Smart bin lottery ticket dispenser with integrated controller
First Claim
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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Abstract
A lottery ticket dispenser array includes a frame and a plurality of separate bins contained within the frame. Each bin includes a housing having a front side that faces a purchaser in operational use of the dispenser array, an opposite back side, and an internal space for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets, wherein each lottery tickets contains a code printed thereon. Each bin has an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets therefrom. A controller is 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 is configured on the frame and is variably positional relative to the frame between different operational positions.
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9 Claims
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1. A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising:
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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 operational positions 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 and pivotably mounted to the frame at each of the different operational positions.
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9. A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising:
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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 operational positions 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; wherein the controller is positionable along a bottom member of the frame and is movable into a horizontal storage position below a bottom row of the bins; and wherein the controller further comprises a tray that is connectable to various power/data ports spaced along the bottom member of the frame, the controller movable into the tray in the horizontal storage position.
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