Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A ticket issuing apparatus comprising: a feeding path for sheets of ticket paper on which magnetic stripes are respectively formed; a feeding mechanism for feeding the ticket paper along said feeding path; a recording section provided on said feeding path for recording ticket data on the magnetic stripe of the ticket paper; a readout section provided on said feeding path for reading out the ticket data from the magnetic stripe of the ticket paper which has passed said recording section; a printing section provided on said feeding path for printing display data on the ticket paper; and ticket evaluation means for checking the ticket data read out by said readout section, causing said feeding mechanism to feed the ticket paper back to said recording section when the ticket data is detected to be erroneously recorded, checking the ticket data which has been recorded again and read out by said readout section, and determining the ticket paper as an ineffective ticket when the ticket data is detected to be erroneously recorded again.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A ticket issuing apparatus comprising: a feeding path for sheets of ticket paper on which magnetic stripes are respectively formed; a feeding mechanism for feeding the ticket paper along said feeding path; a recording section provided on said feeding path for recording ticket data on the magnetic stripe of the ticket paper; a readout section provided on said feeding path for reading out the ticket data from the magnetic stripe of the ticket paper which has passed said recording section; a printing section provided on said feeding path for printing display data on the ticket paper; and ticket evaluation means for checking the ticket data read out by said readout section, causing said feeding mechanism to feed the ticket paper back to said recording section when the ticket data is detected to be erroneously recorded, checking the ticket data which has been recorded again and read out by said readout section, and determining the ticket paper as an ineffective ticket when the ticket data is detected to be erroneously recorded again.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ticket evaluation means is constructed to inhibit said printing section from printing the display data on the ticket paper determined as the ineffective ticket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said feeding path includes a paper guide for temporarily receiving part of said ticket paper when it is fed back to said recording section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said ticket evaluation means includes a paper sensor provided on the feeding path between said reading section and printing section for detecting the ticket paper.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said readout section is provided between said recording section and printing section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 5, which further includes paper storing means for storing sheets of the ticket paper and supplying them to said recording section one by one.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said feeding section includes a paper guide for receiving a sheet of the ticket paper manually supplied from outside to deliver the ticket paper to aid recording section.