US3887106A
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Ticket cartridge and hopper and stacker therefor
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1973-11-07
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Granted: 1975-06-03
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Expires: 1993-11-07
Abstract
Abstract A cartridge for merchandise tickets or the like having a slot in its bottom at a ticket entrance end of the cartridge into which the tickets may be fed individually and having a slot in an opposite ticket discharge end and adjacent the bottom through which individual tickets may be fed out of the cartridge. The cartridge may be placed into a hopper having a feed roll movable upwardly so as to frictionally engage the lowermost ticket in the cartridge for feeding the ticket out of the cartridge; and the cartridge may be placed into a stacker having feed rolls for moving a ticket through the slot in the bottom of the cartridge, with a feed roll being frictionally engagable with the ticket for moving it completely into the cartridge. A single switch is closed by the cartridge in the stacker so as to condition an associated machine for operation, and this switch is also actuated by a block on the top of a stack of tickets in the cartridge so as to open the switch when the cartridge is full for disabling the machine.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Marlin Charlson
- 👤 Charles Donald Green
- 👤 William John Harris
- 👤 Keith Erwin Inman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/08; G06K13/14; B; B65; B65D; B65D83/00; B65D83/08; B65D83/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A cartridge for generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a casing which is rectangular in croSs section and has a bottom for supporting a stack of the tickets and has first and second opposite end walls, said first end wall being provided with a slot adjacent said bottom through which individual ones of said tickets may be moved out of the cartridge, said bottom being provided with a slot therein adjacent said second end wall through which individual ones of said tickets may be moved into said cartridge for building up a stack of tickets in the cartridge, said bottom being formed by a pair of spaced flanges extending from said first end wall toward said second end wall whereby individual ones of said merchandising tickets may be pressed between said flanges and into the bottom of the cartridge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A cartridge for generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a casing which is rectangular in croSs section and has a bottom for supporting a stack of the tickets and has first and second opposite end walls, said first end wall being provided with a slot adjacent said bottom through which individual ones of said tickets may be moved out of the cartridge, said bottom being provided with a slot therein adjacent said second end wall through which individual ones of said tickets may be moved into said cartridge for building up a stack of tickets in the cartridge, said bottom being formed by a pair of spaced flanges extending from said first end wall toward said second end wall whereby individual ones of said merchandising tickets may be pressed between said flanges and into the bottom of the cartridge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cartridge as set forth in claim 1 and including a cover slideably disposed in said casing and moveable upwardly in a direction away from said flanges so as to permit a plurality of the merchandising tickets to be moved into the cartridge in the form of a stack.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
95 words
A cartridge as set forth in claim 1, said casing having a back wall which has said bottom slot on its right and has said end wall slot in its left, a block in said casing moveable vertically therein for acting as a weight on tickets that are moved into the cartridge from said bottom slot, said back wall having an opening therethrough for receiving a switch actuator which the block may contact as a stack of tickets in the cartridge increases in height in order to signal that the cartridge is filled with tickets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
146 words
A hopper station for dispensing merchandising tickets of generally rectangular form including a table having an opening therethrough, a pick roll supported to be moveable through said table opening, a cartridge of rectangular cross section for holding a stack of said tickets and having a bottom with an opening therethrough and having an end wall with a ticket discharging slot therein located at said bottom of the cartridge, means for detachably holding said cartridge on said table with its said bottom in contact with said table, means for drivingly rotating said pick roll, and means for moving said pick roll through said table opening and through said bottom opening of said cartridge and into contact with the lowermost ticket in said cartridge for moving the ticket out of said cartridge through said slot with the cartridge being on said table and said pick roll being rotating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
146 words
A hopper station for dispensing merchandising tickets of generally rectangular form including a table having an opening therethrough, a pick roll supported to be moveable through said table opening, a cartridge of rectangular cross section for holding a stack of said tickets and having a bottom with an opening therethrough and having an end wall with a ticket discharging slot therein located at said bottom of the cartridge, means for detachably holding said cartridge on said table with its said bottom in contact with said table, means for drivingly rotating said pick roll, and means for moving said pick roll through said table opening and through said bottom opening of said cartridge and into contact with the lowermost ticket in said cartridge for moving the ticket out of said cartridge through said slot with the cartridge being on said table and said pick roll being rotating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
99 words
A stacker station for receiving generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a cartridge of rectangular cross section having a bottom, said bottom being defined by a pair of side flanges extending inwardly from side walls of the cartridge and being discontinuous to provide a ticket entrance slot in the bottom at a ticket entrance end of the cartridge, rolls positioned below said cartridge, means for drivingly rotating at least one of said rolls, said rolls being positioned in such position as to move a merchandising ticket through said slot in the bottom of the cartridge and thus into the cartridge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
99 words
A stacker station for receiving generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a cartridge of rectangular cross section having a bottom, said bottom being defined by a pair of side flanges extending inwardly from side walls of the cartridge and being discontinuous to provide a ticket entrance slot in the bottom at a ticket entrance end of the cartridge, rolls positioned below said cartridge, means for drivingly rotating at least one of said rolls, said rolls being positioned in such position as to move a merchandising ticket through said slot in the bottom of the cartridge and thus into the cartridge.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
A stacker station for receiving generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a cartridge of rectangular cross section having a bottom, said bottom being defined by a pair of side flanges extending inwardly from side walls of the cartridge and being discontinuous to provide a ticket entrance slot in the bottom at a ticket entrance end of the cartridge, rolls positioned below said cartridge, means for drivingly rotating at least one of said rolls, said rolls being positioned in such position as to move a merchandising ticket through said slot in the bottom of the cartridge and thus into the cartridge.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
99 words
A stacker station for receiving generally rectangular merchandising tickets comprising a cartridge of rectangular cross section having a bottom, said bottom being defined by a pair of side flanges extending inwardly from side walls of the cartridge and being discontinuous to provide a ticket entrance slot in the bottom at a ticket entrance end of the cartridge, rolls positioned below said cartridge, means for drivingly rotating at least one of said rolls, said rolls being positioned in such position as to move a merchandising ticket through said slot in the bottom of the cartridge and thus into the cartridge.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-06-02 | 1978-12-02 | 1979-06-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-06-02 | 1982-12-02 | 1983-06-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-06-02 | 1986-12-02 | 1987-06-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |