Lottery ticket dispenser bin with pivotal door
AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorJames Jonathan Holbrook
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Abstract
A lottery ticket dispenser bin includes a pivotal door configured on a housing and movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position relative to the housing. The pivotal door includes a back wall and a bottom frame mounted to the housing. One or more spring-loaded, elongated tabs are pivotally mounted to the bottom frame and extend transversely from the bottom frame and are biased against the back wall of the door. The tabs have a length so as to be continuously engaged against the back wall as the pivotal door moves between the fully open and fully closed positions to define a bridge that prevents the lottery tickets from moving into a hinge area between the housing and the pivotal door.
Claims9
A lottery ticket dispenser bin, comprising:
- a housing having a front side that faces a purchaser in operational use of the dispenser array, an opposite back side, and an internal space defining one or more compartments for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets;
- each compartment comprising an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets through a dispensing slot in the back side;
- a pivotal door configured on the housing and defining the back side, the pivotal door movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position relative to the housing, the pivotal door further comprising:
- a back wall;
- a bottom frame mounted to the housing;
- one or more spring-loaded, elongated tabs pivotally mounted to the bottom frame, the elongated tab extending transversely from the bottom frame and biased against the back wall, the elongated tab comprising a length so as to be continuously engaged against the back wall as the pivotal door moves between the fully open and fully closed positions;
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- wherein the elongated tab defines a bridge that prevents the lottery tickets from moving into a hinge area between the housing and the pivotal door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.