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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1990
Graham H Hilton, San Diego, CA (US);
Cubic Automatic Revenue Collection Group, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A continuous strip of ticket stock from which individual tickets can be separated includes an elongated strip of a ticket stock material and, at each preselected ticket-separation location, a collinear transversely extending perforation, bursting slot, and slit at each end of the bursting slot. A ticket dispenser for dispensing individual tickets from such a strip of stock includes a drive mechanism that drives the strip of ticket stock in both a forward direction and a reverse direction through a bursting station. The bursting station includes a burst barb, and a guide that permits the strip of ticket stock to move past the burst barb when the strip of ticket stock is driven in the forward direction, and to engage the burst barb to the bursting slot when the strip of ticket stock is driven in the reverse direction. The burst barb propagates a separation from the bursting slot outwardly through the perforation to separate the individual ticket cleanly from the strip.