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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Douglas E. Devries, Johnston, IA (US);
Trevor E. Meyer, Des Moines, IA (US);
Kevin A. Jankowski, Ames, IA (US);
Daniel J. Fahrion, Urbandale, IA (US);
Scott A. Bottorf, Ankeny, IA (US);
Douglas E. DeVries, Johnston, IA (US);
Trevor E. Meyer, Des Moines, IA (US);
Kevin A. Jankowski, Ames, IA (US);
Daniel J. Fahrion, Urbandale, IA (US);
Scott A. Bottorf, Ankeny, IA (US);
Schafer Systems Inc., Adair, IA (US);
Abstract
A storage, display and dispensing apparatus for tickets of various sizes that accounts for the tickets dispensed during a selected time period. The apparatus includes a bin housing for storing a pack of tickets, a ticket dispensing assembly through which the tickets are dispensed and includes a friction wheel assembly that is actuated as tickets pass through the ticket dispensing assembly. An optical sensing element is also employed to sense indicia on the tickets to coact with the friction wheel assembly to provide a ticket count.