Article dispensing – Cellular magazine type – Rolled or folded web type magazine
Reexamination Certificate
2002-02-05
2003-09-09
Noland, Kenneth W. (Department: 3653)
Article dispensing
Cellular magazine type
Rolled or folded web type magazine
C083S699110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06616009
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to game machines and, more specifically, to a ticket vending machine, which prevents the people from damaging the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll or stealing it.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIGS. 6 and 7
illustrate a ticket-vending machine according to the prior art. According to this design, a toothed cutting plate A
3
is fixedly fastened to a cutter rack A
4
, keeping the toothed cutting edge A
31
above the top side of the cutter rack A
4
; the cutter rack A
4
has two mounting flanges A
41
respectively fastened to two side boards A
11
of the machine base A
1
; an impression plate A
5
is provided having two pivot rods A
51
respectively coupled to a respective pivot hole A
111
of the side boards A
11
and two bearing portions A
52
supported on the side boards A
11
; a face panel A
2
is fastened to front lugs A
112
of the base frame A
1
, having a ticket outlet A
21
aimed at a guide face A
42
of the cutter rack A
4
. This structure of ticket vending machine is complicated, resulting in high manufacturing cost. Further, when the user pulls out the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll, the continuous ticket sheet may not be properly cut off by the toothed cutting edge of the toothed cutting plate.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is one object of the present invention to provide a ticket vending machine, which prevents people from damaging the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll or stealing it. To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, the ticket vending machine comprises a base frame; a face panel fixedly mounted on a front side of the base frame, the face panel having a ticket outlet; a side plate fixedly vertically mounted on one lateral side of the base frame remote from the face panel; an axle perpendicularly fixedly mounted on the side plate and suspended above the base frame and holding a ticket roll for enabling the lead end of the continuous ticket :sheet of the ticket roll to be extended to the ticket outlet of the face panel; a control unit mounted in the base frame, the control unit comprising a control circuit board, a gear box, and a sheet-transfer cylinder assembly, and controlled by the control circuit board to transfer the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll to the ticket outlet of the face panel; and a cutting unit mounted inside the base frame between the gear box and the face panel and adapted to cut off the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll. The face panel is comprised of a first shell and a second shell fastened together. The first shell and the second shell have respective guides defining a passageway adapted to guide the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll from the sheet-transfer cylinder assembly to the ticket outlet for enabling the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll to be cut by the cutting unit. The cutting unit comprises a horizontal cutting hole through which the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll passes from the sheet-transfer cylinder assembly to the ticket outlet, and a cutting plate controlled to reciprocate over the cutting hole and to cut off the continuous ticket sheet of the ticket roll.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4060177 (1977-11-01), Surber, Jr.
patent: 4367666 (1983-01-01), Toth
International Currency Technologies Corporation
Noland Kenneth W.
Rabin & Berdo P.C.
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