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Smart bin lottery ticket dispenser with integrated controller

  • US 10,460,569 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2017
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising:

  • an external frame;

    a plurality of separate bins contained within the frame, each bin defined by a housing having a front side that is exposed to and faces a purchaser in operational use of the dispenser array, an opposite back side exposed to a user of the dispenser array, and an internal space for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets, wherein each lottery ticket contains a code printed thereon;

    each bin having an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets therefrom;

    a controller in communication with each of the drive mechanisms to initiate a dispense sequence upon receipt of a ticket dispense command from the controller;

    the controller configured externally on the frame and variably positional on the frame between different physical and operational positions on the frame such that the controller is presented to the user as an interface with the dispenser array and variably positionable by the user to the different operational positions on the frame; and

    wherein the controller is slidable along a bottom member, top member, or side member of the frame between the different operational positions.

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