Title: Automatic ticket chute

Abstract: For use at a non-paying exit from a vehicle parking facility, an automatic ticket chute which accepts, validates, and stores unused parking tickets of a conventional type. A ticket inserted into a ticket throat by a vehicle operator is read by an optical reader and identified as a valid parking ticket. A pinch roller drive mechanism is then energized to feed the ticket to a ticket chute whence it is shuttled to a ticket storage area.

Do you think this is a good invention? Vote now:

Votes so far: For:(0) Against:(0)
Other info:

Inventors: Schasser, Donald S. (Pinckney, MI, US)

Application Number: 571422
Filing Date: 1975-04-24
Publication_date: 1976-12-14
Assignee: Automatic Parking Devices, Inc. (Farmington, MI)
Primary Class(es): 194/211
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3211268	Oct, 1965	Dills et al.	209/111.
3339671	Sep, 1967	Simjian	194/4.
3339693	Sep, 1967	Mueller	194/4.
3473034	Oct, 1969	Goldstern	209/111.
3543904	Dec, 1970	Constable et al.	194/4.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Reeves, Robert B.
Assistant Examiner: Bartuska, Francis J.
Attorney: Barnes, Kisselle, Raisch & Choate