Patent ID: 6616009
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B26D,G07B,Y10T

Abstract:
A ticket vending machine comprising:a base frame; a face panel fixedly mounted on a front side of said base frame, said face panel having a ticket outlet; a side plate fixedly vertically mounted on one lateral side of said base frame remote from said face panel; an axle perpendicularly fixedly mounted on said side plate and suspended above said base frame and holding a ticket roll for enabling the lead end of the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll to be extended to the ticket outlet of said face panel; a control unit mounted in said base frame, said control unit comprising a control circuit board, a gear box, and a sheet-transfer cylinder assembly, and controlled by said control circuit board to transfer the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll to the ticket outlet of said face panel; and a cutting unit mounted inside said base frame between said gear box and said face panel and adapted to cut off the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll; wherein said face panel is comprised of a first shell and a second shell fastened together, said first shell and said second shell having respective guides defining a passageway adapted to guide the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll from said sheet-transfer cylinder assembly to said ticket outlet for enabling the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll to be cut by said cutting unit; said cutting unit comprises a horizontal cutting hole through which the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll passes from said sheet-transfer cylinder assembly to said ticket outlet, and a cutting plate controlled to reciprocate over said cutting hole and to cut off the continuous ticket sheet of said ticket roll.