Ticket stacker

Claim 1

A ticket stacker system comprising a plurality of guide wall means open at the bottom, means for receiving tickets between the guide wall means entering through the open bottom, a plurality of pieces of fibers positioned about the inside of portions of at least two opposing sections of the guide wall means beginning at the bottom thereof and extending at least partially up towards the top of the guide wall means, each of said pieces containing a plurality of one way fibers, said fibers extending inwardly from said guide wall means with the majority thereof extending upwardly towards said top, and said fibers permitting tickets to be pushed through the fibers but also preventing tickets afteR capturing by the fibers from falling downwardly out of the bottom of the stacker, a weight disposed within the confines of the guide wall means and having cut out portions and shaped to permit now cut out portions thereof to extend to said guide wall means and between said pieces of fibers and initially be positioned closely adjacent the bottom and straddle the pieces of fibers to insure that the first few tickets pushed into and received between the opposing pieces of fibers are prevented from skewing and/or misorienting themselves with respect to the fibers, first stop means supported on the inside of said guide wall means, second stop means supported by said weight for engaging said first stop means to initially position said weight adjacent the bottom prior to receipt of any tickets between said pieces of fibers, and pusher means for placing tickets between said fibers.