TICKET DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A dispenser for dispensing a series of tickets (112) either attached together or cut apart. In one embodiment (Fig. 2-6), a cutting signal is developed by an operator pulling on a ticket (114) extending from the dispenser (80) which closes a switch (140). In another embodiment (Fig. 7-14), an operator actuates a switch (e.g. 36) to dispense tickets and releases the switch to cause the tickets to be cut apart. The tickets are cut apart automatically when credit is exhausted. The tickets are cut by a scissors-type rotary cutter (246) along perforation lines (113) detected by a detector (244). First (168) and second (136) sensors sense the leading edge of a new strip of tickets being loaded into the dispenser. When the first sensor senses the leading edge, the strip is fed automatically until it reaches the second sensor, which stops the strip at a dispensing location.