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signed to, be energized upon the operation of or free end of said arm being longitudinally

either of the push-buttons to indicate to the member that his vote has been registered. By preference the visual signalis designed to remain in signaling condition until the vo

slotted at 39 to receive pins 40, projecting. laterally from a vertically-reciprocating re setting-bar 41. The lower end of the bar. projects through the bottom end of the cas

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tometer has been reset to return all shutters

ing, from where it may be Ely, operated to reset all the shutters which have been

votes and the resetting of the apparatus. . . In Fig. 6 I have indicated the preferred circuit f the operation of the shutters, wherein 15 represents an electromagnet con nected by a wire 16 through a battery 17 to the movable point 18 of the push-button 10, the fixed point of this button being connected by a wire 19 with the fixed point 20 of the button 11: The movable point 21 of the but ton 11 is connected by a wire 22 through a

ing those remaining in normal or inoperative 75 position. In operation, assuming the member desires to vote an affirmative on the questions issued, he depresses the push-button, 10, thereby energizing the coil 15, attracting the armature 27 and withdrawing the latch 25 from beneath his affirmative shutter, per mitting the same to drop to exposed position: in rear of the particular opening 3. By con tact of the shutter with the point 30 the. 85. lamp-circuit is energized from a suitable source of supply, as a battery. 42, through the lamp-wire, through wire 28, wire 33, the shutter, point 30, and wire 29 to the battery. The indicative shutter is operated in exactly 90 the same way, the light-circuit being main tained upon the drop of the shutter to the ob vious circuit. It will thus be noted that the shutter-circuit is energized to withdraw the latch and that said latch permanently closes 95. the lamp-circuit, so that said lamp remains burning as long to the voted shutter is in ex posed position. On elevating the resetting rod the resetting-levers 8 are turned up wardly, carrying with them the shutter Ioo formally in operative position and causin the free edge of the shutter to ride over an engage the shutter 26 on the respeetive latch. This operation breaks the lamp-circuit and the lamp is extinguished. In Fig. 7 I have shown a form of circuit in

to normal or inoperative position, thusinsur voted, the resetting operation being simul ing the member remains as taneous for all shutters voted without effect originally indicatedthat untilhisthevote counting of the.

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battery 23 to a coil 24, similar in all respects to the coil 15. The coils 15 and 24 are ar ranged immediately in rear of shaft 6 within the casing and are each designed to actuate a pivot-latch 25, supported within the casing 25 and so arranged that when the latch is in nor mal position shoulder or offset 26, thereon near the upper end will support the respec Cd

tive shutter and hold the same elevated or in

normal position. The upper end of the latch 25 adjacent the coil 15 is provided with an armature 27, connected directly through a wire 28 with the lamp 14, the remaining lamp

terminal 29 terminating in a contact-point 30 in a position to be engaged by the metallic 35 shutter 7 when the same has been dropped to lowered or voting position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. The negative shutter 7 is also arranged to close the lamp-circuit when in operative position through contact. 40. with a fixed point. 31, over which a wire 32 leads to and is electrically connected with the wire 28. The affirmative shutter is connect ed by a wire 33 with the wire 28, leading to the lamp. The latch 25, arranged for coöp 45 eration with the negative shutter, is pro vided with an armature 34, connected through the medium of a wire 35, which leads to and is electrically connected with the lamp-terminal 29, as shown. The negative shutter is connected by a wire 36 with the wire. 35, and both the latches 25 are held in normal position and re turned thereto after operation by coil-springs 37, Suitably mounted, as shown. -55 It is to be understood that the circuits just described are duplicated between each re

which the lamp will flash upon a depression

of the button and be extinguished as soon as

pressure from the button is released. This circuit for both shutters is identical, the lamp d leads 4243 extending to and being connected to the latches 44, which latches carry arma-. tures 46 to be attracted on the energizing of coils 46 through pressure upon the buttons 10 or 11, connected by a wire 47 to a battery 48 II5 and through a wire 49 to one of the lamp leads. In this construction the lamp is en-. ergized as long as the armature contacts with the core of the coil, being extinguished upon the disconnection thereof. This latter cir cuit is a simple, one and will maintain the lamp continuously energized if the circuit closing means 10 and 11 are the ordinary switches rather than push-buttons. Having thus described the invention, what T 25

spective pair of shutters and the desk of the member to whom said shutters have been assigned, so that said members may individ ually and accurately control, the affirmative and negative shutters, and thereby properly I claim as new is indicate his desire in the matter of voting. 1. A votometer comprising a casing, shut As a medium for resetting the shutters each ters, arranged in pairs therein, a circuit in of the shafts 6 is provided with an arm 38, cluding means for supporting each of the

65 projecting therefrom near one end, the lower : shutters in inoperative positions, means for

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