Ticket dispensing structure
US5100038A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/253
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The disclosed ticket dispenser is especially designed for the dispensing of series-connected lottery tickets and provides a box-like structure for containing the tickets which are exited through a slot in one of the structure walls. The structure is configured so as to provide guide and ticket-tensioning elements about the slot and further includes wings closing the slot at opposite edges. The wall of the structure in which the slot is provided is hinged to the rest of the structure and has a lockable catch releasable to afford access to the interior of the structure. Portions of the structure are shaped in such fashion as to prevent or minimize interior obstructions to the free travel of tickets via manual tensioning forces applied exteriorly of the structure.
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