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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4798942 | Easy access ticket transport mechanism A fare collection ticket transport mechanism transports tickets along an open longitudinal slot with a portion of the ticket projecting sideways out of the slot so that a patron depositing the ticket in the mechanism can see it while it is being transport... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4732375 | Apparatus for handling strip-like media A handling apparatus for guiding paper money or other strip-like media into a storage area or cashbox includes a drive mechanism for driving the central longitudinal area of a strip-like element to follow a first curved path, and an opposing guide for sim... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4648327 | Safe locking mechanism A locking mechanism for a mobile safe having at least one loading door for depositing valuables such as cash within the safe and at least one unloading door for emptying the safe includes an actuating mechanism for moving the loading door between its open... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4616128 | Mechanism to maintain contact between a magnetically-encoded card and a magnetic transducer surface A modularized roller assembly for holding a flexible, magnetically encoded card moving in a feeding direction through a channel against a curved transducer surface.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4605843 | Easy access ticket transport A fare collection ticket transport that moves fare tickets through a closed alignment entry into an open longitudinal slot with a portion of the ticket projecting from the slot, and the portion of the ticket in the slot having the information processed by... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4587434 | Currency note validator A microprocessor controlled currency note validator includes a transport for propelling an inserted note longitudinally past an optical scanning station. Infrared and visible color reflectance readings and opacity readings are taken along several longitud... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4579228 | Ticket diverter module A ticket diverter for use in conjunction with a ticket processing apparatus. The diverter has an entry passage through which a ticket enters and an exit passage through which the ticket is expelled. A stationary diverter ramp deflects the ticket from the ... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4535892 | Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a pri... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4531171 | Bidirectional brush pressure source for magnetic read/write heads A read/write head for reading and writing data on a magnetic card or ticket with drive means for driving the ticket back and forth in opposite directions past the head includes a ticket pressure biasing unit in the form of a pair of brushes disposed adjac... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4459527 | Stepper motor control circuit A digital input signal is fed through an interface to a logic phase control which decodes the signal to provide a plurality of phase signals in a predetermined relationship for driving a sychronous DC stepper motor. The phase signals are fed to correspond... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449186 | Touch panel passenger self-ticketing system An automated system for vending airline tickets to credit card purchasers based upon reservation data stored in a central host computer, without the intervention of any ticket agents. A plurality of remote ticket terminals each include a credit card reade... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4381705 | Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a pri... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4377828 | Ticket transport A ticket transport which is capable of rapidly reciprocating a ticket to permit a single transducer to read, write and/or verify information on the ticket. Upper and lower ticket guide plates define a ticket channel through which a ticket is propelled pas... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4376942 | Thermal printing system A thermal printing system in which printing speed is maximized by electronically controlling the temperature of the print elements in accordance with the varying dot pattern being printed. The system includes a thermal printer module and a printer circuit... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4374564 | Ticket diverter module A ticket diverter module for placement in a ticket handling system includes a housing having a transport passage for receiving a ticket from an adjacent transport module, and a diverter blade for selectively diverting the ticket to either one of an exit p... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4367666 | Ticket stock feed and shear system A stock feed and shear system which may be utilized in an automatic ticket vending machine for cutting tickets from different rolls of stock and delivering the tickets to other components such as a printer and a magnetic encoding transport. The rolls are ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4365796 | Ticket exit drive module A ticket exit drive module for a ticket handling system includes a modular housing unit that is detachably mountable on a base or support plate adjacent to for mechanical interfacing with a transport unit or module of the system for receiving a ticket and... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365718 | Ticket metering and throat barrier module A ticket metering and barrier module for a ticket processing machine includes a housing defining a metering passage that is dimensioned to a predetermined maximum ticket thickness and includes sensing apparatus for sensing predetermined minimum ticket wid... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4357530 | Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket processing system 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 po... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4247759 | Self-service passenger ticketing system A system is disclosed for issuing airline tickets without the intervention of any ticket agent. The system includes a plurality of electro-mechanical ticket terminals in communication with a central computer. Each of the terminals has a card reader, a mod... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4229737 | Ranging system and method for determining the range of a vehicle from a plurality of reference points Systems and methods for determining the range from a vehicle to a plurality of reference points. In one system a mobile transceiver is located on the vehicle for transmitting a ranging interrogation signal pulse modulated on an RF carrier having a given f... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4185730 | Magnetically encoded token and handling apparatus Apparatus for use in vending machines and the like using a magnetically encoded token as the value medium. The token is a flat disc with a central aperture and a magnetic track around the periphery for carrying coded data, such as the token value. The app... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4184179 | Reproduction of binary signals from a recording medium that may be read at varying speeds A system for reproducing a recorded binary signal from a recording medium that may be read at varying speeds is disclosed. The recording medium in a magnetic recording medium in which the binary signal was recorded by effecting predetermined alternating f... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4181920 | Magnetic ticket encoding transport A magnetic ticket encoding transport for carrying tickets having a centered magnetic portion, in which tickets are sandwiched between pairs of movable belts that are pinched together for exact positioning at the point of contact with magnetic heads, inclu... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4177889 | Money box and vault A coin box and vault includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving a lockable coin box. The coin box includes inner and outer relatively rotatable cylindrical housings having coin receiving openings in the sides thereof with a locking assembly for l... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4173026 | Self clocking speed tolerant magnetic recording method and apparatus In the disclosed method, pre-recorded bit markers are read from a magnetic medium as it is moved by hand at a highly variable speed past a magnetic read head. Pulses of a fixed frequency are counted between the reading of adjacent ones of the bit markers.... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4171907 | Electro-optic distance measuring device A device for measuring distances to a target includes electronic circuits for generating a light which is amplitude modulated by three selectable frequencies. Also included are optics for focusing the amplitude modulated light onto the target, and for rec... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4144548 | Validator for magnetic tickets A magnetic ticket validator includes a housing having a ticket receiving channel for receiving a coded magnetic ticket with a heat source adjacent the channel in the form of a flashbulb, with an exposure slot exposing a magnetic strip on the ticket to the... | 03/13/1979 |
