Ticket dispenser
AssigneeSew Simple Systems, Inc.
InventorGlenn W. Travis
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Abstract
The ticket dispenser includes lower and upper overlying support plates which define a ticket material passageway therebetween. A reel support is mounted on one end and cutting apparatus are mounted on the other end of the support plates. A feed slot is formed in the upper support plate and a feed pawl reciprocates in the feed slot. A feed pawl cam urges the feed pawl downwardly into engagement with the ticket material in the passageway as the feed pawl moves toward the cutting apparatus, and urges the feed pawl upwardly away from the ticket material as the feed pawl moves away from the cutting apparatus. As the feed pawl reaches the end of its feeding stroke, the cutting apparatus cuts off the portion of the ticket material that has been pushed beyond the cutting means, and feed out apparatus pulls additional ticket material from the reel.
Claims7
Apparatus for dispensing tickets comprising an elongated lower support platform, an elongated upper support platform in parallel overlying juxtaposition with said lower support platform, an elongated ticket passageway extending between said lower and upper support platforms, reel support means mounted at one end of said lower support platform for rotatably supporting a reel of ticket material, cutting means positioned at the other end of said lower and upper support platforms, reciprocatable ticket material feed out means mounted on said lower support platform for intermittantly pulling ticket material along its length from a reel mounted on said reel support means, a check pawl for engaging and retarding movement of the ticket material toward the reel, a feed pawl reciprocatable along said passageway for engaging the ticket material and moving the ticket material along said passageway when moving toward said cutting means, cam means for moving said feed pawl out of contact with said ticket material when said feed pawl moves away from said cutting means, and control means for moving said feed pawl toward said cutting means and in response to the feed pawl reaching a predetermined position moving said material feed out means to pull additional ticket material from the reel and actuating said cutting means.
Apparatus for dispensing tickets comprising elongated lower and upper support platforms mounted in parallel overlying juxtaposition, an elongated ticket passageway defined between said lower and upper support platforms, ticket cutting means positioned at one end of said lower and upper platforms, a feed pawl opening formed through said upper support platform and extending along said ticket passageway, a feed pawl movable back and forth along said feed pawl opening toward and away from said cutting means, means for urging said feed pawl into frictional engagement with ticket material in said ticket passageway as said feed pawl moves toward said cutting means and means for urging said feed pawl out of frictional engagement with said ticket material in said ticket passageway as said feed pawl moves away from said cutting means, ticket material feed out means positioned at the other end of said lower and upper platforms, said feed out means including a check pawl pivotable toward engagement with the ticket material for preventing movement of the ticket material away from said cutting means and means for pulling ticket material from a supply, control means for first moving said feed pawl toward said cutting means for pushing a length of ticket material beyond said cutting means, and in response to said feed pawl having moved a predetermined distance toward said cutting means, actuating said cutting means to cut the ticket material and actuating said ticket material feed out means to pull ticket material from a supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.