Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system

A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes processing means for providing write signals to indicate information to be encoded on said tickets;

• and transducer means for encoding information of tickets in response to said write signals, the ticket handling system comprising
• a feeder module including feed means for feeding a strip of ticket stock;
• a cutter module including cutting means for cutting ticket blanks of a given length from the fed end of the strip;
• a transport module including the transducer means for encoding ticket information on the ticket blanks in response to said write signals;
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• an exit module mechanically interfaced with the transport module and including means defining an exit passage for passing said ticket from the transport module to an exit position where said ticket is accessible to a patron, sensing means for sensing the entry of an encoded ticket into the exit passage from the exit position toward the transport module, and bidirectional transport means for transporting said ticket in either direction through the exit passage;
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• wherein the ticket handling system includes control means coupled to the sensing means and the transport means for causing said entered ticket to be transported into the transport module for encoding by the transducer means in response to the sensing means sensing said entry of said ticket into the exit passage from the exit position.

A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes processing means for providing a write signal to indicate information to be encoded on a ticket;

• first transducer means for encoding information on a ticket in response to a write signal, second transducer means for reading an encoded ticket and for providing a read signal in response thereto;
• circuit means for comparing a read signal to a write signal and for providing a verification signal in response to said comparison;
• and processing means for processing a verification signal and for providing control signals subsequent thereto to indicate whether a ticket is to be passed to an exit position where said ticket is accessible to a parton or to a capture position where said ticket is inaccessible to said patron;
• the ticket handling system comprising:
• a feeder module including feed means for feeding a strip of ticket stock until a ticket has been cut from said strip;
• a cutter module including cutting means for cutting a ticket of a given length from the fed end of the strip;
• a transport module including the first transducer means for encoding ticket information on said ticket in response to a write signal, the second transducer means for reading said encoded ticket and for providing a read signal in response thereto, first transport means for transporting said ticket from the transport module, and drive means for driving the first transport means in accordance with given control signals from said processing means;
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• a diverter module mechanically interfaced with the transport module and including means defining a capture passage for passing said ticket from the transport module to said capture position where said ticket is inaccessible to said patron, means defining an exit passage for passing said ticket from the transport module to said exit position where said ticket is accessible to said patron, and second transport means coupled to and driven by the drive means for transporting said ticket through the diverter module.

A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes processing means for providing a write signal to indicate information to be encoded on a ticket;

• first transducer means for encoding information on a ticket in response to a write signal, second transducer means for reading an encoded ticket and for providing a read signal in response thereto;
• circuit means for comparing a read signal to a write signal and for providing a verification signal in response to said comparison;
• and processing means for processing a verification signal and for providing control signals subsequent thereto to indicate whether a ticket is to be passed to an exit position where said ticket is accessible to a patron or to a capture position where said ticket is inaccessible to said patron;
• the ticket handling system comprising:
• a feeder module including feed means for feeding a strip of ticket stock;
• a cutter module including cutting means for cutting a ticket of a given length from the fed end of the strip;
• a transport module including the first transducer means for encoding ticket information on said ticket in response to a write signal and the second transducer means for reading said encoded ticket and for providing a read signal in response thereto;
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• a diverter module mechanically interfaced with the transport module and including means defining a capture passage for passing said ticket from the transport module to said capture position where said ticket is inaccessible to said patraon, means for defining an exit passage for passing said ticket from the transport module to said exit position where said ticket is accessible to said patron, and diversion means for diverting tickets from the transport module into either the capture passage or the exit passage in accordance with given control signals fom the processing means.