Ticket dispensing modules and method
US6886728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/386
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The dispenser dispenses tickets such as instant-winner lottery tickets from a strip in which the individual tickets are delineated by perforation lines. The dispenser includes a separator to tear the tickets apart before issuing them from the machine. The mechanism is simplified by using a separator member and transport drive structures which span a plurality of different channels or bins of a multi-channel dispenser. This provides a very compact, simple, secure and low-cost mechanism which is used both in stand-alone ticket vending machines, and in counter-top attended dispensers.
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