Patent ID: 7032793

Claim:
A ticket dispenser for containing and dispensing a plurality of tickets in which each ticket is joined to an adjacent ticket by a line of weakness to form a strip of tickets, the ticket dispenser comprising: a bottom support structure having a front edge and a rear edge; a front cover pivotally connected proximate to the front edge of the bottom support structure by a front hinge; a rear cover pivotally connected proximate to the rear edge of the bottom support structure by a rear hinge; wherein the front and rear covers are pivotal about the front hinge and rear hinge, respectively, toward and away from a closed configuration; wherein the front and rear covers mate together in the closed configuration to define an enclosed volume in the ticket dispenser to hold the plurality of tickets; and a powered drive module in the enclosed volume, the powered drive module receiving the tickets for dispensing from the ticket dispenser; wherein the powered drive module includes a powered separator mechanism for separating one or more of said tickets from one of said strips before dispensing them.