Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-15
2001-11-27
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
C271S010090, C271S018000, C221S217000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06322066
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a machine for dispensing the lottery tickets, and more particularly to a dispensing wheel of the machine for dispensing the lottery tickets.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a lottery ticket dispensing machine
10
of the prior art comprises a friction roller
11
and a support base
12
located behind the friction roller
11
for carrying a lottery ticket
13
and a weight
14
. Located in front of the friction roller
11
is a guide plate
16
which has at the center thereof an opening
15
. The guide plate
16
is provided on the rear segment thereof with a ticket stopping plate
17
and on the front segment thereof with an electric eye device
18
. The lottery ticket
13
is pushed out between the bottom edge of the ticket stopping plate
17
and the guide plate
16
by the friction roller
11
. The electric eye device
18
is intended to count the number of the lottery tickets
13
which have been forced out by the friction roller
11
. Located over the opening
15
are a differential roller
19
and an auxiliary roller
20
for dispensing the lottery ticket
13
. The friction roller
11
and the differential roller
19
are provided respectively with a bull gear
21
and a pinion
22
engageable with the bull gear
21
which is driven by the driving gear
24
of a motor
23
. The differential effect is attained by the differential roller
19
capable of rotating at a faster rate than the friction roller
11
.
The lottery ticket dispensing machine
10
of the prior art is defective in design in that it is incapable of registering the precise counts of the lottery tickets
13
that have been dispensed. Such a defect as described above is attributable to the fact that the second lottery ticket
13
is pushed out by the friction roller
11
even before the first lottery ticket
13
is dispensed by the differential roller
19
and the auxiliary roller
20
, and that two or more lottery tickets
13
are superimposed in the midst of a dispensing process, thereby resulting erroneously in only one count by the electric eye device
18
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore the primary objective of the present invention to provide a lottery ticket dispensing device capable of dispensing the lottery tickets with precision.
The foregoing objective, features, functions and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4306713 (1981-12-01), Avritt et al.
patent: 4779861 (1988-10-01), Ozawa et al.
patent: 5098078 (1992-03-01), Nakanishi
patent: 5350168 (1994-09-01), Sheridan
patent: 5746426 (1998-05-01), Nakabayashi et al.
Crawford Gene O.
Ellis Christopher P.
Harrison & Egbert
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