Automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus
First Claim
1. An automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus for location along a path of movement of vehicles in the forward direction comprises a vehicle-type identification unit for identifying the type of each oncoming vehicle, a toll-ticket issuing unit installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from the identification unit, and a vehicle-start detector installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from the issuing unit, said toll-ticket issuing unit comprising a plurality of toll-ticket issuing slots open at different heights, means for holding a stack of new, unused toll tickets including a hopper, means for feeding the tickets one by one out of the hopper, means for recording the vehicle-type information, interchange number, and other necessary information on each ticket being fed, conveying means for sequentially transporting recorded tickets, each to an issuing slot at the height determined in response to the vehicle-type information from the vehicle-type identification unit, and means for retrieving and storing any ticket left unpulled from any issuing slot by any driver, in response to vehicle passage information.
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Abstract
An automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus includes a vehicle-type identification unit for identifying the type of each oncoming vehicle, a toll-ticket issuing unit installed ahead of the identification unit along the vehicle path, and a vehicle-start detector installed farther ahead of the issuing unit. The toll-ticket issuing unit has a plurality of toll-ticket issuing slots open at different heights, and it holds a stack of new, unused toll tickets. Further, the issuing unit can feed the tickets one by one out of a hopper, and it can record the vehicle-type information, interchange number, and other necessary information on each ticket being fed. The recorded tickets are sequentially transported each to an issuing slot at the height determined in response to the vehicle-type information from the vehicle-type identification unit, and any ticket left unpulled from any issuing slot by any driver can be retrieved in response to vehicle passage information.
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- 1. An automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus for location along a path of movement of vehicles in the forward direction comprises a vehicle-type identification unit for identifying the type of each oncoming vehicle, a toll-ticket issuing unit installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from the identification unit, and a vehicle-start detector installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from the issuing unit, said toll-ticket issuing unit comprising a plurality of toll-ticket issuing slots open at different heights, means for holding a stack of new, unused toll tickets including a hopper, means for feeding the tickets one by one out of the hopper, means for recording the vehicle-type information, interchange number, and other necessary information on each ticket being fed, conveying means for sequentially transporting recorded tickets, each to an issuing slot at the height determined in response to the vehicle-type information from the vehicle-type identification unit, and means for retrieving and storing any ticket left unpulled from any issuing slot by any driver, in response to vehicle passage information.
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3. An automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus for location along a path of movement of vehicles in the forward direction comprises a vehicle-type identification unit for identifying the type of each oncoming vehicle, a toll-ticket issuing unit installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from said identification unit, and a vehicle-start detector installed downstream along the vehicle path of movement from said issuing unit, said toll-ticket issuing unit comprising a plurality of toll-ticket issuing slots open at different heights, means for holding a stack of new, unused toll tickets including a hopper, means for feeding the tickets one by one out of the hopper, means for recording the vehicle-type information, interchange number, and other necessary information on each ticket being fed, means for retrieving tickets with errors recorded thereon or with other defects, conveying means for sequentially tansporting recorded tickets, each to an issuing slot at the height determined in response to the vehicle-type information from the vehicle-type identification unit, and means for retrieving and storing any ticket left unpulled from any issuing slot by any driver, in response to vehicle passage information.
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