Patent ID: 6302292
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for the storage, display and dispensing of tickets and for the accounting of tickets dispensed from the apparatus, said apparatus comprising:(a) a bin housing for storing a pack of tickets sequentially connected together by perforated joiner 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 first ticket counting means associated with said dispensing assembly for counting the number of tickets dispensed from said apparatus and providing an electronic signal representative of said number;(d) a second ticket counting means associated with said dispensing assembly for calibrating the accuracy of said first counting means; and(e) computer processing means for receiving said electronic signals from said first and second counting means and for providing ticket count information in response thereto.