Ticket dispensing structure
First Claim
1. A dispenser for series-connected tickets comprising a structure having front, rear, side, top and bottom walls for containing a quantity of such tickets, means in the rear wall providing a transverse ticket-exit slot through which the tickets are extracted via rearwardly directed manual force applied to the leading ticket, said rear wall being movable away from the remainder of the structure to provide access to the interior of the structure, means for selectively connecting and disconnecting the rear wall to and from the remainder of the structure and including a security lock cooperative between the rear wall and another wall of the structure, said lock including a portion extending into the interior of the structure in spaced relation to the ticket-exit slot and exposed to the quantity of tickets within the structure, and deflector means integral with and projecting inwardly from the rearwall adjacent to the interior portion of the lock for preventing tickets form engaging the interior portion of the lock.
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Abstract
The disclosed ticket dispenser is especially designed for the dispensing of series-connected lottery tickets and provides a box-like structure for containing the tickets which are exited through a slot in one of the structure walls. The structure is configured so as to provide guide and ticket-tensioning elements about the slot and further includes wings closing the slot at opposite edges. The wall of the structure in which the slot is provided is hinged to the rest of the structure and has a lockable catch releasable to afford access to the interior of the structure. Portions of the structure are shaped in such fashion as to prevent or minimize interior obstructions to the free travel of tickets via manual tensioning forces applies exteriorly of the structure.
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- 1. A dispenser for series-connected tickets comprising a structure having front, rear, side, top and bottom walls for containing a quantity of such tickets, means in the rear wall providing a transverse ticket-exit slot through which the tickets are extracted via rearwardly directed manual force applied to the leading ticket, said rear wall being movable away from the remainder of the structure to provide access to the interior of the structure, means for selectively connecting and disconnecting the rear wall to and from the remainder of the structure and including a security lock cooperative between the rear wall and another wall of the structure, said lock including a portion extending into the interior of the structure in spaced relation to the ticket-exit slot and exposed to the quantity of tickets within the structure, and deflector means integral with and projecting inwardly from the rearwall adjacent to the interior portion of the lock for preventing tickets form engaging the interior portion of the lock.
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