~1937 Liberty Bell Striker - 打力計 (beat force meter) [import, 1905] by International Mutoscope Reel Co

Name: Liberty Bell Striker - 打力計 (beat force meter)

Year: imported ~1937, originally 1905

Company: International Mutoscope Reel Co

 

This is how it appears in the ~1937 catalogue:

This machine appears to be an umodified import.

You can easily see the rod beneath the strikepad in the above picture.  Here is a closeup of that part of the mechanism:

I am unsure if this machine was made for an extended period of time.  At 32 years, it is certainly the oldest machine I have seen in a game machine catalogue