Patent ID: 6652173
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
A ticket dispensing mechanism comprising:a drive receiving sheet material from a supply and advancing said sheet material; a printer printing ticket information on the sheet material thereby to form a succession of printed tickets, each printed ticket having a leading end; a retaining mechanism receiving each printed ticket advanced by said drive in succession and pressing each printed ticket against a generally planar surface thereby to hold said each printed ticket; and a guide guiding each printed ticket as it is advanced by said drive such that the leading end of each successive printed ticket contacts and ejects the printed ticket held by said retaining mechanism prior to itself being held by said retaining mechanism, wherein said retaining mechanism includes a member extending towards said generally planar surface, at least one of said member and generally planar surface being urged towards the other by a spring element, each printed ticket passing between said member and said generally planar surface and being pressed against said generally planar surface by said member.