Cutting and collating method and apparatus for tickets
AssigneeJohn W. Armiger
InventorJohn W. Armiger
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting and collating cards or tickets arranged on paper stock in a specific sequential printed side-by-side order by moving a common one of each pair of cards or tickets laterally of their path of movement along a camming surface, which camming surface places the moving card or ticket of each pair behind the other card or ticket of that pair of tickets all in a proper sequential arrangement.
Claims23
Apparatus for cutting parts from a preprinted strip of paper stock and collating the parts in a specific sequential order comprising:
- a track for guiding the strip of paper stock preprinted with a sequence of pairs of specifically identified parts arranged two abreast along a given path,
- means for moving the strip along said path at a given speed,
- cutter means for simultaneously separating each pair of the parts from the strip when the strip reaches a given area on said track,
- a camming surface for receiving the separated two abreast parts of each pair of the two abreast parts,
- a collecting means for receiving the parts, and
- means for sequentially moving a common one of each pair of the separated two abreast parts laterally of said path along said camming surface in a substantially vertical orientation to said collecting means,
- said camming surface guiding the other part of each pair of said two abreast parts downstream of the laterally displaced one of the parts of each pair to said collecting means in a properly sequenced stacked configuration.
Apparatus for cutting tickets from a sprocket fed strip of paper stock and collating the tickets in specific sequential order comprising:
- a track for guiging the strip of paper stock preprinted with a sequence of pairs of specifically identified tickets arranged two abreast along a given path,
- sprocket means having teeth which engage the paper stock for moving the strip of paper stock along said path at a given speed,
- cutter means for simultaneously separating each pair of the tickets from the strip of paper stock when the strip of paper stock reaches a given area on said track,
- a camming surface for receiving the separated two abreast tickets of each pair,
- said camming surface comprising a pair of substantially parallel surfaces, one displaced laterally thereof and interconnected by a ramp,
- a collecting means for receiving the tickets, and
- means for sequentially moving a common one of each pair of the separated two abreast tickets laterally of said path along said camming surface in a substantially vertical orientation to said collecting means,
- said camming surface guiding the other ticket of each pair of said two abreast tickets downstream of the laterally displaced one of said tickets of each pair to said collecting means in a properly sequenced stacked configuration.
A method of cutting tickets from a strip of paper stock and collating the tickets in a specific order comprising the steps of:
- feeding a strip of preprinted ticket paper stock having pairs of tickets printed in two abreast arrangements laterally across the strip through a cutting means,
- feeding the separated two abreast pairs of tickets to a camming surface,
- sequentially moving a common one of each pair of said two abreast tickets laterally along said camming surface in a substantially vertical orientation to a collecting means,
- guiding the other of each pair of said two abreast tickets over said camming surface downstream of the laterally displaced one of said tickets of each pair to said collecting means in a specific stacked configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.