Apparatus for preventing unwanted removal of paper from a paper or paper ticket printing and dispensing apparatus for paper roll printers or responsive to an incompletely printed paper ticket due to an occlusion, wherein said apparatus is provided with:
- a paper roll for paper or providing the paper onto which printing is to take place, said apparatus including a ticket or paper dispensing exit having an opening for dispensing a completely printed ticket or paper and means for feeding paper from said paper roll to said ticket or paper dispensing exit;
- a paper or ticket printer positioned between said paper roll and said ticket or paper dispensing exit for printing the ticket;
- a paper or paper ticket cutter positioned between said paper or ticket printer and said ticket or paper dispensing exit for cutting the paper onto which ticket information is printed for forming thereof into individual tickets or vouchers;
- a paper cutter actuating means and paper feeding means positioned between said ticket or paper dispensing exit and said paper ticket cutter for activation thereof to cut said paper onto which printing has taken place, and for controlling feeding of the paper from said paper roll and said paper or ticket printer and for controlling operation of said paper or ticket printer, said activation of said paper or paper ticket cutter to cut the paper being activated in response to either an incompletely printed ticket or in response to an action externally of said apparatus when there is either an occlusion or other interference at said ticket or paper dispensing exit for preventing said paper from exiting from said ticket or paper dispensing exit to prevent withdrawing the paper or pulling of a partially printed ticket or paper prior to completion of any printing onto said ticket or paper at the dispensing exit opening and in response to pre-setting of time for cutting a completely and correctly printed ticket or paper;
- said paper cutter actuating means including a movable member associated with said paper or paper ticket cutter to cut a partially or incompletely printed ticket movable from a first or deactivation position at which said paper or paper ticket cutter does not cut the paper ticket or paper to a second or activation position to render said paper or paper ticket cutter operable for cutting the partially or incompletely printed paper ticket or paper in response to said external interference with the paper or ticket at said exit opening;
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- said paper cutter actuating means also being responsive to a completion of a completely and correctly printed ticket in accordance with the pre-set time for a complete ticket printing operation in response to completion of an intended printing onto the paper ticket for cutting the completely printed paper ticket having the completed intended printing thereon to cut or sever the printed ticket from the paper roll whereby to permit and provide withdrawal of the completely printed ticket or voucher paper, after the ticket or paper is cut by said paper or paper ticket cutter, from said exit opening.