of this organization and a small percentage for the introduction went to Leon "Hi-Ho" Silver who helped with sales. Probasco, who was then Vice-President and Production Manager, Sam Weitzman who was President, Sid H. Late in 1948, the Oak Manufacturing Company, Inc. Such a machine became a dream and ultimately a realization of the officers of the Oak Manufacturing Company, Inc. Leon's friend and neighbor Harold Probasco was just finishing up his patent on a precision built, die-cast aluminum machine with interchangeable parts. In 1948, Leon "Hi-Ho" Silver and other members of the vending machine business on the West Coast felt the acute need of a machine which could serve many operators for many purposes. Oak truly has been the the leader in the bulk industry in so many ways. His family was very prominent in this field for years and years.Īnyway.I wanted to share this with everyone about Oak Manufacturing Company. He is an amazing young man, having been born into this business. He knows ALL the history of bulk vending, the major players, the major companies, everything. I have been learning so much lately about the history of bulk vending from my friend Frank Parisi.
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