Drawing ticket dispenser
OwnerPhilip Caughey, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A device and method for separating tickets from a roll of raffle tickets having two or more strands, the individual tickets being transversely joined to twin tickets having corresponding identical identifiers. The strands are separated longitudinally into individual strands and at least one strand, the seller's tickets, is further separated transversely into individual tickets for use in a hopper to draw a winning ticket.
Claims20
A dispenser for separating a ticket roll having multiple strands of tickets with common identifiers, comprising:
- a feed mechanism for feeding tickets from the ticket roll, the ticket roll having a first strand and a second strand of tickets with common identifiers, the ticket strands joined at their length,
- a first blade for cutting the first and second ticket strands longitudinally and a second blade mounted on a driven ticket wheel for cutting the first strand transversely, whereby, when the ticket roll is dispensed, the second blade, in response to the rotation of the driven ticket wheel, cuts the first strand of tickets into individual tickets, whereby the second strand of tickets is left as a continuous strand of more than one ticket.
A method for dispensing and separating a ticket roll having multiple strands of tickets with common identifiers, comprising the steps of:
- providing a multiple ticket roll having two or more strands of tickets with common identifiers for longitudinally adjoining tickets and providing a ticket dispenser that can separate two strands longitudinally and one strand transversely causing the dispenser to separate at least two strands longitudinally and one strand transversely, whereby, when more than one ticket of the ticket roll is dispensed the blades cut at least one strand of tickets into individual tickets and leave a second strand as a continuous strand of tickets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.