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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Sanders, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
James L Sattler, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-9 ; 15 2 / ; 15 77 ;
Abstract
Ticket cleaner apparatus is described which is adapted to remove a coating from the surface of a game ticket to reveal or expose characters on the ticket. The apparatus includes: (a) a housing which includes an opening to receive the ticket; (b) a rotatable cleaning element supported within the housing; (c) positioning means adapted to position the ticket within the housing so that the coating on the ticket is in contact with the cleaning element; and (d) power means which is adapted to rotate the cleaning element while in contact with the coating on the ticket.