Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system
US4535892A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 1983 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B1/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a printer for printing information on ticket stock in response to the print signals; and a transducer for encoding information on the ticket stock in response to the write signals. The ticket handling system includes a feeder module including a feed system for feeding a strip of ticket stock; a cutter module; a cutting device for cutting ticket blanks of a given length from the fed end of the strip; a printer module including the printer for printing ticket information on the ticket blanks in response to the print signals; and a transport module including the transducer for encoding ticket information on the ticket blanks in response to the write signals.
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