Patent ID: 6230926
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G07B,G07C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for the storage, display and dispensing of tickets, said apparatus comprising:(a) a bin housing for storing a pack of tickets sequentially connected together by perforated joinder lines that define the edges of each ticket, said bin housing including a dispensing end and an opposite end;(b) a ticket dispensing assembly located at the dispensing end of said bin housing and having a ticket dispensing slot through which said tickets are dispensed from said bin housing;(c) a ticket sensing means associated with said dispensing assembly and including a piezo electric sensor that detects the perforations of the tickets as they pass through said dispensing assembly; and(d) wherein said dispensing assembly includes a cover with top plate and a bottom plate closely aligned together to form a narrow slot therebetween through which said tickets pass through for sensing thereof, which slot is of an angled configuration to improve the sensing of said tickets by said piezo electric sensor.