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US 5,287,980 AGranted
Ticket dispenser assembly including interlocking dispenser units
AssigneeEddy Associates, Inc.
InventorEdward B. Saltz
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Abstract
A lottery ticket dispenser assembly including a plurality of modularly constructed dispenser units arranged in vertically stacked, interlocking relation. The dispenser units each include sets of rails which are engageable with complementary sets of rails on adjacent dispenser units to interlock the dispenser units for sliding movement relative to one another. Each dispenser unit also includes a door which, when closed, prevents the rails of adjacent dispenser units from being disengaged to prevent unauthorized personnel from disassembling the dispenser assembly.
Claims14
A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of ticket dispenser units assembled in an adjacent relation to one another, each of said adjacently related dispenser units including a door pivotable between an opened position and a closed position, and
- means for interconnecting said adjacently related dispenser units to selectively prevent said adjacently related dispenser units from being disassembled from one another, the means for interconnecting including means for interlocking said adjacently related dispenser units, said means for interlocking allowing for sliding movement relative to one another while interlocked, and means for selectively restricting said sliding movement between said adjacently related dispenser units, the means for selectively restricting said sliding movement including the door of at least one of said adjacently related dispenser units, the door of said at least one of said adjacently related dispenser units, when in the closed position, being engageable with an another of said adjacently related dispenser units to restrict sliding movement between said at least one of said adjacently related dispenser units and said other of said adjacently related dispenser units.
A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a first dispenser unit including a first rail,
- a second dispenser unit including a second rail engageable with the first rail to interlock the first and second dispenser units for relative sliding movement therebetween, and a door pivotable between an opened position in which access to an interior of the second dispenser is permitted, and a closed position in which access to the interior of the second dispenser is denied, the door, when in the closed position, being engageable with the first dispenser unit to restrict sliding movement between the dispenser units.
A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of dispenser units, each of the dispenser units including a container defining an interior space for receiving tickets, and a door supported on the container for pivotal movement between an opened position and a closed position, and
- means for selectively interconnecting the dispenser units in a substantially fixed relation to each other, the means for selectively interconnecting including the doors of the dispenser units, each one of the dispenser units being interconnected in substantially fixed relation with another one of the dispenser units when the door of said another one of the dispenser units is in the closed position, and being moveable relative to said another one of the dispenser units when the door of said another one of the dispenser units is in the opened position.
A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a first dispenser unit including a first rail, the first rail including a stop portion, and a door supported for movement between an opened position and a closed position,
- a second dispenser unit including a second rail engageable with the first rail to interlock the first and second dispenser units for relative sliding movement therebetween, and
- means for selectively restricting the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units, when the first and second dispenser units are interlocked, to prevent the first and second rails from being disengaged, the means for selectively restricting sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units including the door which, when in the closed position, is engageable with the second dispenser unit to restrict the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units, and the stop portion, the second rail being engageable with the stop portion to further restrict the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units such that the second dispenser unit is substantially fixed relative to the first dispenser unit.
A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a first dispenser unit including a first rail,
- a second dispenser unit including a second rail engageable with the first rail to interlock the first and second dispenser units for relative sliding movement therebetween, and
- means for selectively restricting the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units, when the first and second dispenser units are interlocked, to prevent the first and second rails from being disengaged, the means for selectively restricting sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units including a locking member on one of the first and second dispenser units, the locking member being engageable with the other of the first and second dispenser units to prevent the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units, and
- a door on one of the first and second dispenser units, the door being supported for movement between an opened position and a closed position, and the door, when in the closed position, restricting access to the locking member to prevent the first and second rails from being disengaged.
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A ticket dispenser apparatus comprising:
- a first dispenser unit including an upper rail, a lower rail, and a locking member
- a second dispenser unit including a rail engageable with one of the upper and lower rails to interlock the first and second dispenser units for relative sliding movement therebetween, and
- means for selectively restricting the sliding movement between the first and second dispenser units, when the first and second dispenser units are interlocked, to prevent the one of the upper and lower rails and the rail of the second dispenser unit from being disengaged, and
- means for mounting the first dispenser unit on a support surface, the means for mounting including a base plate, the base plate including upper and lower rails, the upper rail on the base plate being engageable with the lower rail on the first dispenser unit and, alternatively, the lower rail on the base plate being engageable with the upper rail on the first dispenser unit, to interlock the first dispenser unit and the base plate for relative sliding movement therebetween, and a locking member, the locking member of one of the first dispenser unit and the base plate being engageable with the other of the first dispenser unit and the base plate when the lower rail of the first dispenser unit is engaged with the upper rail of the base plate to fix the first dispenser unit on the base plate, and the locking member of said other of the first dispenser unit and the base plate being engageable with said one of the first dispenser unit and the base plate when the upper rail of the first dispenser unit is engaged with the lower rail of the base plate to fix the first dispenser unit on the base plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.