Patent ID: 7364058
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G07B,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dispensing mechanism for dispensing at least one ticket from a continuous strip of perforated tickets, the strip of tickets having a series of spaced perforation lines parallel to one another for defining separate ones of the tickets, the mechanism comprising: a pair of pinch rollers for selectively advancing the strip of tickets along a path of travel in a first direction and a second reverse direction; a pinch roller gear connected to one of the pinch rollers; a cutting blade positioned adjacent the pinch rollers proximate the path of travel of the strip of tickets; a clutch connected to an intermediate gear shaft, the clutch selectively engaging the pinch roller gear connected to the respective pinch roller, the clutch being inactive in the first direction and operable in the second reverse direction; a deflector plate cam connected with the clutch; a deflector plate coupled to the deflector plate cam, the deflector plate positioned proximate the cutting blade in a forward position opposite said pinch rollers to alter the path of travel of the strip of tickets with respect to the cutting blade, the deflector plate being movable from a first position in the first direction to a second position in the second reverse direction; wherein as the strip of tickets is moved in the second reverse direction by the pinch rollers, the clutch allows the deflector plate cam to pivot, and the deflector plate is moved from the first position into the second position such that the deflector plate bends the strip of tickets backwards toward the cutting blade to engage one of the perforation lines with the cutting blade.