Patent ID: 6089400
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G07B,G07F

Abstract:
An automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus which enables toll-tickets to be continuously issued, said apparatus comprising;plural toll-ticket containers disposed in the automatic toll-ticket issuing apparatus;plural ticket cassettes each loaded in a respective one of the toll-ticket containers for storing stacked toll-tickets therein;ticket withdrawing means installed in close proximity to each of said toll-ticket containers for withdrawing the toll-tickets stored in the ticket cassettes;sensing means installed in close proximity to each of said toll-ticket containers for identifying running out of the toll-tickets stored in the ticket cassettes and issuing a sensing signal; andcontrol means responsive to the sensing signal for changing a ticket feeding route between a current ticket cassette and an issuing slot to a further tickets feeding route between an alternative ticket cassette and the issuing slot when the current ticket cassette runs out of toll-tickets stored therein, thereby preventing the issuance of the toll-tickets from stopping.