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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Steven A. Supron, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventor:
Steven A. Supron, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
TransAct Technologies Incorporated, Hamden, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An alternate ticket exit is provided in the event of a blockage of the primary ticket exit of a printer. Printed tickets are fed from a stacking nip into a ticket bin via a first ticket exit. A second ticket exit is provided which leads away from the ticket bin. Tickets are diverted into the second ticket exit in the event the ticket bin has reached capacity or the first ticket exit is blocked. By diverting tickets out of the second exit when the ticket bin has reached capacity or when the first ticket exit is blocked, the tickets are allowed to exit the printer and paper jams are prevented.