US4094451A — Lottery ticket dispenser for break-resistant web …

Claim 1

Independent Claim 369 words

A lottery ticket dispenser of the type having a continuous web of individual lottery tickets, separated by perforated lines, guided along a path from a supply compartment to a breaker bar station proximate a delivery chute, said dispenser having friction feed mechanism advancing said web along said path, ticket bowing means on said path, just in advance of said breaker bar station, for rigidifying each successive endmost ticket to span said breaker bar station, and stop means including a limit switch in the path of the leading edge of each said successive endmost ticket for stopping said feed mechanism when closed by contact with said leading edge, characterized by breaker bar means including a pivoted breaker bar normally poised out of said path at said breaker bar station; power means for moving said bar in an upward path to separate each endmost ticket engaging said stop means along its perforated line of connection to said web and bed plate means extending over the path of said unsupported web at said station including a pair of bed plates separated by a slot in the path of said upward moving breaker bar, the perforated line of connection of each successive endmost ticket being located in said slot when the leading edge of said ticket is in engagement with said stop to cooperate with said bar in separating said endmost ticket despite flimsiness of said web and; pre-breaking means comprising a set of three cylindrical rolls mounted along said path in advance of said breaker bar station for pre-folding each said ticket first in one direction and then in the opposite direction along its perforated line of connection to said web; said friction feed mechanism and said ticket bowing means comprises a pair of smooth faced rolls forming a pressure nip at each opposite end thereof, the lower roll having a pair of annular, spaced apart centrally located grooves each of arcuate cross section and the upper roll having a pair of annular, spaced apart centrally located friction rings of yieldable rubber like material, each ring being arranged to distort the adjacent portion of a ticket down into one of said grooves to bow the same in a smooth curved cross section.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 369 words

A lottery ticket dispenser of the type having a continuous web of individual lottery tickets, separated by perforated lines, guided along a path from a supply compartment to a breaker bar station proximate a delivery chute, said dispenser having friction feed mechanism advancing said web along said path, ticket bowing means on said path, just in advance of said breaker bar station, for rigidifying each successive endmost ticket to span said breaker bar station, and stop means including a limit switch in the path of the leading edge of each said successive endmost ticket for stopping said feed mechanism when closed by contact with said leading edge, characterized by breaker bar means including a pivoted breaker bar normally poised out of said path at said breaker bar station; power means for moving said bar in an upward path to separate each endmost ticket engaging said stop means along its perforated line of connection to said web and bed plate means extending over the path of said unsupported web at said station including a pair of bed plates separated by a slot in the path of said upward moving breaker bar, the perforated line of connection of each successive endmost ticket being located in said slot when the leading edge of said ticket is in engagement with said stop to cooperate with said bar in separating said endmost ticket despite flimsiness of said web and; pre-breaking means comprising a set of three cylindrical rolls mounted along said path in advance of said breaker bar station for pre-folding each said ticket first in one direction and then in the opposite direction along its perforated line of connection to said web; said friction feed mechanism and said ticket bowing means comprises a pair of smooth faced rolls forming a pressure nip at each opposite end thereof, the lower roll having a pair of annular, spaced apart centrally located grooves each of arcuate cross section and the upper roll having a pair of annular, spaced apart centrally located friction rings of yieldable rubber like material, each ring being arranged to distort the adjacent portion of a ticket down into one of said grooves to bow the same in a smooth curved cross section.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 206 words

Apparatus for dispensing one lottery ticket at a time from a web of such tickets connected to each other by transverse, perforated lines, said apparatus comprising: friction feed means, including a pair of powered feed rolls, for advancing said web along a path from a web supply compartment, through a breaker bar station, across a gap, to a stop in the path of the leading edge; said feed rolls having smooth circumferential surfaces proximate each opposite end thereof, for advancing said web and having smoothly curved ticket bowing surfaces of arcuate cross section centrally of said rolls for transversely bowing said web; bed plate means extending across said gap, above the path of said web, said bed plate means having a slot therein at said breaker bar station; a pivoted breaker bar normally poised below the path of said web, but movable upwardly at said station to separate each successive endmost ticket from said web while passing through said bedplate slot, and electric circuit means including a limit switch in the path of the leading edge of each successive endmost ticket at said stop, to stop said feed rolls and an electric motor for actuating said breaker bar when said feed rolls and web are stopped.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 206 words

Apparatus for dispensing one lottery ticket at a time from a web of such tickets connected to each other by transverse, perforated lines, said apparatus comprising: friction feed means, including a pair of powered feed rolls, for advancing said web along a path from a web supply compartment, through a breaker bar station, across a gap, to a stop in the path of the leading edge; said feed rolls having smooth circumferential surfaces proximate each opposite end thereof, for advancing said web and having smoothly curved ticket bowing surfaces of arcuate cross section centrally of said rolls for transversely bowing said web; bed plate means extending across said gap, above the path of said web, said bed plate means having a slot therein at said breaker bar station; a pivoted breaker bar normally poised below the path of said web, but movable upwardly at said station to separate each successive endmost ticket from said web while passing through said bedplate slot, and electric circuit means including a limit switch in the path of the leading edge of each successive endmost ticket at said stop, to stop said feed rolls and an electric motor for actuating said breaker bar when said feed rolls and web are stopped.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 68 words

Apparatus as specified in claim 2 plus pre-breaking means comprising a set of three cylindrical rolls mounted along the path of said web, in rear of said supply compartment and in advance of said feed rolls, for pre-folding each successive ticket in said web on its perforated fold line first in one angular direction and then in the opposite angular direction, through an angle of at least 90°.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 78 words

Apparatus as specified in claim 2 wherein said ticket bowing means comprises a lower said feed roll with a pair of spaced apart, centrally located smoothly curved annular grooves, each of arcuate cross section, and an upper said feed roll with a pair of spaced apart, centrally located, rubber rings of enlarged diameter, each of arcuate cross section, each said ring cooperating with one of said grooves to bow each ticket passing through the nip of said rolls.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 73 words

Apparatus as specified in claim 2 wherein said bed plate means includes a horizontal bed plate in rear of said slot in parallelism with the path of said web and an inclined bed plate in advance of said slot inclined downwardly toward said web path, said inclined plate guiding the leading edge of said web downwardly to the level of said horizontal plate of said bed plate means despite the transverse bows therein.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 67 words

A combination as specified in claim 5 wherein: said apparatus includes a delivery chute and said horizontal plate of said bed plate means, in rear of said slot, includes a downwardly and inwardly, curved integral, terminal portion out of the path of the leading edge of said endmost ticket but adapted to guide each successive, severed endmost ticket down said delivery chute without said ticket being overturned.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1981-06-12	1981-12-12	1982-06-13	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1985-06-12	1985-12-12	1986-06-13	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1989-06-12	1989-12-12	1990-06-13	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Lottery ticket dispenser for break-resistant web material

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