Drawing ticket dispenser
OwnerPhilip Caughey, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A device and method for separating tickets from a roll of raffle tickets having two or more strands, the individual tickets being transversely joined to twin tickets having corresponding identical identifiers. The strands are separated longitudinally into individual strands and at least one strand, the seller's tickets, is further separated transversely into individual tickets for use in a hopper to draw a winning ticket.
Claims20
A dispenser for separating a ticket roll having multiple strands of tickets with common identifiers, at least one ticket of which is to be kept by a seller, comprising:
- a feed mechanism for feeding tickets from a ticket roll having two or more strands of tickets with common identifiers for longitudinally adjoining tickets, where at least one strand comprises buyers tickets and at least another strand comprises sellers tickets,
- blades for cutting the ticket strands longitudinally and further cutting the seller's ticket strand transversely, whereby the blades cut the strand of seller's tickets into individual tickets.
A method for dispensing and separating a ticket roll having multiple strands of tickets with common identifiers, comprising the steps of:
- providing a multiple ticket roll having two or more strands of tickets with common identifiers for longitudinally adjoining tickets and feeding the tickets into a feed mechanism, where at least one strand comprises buyers tickets and at least another strand comprises sellers tickets,
- cutting the tickets into separate strands longitudinally and further cutting the seller's ticket strand transversely, whereby the blades cut the strand of seller's tickets into individual tickets.
The method of claim 15 where the blade cutting the ticket roll into longitudinal strands is a cutting wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.