Abrégé

A ticket dispenser for dispensing tickets from a ticket pack provided as a pleated ribbon of tickets, the ticket pack having opposed first and last tickets for dispensing first and last from the ticket dispenser, the dispenser comprising: a ticket rack comprising a ticket platen for receiving the ticket pack;a first ticket biasing mechanism and a second ticket biasing mechanism each having a first portion connected to the ticket rack and biased with respect to the ticket rack, and each having a respective second portion configured to bias against the ticket pack and towards the ticket platen, wherein the first ticket biasing mechanism and the second ticket biasing mechanism bias against opposed end portions of the ticket pack and a gap is provided between the first ticket biasing mechanism and the second ticket biasing mechanism for the loading of the ticket pack into ticket rack and the dispensing of tickets from the ticket rack.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07B 3/04 - Machines pour débiter des tickets imprimés à l'avance pris dans une pile
• B65D 83/12 - Réceptacles ou paquets comportant des moyens particuliers pour distribuer leur contenu pour distribuer à la file des articles minces et plats pour distribuer des tickets ou des jetons
• G07B 7/00 - Présentoirs permettant de prendre directement les tickets avec la main
• A47K 10/42 - Distributeurs de serviettes en papier ou de papier hygiénique distribuant à partir d'un paquet de feuilles simples, p.ex. empilées
• B42D 5/00 - Feuilles réunies sans reliure pour former des liasses ou des blocs
• G07F 11/68 - Appareils déclenchés par des pièces de monnaie pour distribuer ou délivrer d'une façon analogue, des articles d'une façon discontinue dans lesquels les articles sont pris sur des bandes ou des feuilles par déchirure ou sectionnement

Abrégé

A ticket dispenser for dispensing a pleated ribbon of tickets, the ticket dispenser comprising a ticket storage chamber within a housing and a ticket dispensing aperture, wherein the housing has opposed ticket display and rear walls, and also has opposed first and second walls that each extend between the ticket display wall and the rear wall, the display wall comprising: an outer wall having an interior face, and an inner ticket pathway guide proximate the outer wall, providing a ticket display pathway extending along the interior face of the outer wall, between the outer wall and the inner ticket pathway guide, the ticket display pathway having a pathway inlet, wherein the ticket dispenser is configured for a ticket to be drawn out from within the storage chamber, through the pathway inlet, along the ticket display pathway towards the first wall, and out through the dispensing aperture, wherein the ticket storage chamber has a chamber length extending along the display wall between the first wall and the second wall, and the ticket display pathway extends along more than half of the chamber length, wherein the ticket storage chamber is provided with a storage chamber guide configured to space tickets apart from the display wall adjacent a central portion along the length of the ticket display pathway, and wherein the storage chamber guide extends to a maximal separation from the ticket display pathway at a location that is closer to the first wall than the separation between the pathway inlet and the first wall.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07B 3/04 - Machines pour débiter des tickets imprimés à l'avance pris dans une pile

Abrégé

A ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket from a pack of tickets having first and last tickets at opposite ends of the pack and each ticket having opposed first and second edges, the ticket dispenser comprising: a ticket rack assembly having a rack with a support platform for receiving the pack of tickets with first edges against the support platform, and a ticket pack biasing mechanism configured to bias against a face of the last ticket of the pack and to urge the last ticket towards the first ticket; a ticket housing for preventing unauthorised external access to the pack of tickets, the ticket housing comprising a ticket dispensing slot; and a ticket dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the first ticket from the pack of tickets, the ticket dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing control member connected to a ticket ejector, the ticket ejector having a ticket edge engagement feature configured to engage with a first edge of the first ticket, the ticket ejector being operable by movement of the dispensing control member to slide the first ticket from the pack and away from the platform and to dispense the second edge of the first ticket through the ticket dispensing slot.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07B 3/04 - Machines pour débiter des tickets imprimés à l'avance pris dans une pile
• B65D 83/12 - Réceptacles ou paquets comportant des moyens particuliers pour distribuer leur contenu pour distribuer à la file des articles minces et plats pour distribuer des tickets ou des jetons
• B65H 3/24 - Enlèvement des articles des piles par poussoirs en prise avec les bords des articles

Abrégé

A ticket dispenser comprising a housing body, a lockable housing door configured to close an opening in the housing body, a ticket dispensing aperture, a lockable security cover configured to prevent the removal of tickets through the aperture, and a lock assembly, wherein the lock assembly is configured to lock the housing door and security cover when in a first orientation, wherein the lock assembly is configured to lock the housing door and not to lock the security cover when in a second orientation, and wherein the lock assembly is configured not to lock the housing door or the security cover when in a third orientation.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
• E05B 63/14 - Disposition de plusieurs serrures ou de serrures comportant plusieurs pênes, p.ex. placés l'un derrière l'autre
• E05B 65/00 - Serrures pour emplois particuliers
• G07B 3/00 - Machines pour débiter des tickets imprimés à l'avance
• G07B 5/00 - APPAREILS À DÉBITER DES TICKETS; APPAREILS À ENREGISTRER LES PRIX DES BILLETS;  DISPOSITIONS OU APPAREILS POUR ENCAISSER LE PRIX DES BILLETS OU LES DROITS D’ENTRÉE OU DE PÉAGE EN UN OU PLUSIEURS POINTS DE CONTRÔLE; APPAREILS À AFFRANCHIR - Détails des machines à débiter les tickets ou dispositifs accessoires pour celles-ci