Dispenser for roll of tickets in strip form
AssigneeInstrumental Products
InventorJohn S. Curtiss, Jr.
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Abstract
An assembly for dispensing tickets in strip form from a roll thereof registers a cutting blade with respect to drive openings in the strip of tickets, the drive openings occuring at the opposite ends of each ticket.
Claims4
A ticket dispenser assembly for delivering tickets in strip form from a roll thereof, the tickets being of a type having openings therethrough disposed between successive tickets, said dispenser comprising means for supporting a roll of such tickets to rotate in response to withdrawal of each ticket therefrom, means forming a ticket guiding and dispensing unit defining a path for delivery of tickets including means forming a cutting assembly at the dispensing end of said path, said cutting assembly including a plurality of pegs for penetrating the openings between successive tickets, means supporting said pegs, a cutting blade carried by the last named means and formed to include a plurality of teeth corresponding in number substantially to the number of said pegs, said teeth pointing rearwardly of the direction of movement of the tickets, to restrain the strip of tickets as the leading ticket is drawn against said blade to separate said leading ticket from a waiting ticket therebehind, means forming a first station for retaining a ticket against the surface of the path, means forming a second station supporting a waiting ticket between said penetrating means and said first station, the last named means serving to dispose said waiting ticket substantially unobstructed from both above and below to readily permit the ticket to be engaged between a person's thumb and index finger when lifting and advancing the waiting ticket along said path to dispose openings between a pair of successive tickets onto said pegs.
A ticket dispenser assembly for delivering tickets in strip form from a roll thereof, the tickets being of a type having openings therethrough disposed between successive tickets, said dispenser comprising means for supporting a roll of such tickets to rotate in response to withdrawal of each ticket therefrom, means forming a ticket guiding and dispensing unit defining a path for delivery of tickets including means forming a cutting assembly at the dispensing end of said path, said cutting assembly including blade means for cutting through a ticket and means for penetrating the openings between successive tickets to restrain the strip of tickets as the leading ticket is drawn against said blade means to separate said leading ticket from a waiting ticket therebehind, means forming a first station for retaining a ticket against the surface of the path, means forming a second station supporting a waiting ticket between said penetrating means and said first station, the last named means serving to dispose said waiting ticket substantially unobstructed from both above and below to readily permit the ticket to be engaged between a person's thumb and index finger when lifting and advancing the waiting ticket along said path to dispose openings between a pair of successive tickets onto said penetrating means, said cutting means being characterized by a plurality of pegs disposed to extend substantially normal to the plane of tickets moving along said path for penetrating the openings defined between successive tickets, a notch formed in said pegs on the downstream side thereof, means supporting said pegs, a cutting blade carried adjacent said pegs and formed to include a plurality of triangularly shaped teeth in numbers not substantially in excess of the number of said pegs, said teeth being disposed to be pointed rearwardly of the direction of movement of the tickets, each said tooth being of a yielding material to be bent upwardly and rearwardly to engage an associated one of said notches for holding the pointed end of an associated one of said teeth disposed in a cutting position.
In a ticket dispenser assembly for dispensing tickets in strip form from a roll thereof, the tickets being of a type having openings therethrough disposed between successive tickets, said dispenser comprising means for supporting a roll of such tickets to rotate in response to withdrawal of each ticket therefrom, means forming a ticket guiding and dispensing unit defining a guide path for the passage of tickets therealong, said guide path including a ticket support station for receiving one of a strip of tickets, a cutting assembly disposed along said path and displaced from the last named means substantially the length of a ticket, a plurality of pegs disposed to extend substantially normal to the plane of tickets moving along said path for penetrating said openings and restraining the leading end of a waiting ticket from movement along said path, means supporting said pegs, a cutting blade carried adjacent said pegs and formed to include a plurality of triangularly shaped teeth associated with said pegs, said teeth being disposed to be pointed rearwardly of the direction of movement of the tickets, each said tooth extending upwardly and rearwardly to be disposed in a cutting position whereby as the leading ticket is drawn forwardly continued forward movement of the leading ticket against said cutting means serves to sever same from the others.
In a ticket dispenser assembly for dispensing tickets in strip form from a roll thereof, the tickets being of a type having openings therethrough disposed between successive tickets, said dispenser comprising means for supporting a roll of such tickets to rotate in response to withdrawal of each ticket therefrom, means forming a ticket guiding and dispensing unit defining a guide path for the passage of tickets therealong, a cutting assembly disposed along said path including means for penetrating said openings and formed to restrain the leading end of a waiting ticket from movement along said path, cutting blade means having a plurality of upwardly and rearwardly disposed tapered teeth, the upper end of said teeth being disposed proximate said penetrating means, a portion of said path upstream of said cutting assembly being formed to provide a substantially unobstructed clearance above and beneath the waiting ticket to permit the waiting ticket to be readily engaged between a person's thumb and index finger, said path permitting the waiting ticket to be lifted and drawn forwardly to dispose openings following same onto said means for penetrating the openings to restrain the strip of tickets in a position so that continued forward movement of the leading ticket draws said strip against said cutting blade means to sever said leading ticket from said strip.
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