Patent ID: 7016861

Claim:
A ticket dispenser comprising a housing, a space within said housing for receiving a pack of tickets in the form of a continuous web of tickets, there being a line of weakness between adjacent tickets of said web, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing single tickets taken from said web of tickets, an electronic control associated with the dispenser and a conveyor roll which extends transversely to a web conveying direction, at least one wall means at one side of said conveyor roll and defining with said conveyor roll a passage for conveying said web of tickets, actuating means for pressing said wall means towards said conveying roll to clamp said web therebetween for conveying movement in said conveying direction and means for driving said conveyor roll to transport said web into a mouth having an outlet until said line of weakness joining a leading ticket to a remainder of said web is positioned in a vicinity of said outlet, and means disposed downstream of said outlet in said direction of conveying movement for bending a conveyed leading ticket of said web at least once about said line of weakness, to weaken a connection between said leading ticket and said web prior to severing said leading ticket from said web and issuing said leading ticket from said dispenser.