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comes locked in its oxtreme position, shaft 20 may be rotated to cause the cam 21
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lug 13 from the tooth 14, permitting the disk Gto be retnrned to its original position by the action of one of the levers 9, as will be understood. The movement of the disk 6 to its axtreme position is limited, as stated, by the hook on the end of oue or the other of said levers 9. As stated, the disk 6 is in cir- euit with one terminal of the restoring-mag- nets 11, Lhe other Lerimiual from said mag- nets leading to the prener contact-plate of the individual eontaets 28. The operations which lave been deseribed do not effect a record of the yote, but only place the traus- mitters in proper condition te effect a record of the vete when the receiver has been oper- aled. Obviously the operations of inserting a key in the lock and turning ib to the right
or left consume only an instant of time, thus : to leave the traus- |
penuiltiug the member mitter feeling assured that his vote will be eventually properly registered. Afterall the mombers present have properly operated thoir transmitters to register their votes the ra- ceiving apparatus is started, power being ap- plied to the shaft 80, driving the printing- drnim one step for cach complete rotation of said shaft, rotating the eollecting-brush 95 from ono acgmeont to the other of the indi- vidual contacts 28, and moving the collect- ing-brnshes 89 and 90 of the group contacts over a single one of sai
rotation. Atthe commonecment of the oper- ation the brashes 89 and 90 will be in en-
gagement with the first contact-plate of the | Sta- |
group contacts 29, and hence only the ¢ tions in the first group can rescive enrrent from the souree of supply. of the brush 95 with the first segmen é of the individual contacts the first wansmitter of the first group. If the disk 6 of that transmitter has boen moved to the right, the eirenit will be closed at the contact 7, the cirenit through the relay being traced from the negative wire to the colleeting-ring 88, brush 90, the first iuner group- contact 29, feeder 91, eontact 7, disk 6, restoring-maguet 11, to the first plate of the individaal “voutacls 28, to polarized re-
lay 27, to neutral wire. The energization of the eoils 36 results in the movement of the armatures 387 In one direction or the other, moving the tongue 33 over one of the limits of the swinging frame 3L or 85, us the case may be. The movement of the shaft 30 de- presses the slide-head 32, and tho engage- inent of the tongue 33 foreos one [rane or the other downward, cngaging the strip 56 or 57 with the partienlar line of type and printing on the selected strip the member’s name cor- responding to the station in question. {riction-rollers 60 feed the strips 56 and 57 forward at the same speed as that of the printing-drum, so that no blurring can take
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place. The closing of the cireuit Uhrough the relay energizes tho restoring-magnets TL) and. draws the armature 12 downward. ‘Ihe disk i therefore tends to return to its original position; but onc of tho pins 17 will engage with the projection 15 above the slot 16, so that the disk eanuot return to its normal’ po- sition, but the cireuit will be closed between it nel the contacl-spring 7 oS. When, how- ever, the brush 95 pass s beyond the first con- tact-plate of the indi 28, the ! circuit will be broken at the first transmibter, deénergizing the restoring-magnets 11 there- of, and the armature 12 will be returned to its original position, permitting the pin 17 to pass through the slot 16, whereby the disk 6 will be moved ta its central position, axpos- ing the letters ‘°O. K.” or giving some other indication that tle vole has beau received and recorded, When the brush 95 passes to the second plate of the individaal contacts, the circuit will be closed through tlesecond trans- milter of the first group and a corresponding operation takes place, and so on until the yotes transmitted by all the transmitters of the firs6 group have been received and ree- istered. When the brash 04 has inadea cou- plete rotation, the brushes $9 and 90 will pass to the seeardl plates of Che group-conlacts, so thatthe transmitters of the second group will » brought into circuit, and such transmit- ters will be suceossively counceted with the relay as the brush 5 again traverses the in- dividual contacts. Thus the operation of the relay in one direction or the other will re- sulé in the printing upon the strip 46 of the names of all members voting affirmatively, or example, and upon tho strip 67 of the names of all members votiug negatively. In each case the closing of the circuit at each teansmitter energizes the restoring-magnets 11 thereol, wilhdrawius tle lug 18 Srom the tooth 14; but the pin 17 will engage the ex- tension [5 to provent the disk 6 from re- urning toits central position, which position is not reached until the circuit has been brekon and the armature 12 returned to per- mit the pin to pass through the opening 16,
After the relay 27 has operated each time the rotation of the shaft 80 ¢xuses the resetting- cams 13 to engage the upper end of the arm. 42 bo restore tho relay to its uoubrel position ready to be influenced by the next impulse which energizesit. Whenever the frame 34 is depressed, the units-magnet 7! of one of fhe totalizers will be energized. When, on the other hand, the frame 35 is dapressed, the
corresponding maguet of the other totalizer will be energized. The euei ‘iufion of the units-inagcnets 71 aut the totalizers permits the tuits-shaft to advanes atep by stop., When the units-shaft of cither totalizer has made a compleic rotation, the contact-fingers 81 will elose the cirenit through the actuating-mag- neti 71 of the tens-shalt and the tens-disk will advanee one step. When the iens-disk has
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