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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1980
John B Roes, San Diego, CA (US);
Guy M Kelly, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert F Case, San Diego, CA (US);
Chandler R Deming, San Diego, CA (US);
Cubic Western Data, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A ticket handling system for use in a ticket processing system that includes a transducer for reading an encoded ticket entered by a patron and for providing a read signal in response thereto and apparatus for subsequently passing the ticket to an exit position where the ticket is accessible for return to the patron. The ticket handling system includes a transport module including the transducer for reading the encoded ticket and for providing a read signal in response thereto; an entry module coupled to the transport module for entering the ticket into the transport module; and a third module mechanically interfaced with the transport module and including structure defining a return passage for passing the ticket from the transport module to an exit position where the ticket is accessible for return to the patron. The third module may be a diverter module that further includes a capture passage for passing the ticket from the transport module to a position where the ticket is inaccessible to the patron; and a diverter for diverting the ticket into either the return passage or the capture passage in response to a control signal produced in response to reading the ticket.