Patents by Inventor William E. Engelhardt, Jr.

William E. Engelhardt, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LOTTERY TICKET DISPENSER AND TICKET BIN
    Publication number: 20090159610
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispenser includes a number of ticket bins mounted in a housing of the dispenser. The ticket bins hold a fanfold stack of tickets proximate a transparent front panel of the dispenser for optimum visibility. The ticket bins are adjustably mounted in the dispenser for proper positioning in one of a variety of positions depending upon the size and configuration of the stack of fanfold tickets. The tickets are transported from the ticket stack upwardly over a guide by a ticket transport mechanism for processing by a powered separator to separate the adjacent tickets apart prior to dispensing. Excessive stress is not placed on the tickets which in prior art dispensers resulted in prematurely bursting the perforated joints apart or damaging the tickets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: GTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Curtis Woods, William E. Engelhardt, JR.
  • Lottery ticket dispenser and ticket bin
    Patent number: 7467738
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispenser includes a number of ticket bins mounted in a housing of the dispenser. The ticket bins hold a fanfold stack of tickets proximate a transparent front panel of the dispenser for optimum visibility. The ticket bins are adjustably mounted in the dispenser for proper positioning in one of a variety of positions depending upon the size and configuration of the stack of fanfold tickets. The tickets are transported from the ticket stack upwardly over a guide by a ticket transport mechanism for processing by a powered separator to separate the adjacent tickets apart prior to dispensing. Excessive stress is not placed on the tickets which in prior art dispensers resulted in prematurely bursting the perforated joints apart or damaging the tickets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Gtech Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Woods, William E. Engelhardt, Jr.
  • Counter top lottery ticket dispenser
    Patent number: D501227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: GTECH Corporation
    Inventors: Byron E. Boothe, William E. Engelhardt, Jr.