US 4,047,652 A · Ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip · patentgrep

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Abstract

A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip is described having a container made up of a casing and a cover containing a roll comprising a strip of flexible material the end of which protrudes from the container. The strip has a series of penetrated lines spaced longitudinally along the strip with each line forming an individual tongue shaped flap extending from adjacent one marginal edge portion of the strip to adjacent the other marginal edge portion of the strip and projecting forwardly in the feeding direction of the strip. The container includes means for guiding the strip and a tear-off portion where the most forward ticket of the strip is torn off from the strip, the guiding means including a tongue having a shape corresponding to that of the bottom of the strip flap in order to, during passage of the strip, first guide the strip along a predetermined path and then to guide the flap over the tongue along one path and the remainder of the strip along another path, the last mentioned path leading to the tear-off means which are arranged to tear off the forward most ticket from the remainder of the strip at the marginal strip portions.

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A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip comprising:

a container comprising
a casing and
a cover pivotally connected with said casing and
a roll of flexible strip material positioned in said container with the end of said strip protruding from said container and from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off, said strip roll comprising
a strip of flexible material from which single pieces of one and the same predetermined length are intended to be torn off and having a pair of marginal edges and a feeding direction away from said roll,
said strip having a series of longitudinally spaced apart penetrated lines,
each of said lines shaped and adapted to form an individual tongue shaped flap,
each of said lines starting from a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly of said strip from one of said marginal edges extending in said feeding direction of said strip toward the centerline thereof, and on the other side of said centerline extending back opposite said feeding direction of said strip to a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly from the other marginal edge of said strip,
said flaps equally spaced longitudinally along said strip with the longitudinal spacing between corresponding portions of adjacent flaps equal to said predetermined length,
the points at the ends of each of said penetrated lines lying on a straight line which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip and with each flap firmly connected to the remainder of said strip along said straight line between said points,
the end of each of said flaps remote from said firmly connected portion having a width smaller than that of said firmly connected portion and with the smaller end of each flap directed forwards in said feeding direction of said strip and dimensioned to be gripped for pulling the strip and tearing a single end piece from said strip, and
marginal strip portions at both sides of each flap between the end points of said penetrated line and the adjacent marginal edges of said strip and connecting all of said pieces of predetermined length in said strip,
first guidance means being combined with said cover, and
second guidance means and tear-off means being combined with said casing,
said second guidance means including a separation tongue located at the strip exit point,
said tear-off means being located on both sides of said second guidance means and extending from the base of said separation tongue laterally outwardly beyond the marginal edges of said strip, and
said separation tongue having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom part of said flaps in order to, during passage of the strip in response to a pull on the end of said strip protruding from said assembly, first guide the strip along a predetermined path between said first and second guidance means and then guide the flap over said separation tongue along one path and the remainder of the strip along another path, said last-mentioned path leading to the tear-off means for tearing off the end ticket at said marginal portions of said strip and leaving the next adjacent flap protruding from the assembly.

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A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip comprising:

a container comprising
a casing and
a cover pivotally connected with said casing and
a roll of flexible strip material positioned in said container with the end of said strip protruding from said container and from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off, said strip roll comprising
a strip of flexible material from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off and having a pair of marginal edges and a feeding direction away from said roll,
said strip having a series of longitudinally spaced apart punched lines,
each of said punched lines shaped and adapted to form an individual tongue shaped flap free at one end from the remainder of said strip and firmly connected with said strip at the other end,
each of said punched lines starting from a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly of said strip from one of said marginal edges, extending in said feeding direction of said strip and toward the centerline of said strip, and on the other side of said centerline extending back opposite said feeding direction of said strip to a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly from the other marginal edge of said strip,
the points at the ends of each of said punched lines lying on straight line which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said strip and with the connection of the adjacent flap to the strip located along said straight line between said points,
the free end of each of said flaps having a width smaller than that of said connected portion and with the smaller end of each flap directed forwards in said feeding direction of said strip and dimensioned to be gripped for pulling the strip and tearing a single end piece from said strip, and
marginal strip portions at both sides of each flap between the end points of said punched line and the adjacent marginal edges of said strip and connecting all of the ticket pieces in said strip,
first guidance means being combined with said cover, and
second guidance means and tear-off means being combined with said casing,
said second guidance means including a separation tongue located at the strip exit point,
said tear-off means being located on both sides of said second guidance means and extending from the base of said separation tongue laterally outwardly beyond the marginal edges of said strip, and
said separation tongue having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom part of said flaps in order to, during passage of the strip in response to a pull on the end of said strip protruding from said assembly, first guide the strip along a predetermined path between said first and second guidance means and then guide the flap over said separation tongue along one path and the remainder of the strip along another path, said last-mentioned path leading to the tear-off means for tearing off the end ticket at said marginal portions of said strip and leaving the next adjacent flap protruding from the assembly.

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A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip comprising:

a container comprising
a casing having side walls and an open top, and
a covering pivotally connected to said casing and closing said top when in pivotally closed position,
a roll of flexible strip material positioned in said container with the end of said strip protruding from said container, said strip roll comprising
a strip of flexible material from which single pieces of one and the same predetermined length are intended to be torn off and having a pair of marginal edges and a feeding direction away from said roll,
said strip having a series of longitudinally spaced apart penetrated lines,
each of said lines shaped and adapted to form an individual tongue shaped flap,
each of said lines starting from a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly of said strip from one of said marginal edges, extending in said feeding direction of said strip toward the centerline thereof, and on the other side of said centerline extending back opposite said feeding direction of said strip to a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly from the other marginal edge of said strip,
said flaps equally spaced longitudinally along said strip with the longitudinal spacing between corresponding portions of adjacent flaps equal to said predetermined length,
the points at the ends of each of said penetrated lines lying on a straight line which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip and with each flap firmly connected to the remainder of said strip along said straight line between said points,
the end of each of said flaps remote from said firmly connected portion having a width smaller than that of said firmly connected portion and with the smaller end of each flap directed forwards in said feeding direction of said strip and dimensioned to be gripped for pulling the strip and tearing a single end piece from said strip, and
marginal strip portions at both sides of each flap between the end points of said penetrated line and the adjacent marginal edges of said strip and connecting all of said pieces of predetermined length in said strip,
said cover having
an outwardly extending portion and
another portion integral with said first-mentioned outwardly extending portion and extending in a downwardly direction relative to said cover,
said casing having
a portion extending substantially parallel to said first-mentioned outwardly extending portion of said cover but spaced therefrom to form a gap for passage of the strip out of said casing,
a tongue integral with said third-mentioned portion of said casing and extending close to said second-mentioned downwardly extending portion of said cover but spaced therefrom to form a gap for continuing the passage of the remainder of the strip,
said tongue having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom part of said flaps, and
tear-off portions located on both sides of said tongue and extending from the base of said tongue laterally outwardly beyond the marginal edges of said strip arranged for the tear-off of the marginal portions of said strip,

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A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip comprising:

a container comprising
a casing having side walls and an open top, and
a covering pivotally connected to said casing and closing said top when in pivotally closed position,
a roll of flexible strip material positioned in said container with the end of said strip protruding from said container, said strip roll comprising
a strip of flexible material from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off and having a pair of marginal edges and a feeding direction away from said roll,
said strip having a series of longitudinally spaced apart punched lines,
each of said punched lines shaped and adapted to form an individual tongue shaped flap free at one end from the remainder of said strip and firmly connected with said strip at the other end,
each of said punched lines starting from a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly of said strip from one of said marginal edges, extending in said feeding direction of said strip and toward the centerline of said strip, and on the other side of said centerline extending back opposite said feeding direction of said strip to a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly from the other marginal edge of said strip,
the points at the ends of each of said punched lines lying on a straight line which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said strip and with the connection of the adjacent flap to the strip located along said straight line between said points,
the free end of each of said flaps having a width smaller than that of said connected portion and with the smaller end of each flap directed forwards in said feeding direction of said strip and dimensioned to be gripped for pulling the strip and tearing a single end piece from said strip, and
marginal strip portions at both sides of each flap between the end points of said punched line and the adjacent marginal edges of said strip and connecting all of the ticket pieces in said strip,
said covering having
an outwardly extending portion and
another portion integral with said first-mentioned outwardly extending portion and extending in a downwardly direction relative to said cover,
said casing having
a portion extending substantially parallel to said first-mentioned outwardly extending portion of said cover but spaced therefrom to form a gap for passage of the strip out of said casing,
a tongue integral with said third-mentioned portion of said casing and extending close to said second-mentioned downwardly extending portion of said cover but spaced therefrom to form a gap for continuing the passage of the remainder of the strip,
said tongue having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom part of said flaps, and
tear-off portions located on both sides of said tongue and extending from the base of said tongue laterally outwardly beyond the marginal edges of said strip arranged for the tear-off of the marginal portions of said strip.

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A ticket dispensing assembly for dispensing tickets from a flexible strip comprising:

a container comprising
a casing and
a cover pivotally connected with said casing and
a roll of flexible strip material positioned in said container with the end of said strip protruding from said container and from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off, said strip roll comprising
a strip of flexible material from which ticket pieces are intended to be torn off and having a pair of marginal edges and a feeding direction way from said roll,
said strip having a series of longitudinally spaced apart punched lines,
each of said punched lines shaped and adapted to form an individual tongue shaped flap free at one end from the remainder of said strip and firmly connected with said strip at the other end,
each of said punched lines starting from a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly of said strip from one of said marginal edges, extending in said feeding direction of said strip and toward the centerline of said strip, and on the other side of said centerline extending back opposite said feeding direction of said strip to a point adjacent to but spaced inwardly from the other marginal edge of said strip,
the points at the ends of each of said punched lines lying on a straight line
which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said strip and with the connection of the adjacent flap to the strip located along said straight line between said points, the free end of each of said flaps having a width smaller than that of said connected portion and with the smaller end of each flap directed forwards in said feeding direction of said strip and dimensioned to be gripped for pulling the strip and tearing a single end piece from said strip, and
marginal strip portions at both sides of each flap between the end points of said punched line and the adjacent marginal edges of said strip and connecting all of the ticket pieces in said strip,
first guidance means being combined with said cover, and
second guidance and tear-off means being combined with said casing and including a separation tongue located at the strip exit point,
said separation tongue having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom part of said flaps in order to, during passge of the strip in response to a pull on the end of said strip protruding from said assembly, first guide the strip along a predetermined path between said first and second guidance means and then guide the flap over said separation tongue along one path and the remainder of the strip along another path for tearing off the end ticket at said marginal portions of said strip and leaving the next adjacent flap protruding from the assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description2,327 words

Summary323 words

#This invention relates to appliances which comprise a strip provided with perforations or punched lines, which strip is fed forward and is torn off by means of a pull at that end of the strip which is at that time the free end.

#However, such known appliances which are used primarily for the issue of queuing and similar tickets are not as reliable in operation as one has the right to expect.

#The object of this invention has therefore primarily been the creation of a device which is particularly reliable in operation and also has a simple construction.

Brief description of the drawings6 figures

#Three constructional versions of the invention are shown as examples in the attached drawings.

#FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first constructional version of the invention, with the casing indicated by chain lines.

#FIG. 2 shows the discharge portion of the casing, viewed from the free end of the strip, the cover being raised.

Detailed description1,856 words

#In the FIG. 1 denotes the casing of the appliance while 2 denotes a cover which is joined to the casing by means of a pivot 3, about which it may be raised and lowered. Together, the casing and the cover form, at the side which is on the right in the Figure, a guide for the discharge of a flexible strip material or strip placed in the casing in the shape of a roll which has the general designation 4. This strip, which is most appropriately made of paper, is punched through along lines 5a, 5b at a regular spacing so as to form a number of flaps 6 which, as shown in the Figure, have the property that their width is least at the free end and largest at the end 7 which is connected to the rest of the strip. With this regular spacing each flap will be part of a different ticket piece or strip piece and the longitudinal spacing between corresponding portions of adjacent flaps will be equal to this regular spacing. The connected end 7 of each flap extends laterally of the strip perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip and extends from a marginal strip portion adjacent one marginal edge of the strip to a marginal strip portion adjacent the other marginal edge of the strip with the marginal strip portions connecting the different ticket pieces of the strip. In this connection, it may be pointed out that it is not necessary for these flaps to be completely punched out as shown in the Figure, but that it is possible to replace the punched lines by lines of perforation.

#The casing and the cover are constructed so that together they form a discharge and tear-off device for the strip. To this end, the cover 2 has a portion 8, the orientation of which may be parallel to a tangent to the roll which the strip 4 forms. This portion is connected to a portion 9 in which there is a slot 10 open at the bottom, which portion 9 is substantially at right angles to the portion 8 and is directed downwards. The portions 8 and 9 constitute one part of a guidance device for the strip.

#The second part of the said guidance device is formed by the casing which for this purpose exhibits a first portion 12 which, in the position in which the device is used, is substantially parallel to the portion 8 but is situated at some distance from this, so that there is between these parts a gap through which the strip can pass. The part 12, as seen in FIG. 2, is connected to a tongue 13 which is substantially an extension of the part 12. The greatest width of the tongue 13 which, as seen in the Figure, is appropriately wider at its base than at its free end, is less than the greatest width of the flaps 6. The tongue extends almost up to the inside of the portion 9 of the cover which is pointing downwards, i.e. in such a way that there is formed a gap through which the strip can pass. At its base, the tongue is connected by means of portions 14a, 14b, which are constructed as tear-off devices, to the side walls 15a, 15b of the casing which, together with the tongue 13, constitute the second portion of the said guide.