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rincofa wheel £9 or on any other suitable mov- ing surface, likea tape. ‘The type 48 are ar- ranged in two corresponding scts arranged sidebyside. Anink-ribbon 50 passes around the printing-drum and overan idler 51, sothat the longth of the ribbon will be greater than the circumference of the printing-drum, aud in consequonece the ribbon will constantly change its relation wilh respeet to Lhe drum. while it is being fed thereby. The type may, however, be inked in any other way. The printing-druin 49 is earried on a stronely- supported stub-shaft 52 and is vonnuected to a worm-gear 53, driven by @ Worm 44 from the shaft 80 throngh bevel-wearing 45 455, as shown, The gearing is such thatthe printing- dru: 49 moves the distance between adjacent lines of type at each complete rotation of the insin shaft3sc, ‘Isvo strips of paper 46 and 57 wre varried on suitable separate independent reels and pass over a roller 54, around the impression-rollers 47, and betaveen two feed- rollers 60. The lower feed-roller is impelled upward by springs 61, so as to frictionally

grip the strips 56 and 57 and feed them for- :

ward at the same speed as that of the print- ing-drum, so that when the paper is held in engagement with the printing-drum to effect a registration therefrom there ean ba no ob- jectionable binrring of the impression. The oscillating frames 34 and 55 aro refiurned to their normal position by springs 62. When ihe receiving apparatus coulemplales the employmentof registers or totalizors only, the oscillations of the fraines 34 and 35 or their equivalent may determine the agtuation of proper tolelizing mechanism. Therefore each frame may be provided with a contact-spring G3, adapted to engavo u contacl-serew 64 at cach movement of the oscillating frames. The elasing of a cirenif between the spring 63 and the serew G1: effects the operation of an alfirmativo or negative totalizer, asthe case may be. I have illustrated and described the operation of the totalizing mechanism by menns of cirenit-controlling devices actuated by the oscillating frames 34 and 35in order tic emphasize the independence of the recording and totalizing mechanism. Thus the moye- ment of either swinging frame can be utilized te effect 2 permanent reeord or to actuate the totalizer, or to perform both of such functions. In practice, however, fT prefer to actnate the registers or iotalizers from the relay-shaft 30, a movement in one direction elosing the cireuil to one tobalizer aud in tho other direction closing the cireuit to the other totalizer.

The preferred construction of registering or totalizing mechanism is shown in Figs, 10 fo 16, inelusive, to which attention is now directed, it being of course understood that two distinct totalizers ave employed, one for the affirmative votes and the other for the negative votes. Hach totslizer comprises wn pluraliby of slinlta 63 for units, teus, Liu- dreds, or thensands, as may be required,

/ operated by magnets 71.

mounted in suitable bearings and driven in any desired way~-as, for example, by woights 66 for each shart, the weight-drum being geared to the shaft asshown as im some forms ot printing-telegraphreceivers. Mounted ou each shalt 65 is a number-disk 67, the draw- ings illustrating a transparent disk. with opaque numbers, but the reverse arrange- meni being obviously capable ofuse. Splined on each of the shafts 65, so as to bo mov- able longitudinally thereon, is an escape- ment-wheel G8, with which coiperates an escapement U9, monuted onastandard 70 and Mach eseapement- wheal 68 is provided with a single wide tooth 72, and ono of the fingers of the cscapemcnti 69 is provided with an extension 73, as shown, By moving the eseapement-wheel longitn- dinally on the shaft it will be obvious that it will become discugeved from the fingers of the escapement, aud the shalt will therefore be permitted to ture until the wide tooth 72 comes tulo engagement with the extension 73, bringing the cseapement-wheel to rest and disclosing the zaro on the several disks, afler which the escapement-wheel will be re- turned to its normal position with respect to the aserpement to permit a totalizing opera- tion to again take place. This lateral move- ment of the several ratchet-wheals can be effected in any suitable way from restoring- magnets 74+, one for cach shalt. Lhe arma- ture 75 of each of the restoring-magnets is connected toasleeve 7fi, surrounding theshatt 65 and bearing against the eseapement-wheel G8, as shown, Mon-magnetic pins 77 provent the armature 75 fromturning with the shaft. Stops 78 73 limit the movements of the eseape- ment-wheel in either direction,and a spring 79 normally keeps the escapement-wheel in ifs proper operative relation io the coéperating excapement therefor, Tho cnergizing of the maguets 71 moves bke eseapemonts inoue di- rection and springs 80 elfeet a reverse move- meut. The magnets 71 for the units-shalt of the nevative totélizer are connected in circuit, as will bo explained, with the eireuit-closer 63 GL of one of the frames, while the correspond- ing magnet of the units-shaftof the affirmative totalizer is correspondingly connected with the cirenit-closer of the other frame. The mag- net 71 for tho tons-shaft of coach register or totalizer is included in a eirenit with a suit- able souree of cnrrent, which cireuit is adapt- ed to be closed between the contact-fingors 8) by means of the coutact-plate $2 at each ree tation of the uni{s-shaft of the same register. The magnet 71 for the hundveds-shaft of each register is included in a corresponding cirenit bebween the contact-lingers 31 of the tens- shaft, aud so on. Iu this way the tens-shaft will partake of a singlo fecd movomont for each rotation of the units-shalt, and the huu- dreds-shalt willpartako of asingle feed move- ment for each rotation of Lhe teus-shaft. The magnets 71 for the Lundreds-disk are corre- spondlingly operated by contact-lingers 81 co-

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