Ticket and reading device
US4204637A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 27, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B11/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A ticket reading device for reading a ticket having at least one row of indicia thereon as disclosed including means at a loading station for accepting the ticket and sensing its presence when presented for reading, means for moving the ticket from the loading station past a reading station at which the indicia is progressively translated into an electrical signal representative thereof and means at a cancellation station for identifiably marking the ticket upon successfully traversing the reading station. A ticket is also disclosed including two spaced and parallel rows of coded indicia each row being fully representative of the same predetermined information as the other but reproducing it by a different code.
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