Ticket vending head
First Claim
1. Apparatus for delivering tickets from a string of individual tickets separated by lines extending across said string including in combination, a blade, means mounting said blade for movement along a path between an inactive position and an active position, means for moving a string of tickets past said blade along a path generally parallel to the path of movement of said blade, means for disabling said string moving means with one of said separating lines located beyond said blade edge in the direction of movement of said string, means for folding said string along said one separating line and over said edge in the inactive position thereof, means for driving said blade from said inactive position to said active position to sever said string along said one separating line and means responsive to said blade driving means for activating said string moving means.
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Abstract
A ticket dispensing head for delivering individual tickets from a string of tickets connected by laterally extending lines of ticket material weakness in which tickets are advanced along a generally linear path past a breaker blade toward a limit switch adjustably positioned in the path of movement of the tickets beyond the breaker blade by a distance slightly greater than the length of a ticket with actuation of the switch interrupting the ticket drive to position the line of weakness connecting the leading ticket to the next ticket just beyond the blade breaker edge to permit a folder to fold the ticket along the so positioned line over the blade breaker edge for severing of the first ticket precisely along said positioned line upon subsequent actuation of the breaker blade to move along a path generally parallel to the ticket path. The position of the switch is adjusted to accommodate tickets of different size.
24 Citations
19 Claims
- 1. Apparatus for delivering tickets from a string of individual tickets separated by lines extending across said string including in combination, a blade, means mounting said blade for movement along a path between an inactive position and an active position, means for moving a string of tickets past said blade along a path generally parallel to the path of movement of said blade, means for disabling said string moving means with one of said separating lines located beyond said blade edge in the direction of movement of said string, means for folding said string along said one separating line and over said edge in the inactive position thereof, means for driving said blade from said inactive position to said active position to sever said string along said one separating line and means responsive to said blade driving means for activating said string moving means.
- 8. Apparatus for delivering tickets from a string of individual tickets separated by lines extending across said string including in combination, means for moving a string of tickets from a supply along a predetermined path, a ticket separating blade, means mounting said blade for movement along a path generally parallel to and at one side of said ticket path from a first position along the ticket path to a second position along the ticket path, a folder bar, means mounting said folder bar for swinging across said ticket path from a rest position located along said ticket path beyond said first position and at the other side of said ticket path, means responsive to movement of said string along said path for interrupting said ticket moving means with one of said separating lines between said first and second position, means for sequentially swinging said folder bar across said ticket path to fold said string along said one separating line and for moving said blade from said first position to said second position to sever said string along said one separating line and means responsive to said last-named means for actuating said string moving means.
- 17. Apparatus for delivering tickets from a string of individual tickets separated by lines extending across said string including in combination, a blade having an edge, means mounting said blade for movement along a path between an inactive position and an active position, means for moving a string of tickets past said blade along a path generally parallel to the path of movement of said blade, means for disabling said string moving means with one of said separating lines located beyond said blade edge in the direction of movement of said string and in the inactive position of said blade, means adapted to be activated sequentially to swing said folder bar across said ticket path and for moving said blade from said inactive position to said active position, coin-responsive means for activating said sequentially operating means and means responsive to operation of said sequentially operating means for actuating said string advancing means.
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