Ticket taking system

Claim 2

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; and rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal.

Claim 3

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; and an entry gate for admission to the event, said entry gate having locking means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the rejecting means, said locking means being released to release the entry gate for a predetermined period of time for the admittance of a person when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal and being normally closed and being maintained closed when the identifying means produces a rejection signal.

Claim 4

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; and an entry gate for admission to the event, said entry gate having locking means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the rejecting means, said locking means being released to release the entry gate for a predetermined period of time for the admittance of a person when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal and being normally closed and being maintained closed when the identifying means produces a rejection signal.

Claim 5

A ticket taking system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising information display means electrically connected to the locking means of the entry gate and electrically connected to the rejecting means for visually indicating ENTER when said locking means is released, SEE ATTENDANT when said rejecting means receives a rejection signal from the identifying means, and INSERT TICKET HERE when no entry item is in the detecting means.

Claim 6

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for the recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; and ticket indexing means electrically connected to the rejecting means and to the detecting means for deactivating the detecting means after detection of an entry item and for maintaining said detecting means deactivated until the next-succeeding entry item is supplied thereto.

Claim 7

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for the recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; and ticket indexing means electrically connected to the rejecting means and to the detecting means for deactivating the detecting means after detection of an entry item and for maintaining said detecting means deactivated until the next-succeeding entry item is supplied thereto.

Claim 8

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; an entry gate for admission to the event, said entry gate having locking means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the rejecting means, said locking means being released to release the entry gate for a predetermined period of time for the admittance of a person when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal and being normally closed and being maintained closed when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; information display means electrically connected to the locking means of the entry gate and electrically connected to the rejecting means for visually indicating ENTER when said locking means is released, SEE ATTENDANT when said rejecting means receives a rejection signal from the identifying means, and INSERT TICKET HERE when no entry item is in the detecting means; alarm means electrically connected to the rejecting means for providing a visual and audible alarm when said rejecting means produces a rejection signal; and ticket indexing means electrically connected to the rejecting means, the detecting means and the information display means for deactivating the detecting means after detection of an entry item and for maintaining said detecting means deactivated until the next-succeeding entry item is supplied thereto.

Claim 9

A ticket taking system, comprising a severable ticket-type entry item for admission to an event attended by a plurality of people, said entry item having a magnetic code indication; detecting means for detecting the magnetic code indication of the entry item and for producing an input electric signal varying in accordance with said magnetic code indication; identifying means having a variable predetermined code electric signal recorded therein, said identifying means being electrically connected to the detecting means and comparing the input and code signals and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different; severing means electrically connected to the identifying means for severing the entry item to provide a stub part for the holder thereof and a record part for recorded entry data on said entry item when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal; rejecting means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the severing means for preventing severance of the entry item and for returning the entire entry item when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; an entry gate for admission to the event, said entry gate having locking means electrically connected to the identifying means and to the rejecting means, said locking means being released to release the entry gate for a predetermined period of time for the admittance of a person when the identifying means produces an acceptance signal and being normally closed and being maintained closed when the identifying means produces a rejection signal; information display means electrically connected to the locking means of the entry gate and electrically connected to the rejecting means for visually indicating ENTER when said locking means is released, SEE ATTENDANT when said rejecting means receives a rejection signal from the identifying means, and INSERT TICKET HERE when no entry item is in the detecting means; alarm means electrically connected to the rejecting means for providing a visual and audible alarm when said rejecting means produces a rejection signal; and ticket indexing means electrically connected to the rejecting means, the detecting means and the information display means for deactivating the detecting means after detection of an entry item and for maintaining said detecting means deactivated until the next-succeeding entry item is supplied thereto.

Claim 10

A ticket taking system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the magnetic code indication of the entry item comprises a plurality of spaced independent magnetic areas in a predetermined pattern and wherein the detecting means comprises magnetizing means for magnetizing the magnetic areas of the magnetic code indication and a plurality of spaced magnetic detectors for detecting the magnetized magnetic areas when each of said magnetized areas is simultaneously in operative proximity with a corresponding one of said magnetic detectors.

Claim 11

A ticket taking system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the identifying means comprises a plurality of stepping relay switches each having a relay energizing winding and a relay contact controlled in position by the relay winding in accordance with the extent of energization of said winding, the relay contacts being stepped in position in accordance with electrical signals supplied to the relay windings thereof, and a plurality of code signal switches electrically connected to each other in a matrix and manually preset in position to provide a path of predetermined pattern through said identifying means whereby the input signal energizes the energizing windings of the stepping relay switches to step the corresponding relay contacts to close the path determined by the plurality of preset switches and thereby close an acceptance signal circuit when the input signal is the same as the code signal.

Claim 12

A ticket taking system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the identifying means comprises code register means having a predetermined binary code signal recorded therein, signal converting means electrically connected to the detecting means for converting the electrical signal produced by said detecting means to a binary code signal, input register means electrically connected to the signal converting means for storing the converted signal, and comparator means electrically connected to the signal converting means and to the code register means for comparing the converted signal with the code signal and producing an acceptance signal when said signals are the same and a rejection signal when said signals are different.