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later convenience termed positive fingers on the base plate, and extends laterally of for 34 and negative fingers 34. the spindle and the adjacent end of this lever By closing through a selective is formed in an arcuate gear rack segment pair of fingersa34circuit and 34 the correspondin 17 meshing with gear teeth 18 on a collar 19 total vote recording means will be actuated, 70 longitudinally slidable on the spindle and one of a plurality of lamps 38 mounted having clutch teeth at one end engageable and at the front of the mechanism will be ac with clutch teeth 20 on the adjacent end of a tuated, these lamps being of different colors,

collar fixed on the spindle. Between the register the different kinds of votes, either arms 16 and the spindle the lever 15 car to R ries a transversely extending armature 2i. “yes”, “no’ or “paired'. . The dial 32 and lamps are adapted to in co-acting with a pair of magnets 22 dis dicate the individual votes to persons in the posed thereunder and the rear end of the legislative chamber. To provide an indi lever is engaged for depressing movement by cating means for the photostat mecha an expansile spring 23 carried by an angu nism which is disposed at the rear of the 80' lar arm 24 on the bed plate, this arm also 5 bank or indicating mechanisms, slidable carrying at its horizontal portion an adjust plate 39 is provided having the votea symbols ing screw 25 limiting the movement of the 40 on its outer face, this plate being slidably lever, both limits of movement of the lever, mounted by engagement of its lower edge being opposed by suitable cushions 26. Ad portion in a longitudinal groove 41 in the 85 20 jacent the rear end of the spindle 8, and em rear side edge of the base plate 5, and by bracing the same is provided a U-shaped engagement of bracket arms 42 carried by block 27, the arms of which carry a pair of free ends of the magnet block 27, in a magnets 28 extending inwardly for co-action the with an armature 29 carried by the gear groove 43 formed in an inwardly upstanding 90 25 sleeve 19, the gear sleeve being normally flange at the upper edge of the said plate 39. is slidably actuated to selectively urged in clutch engagement with the fixed This plate one of its symbols 40, which symbols sieeve 20 by a spring 30 on the spindlebe expose the symbols of the indicating tween said sleeve 19 and the rear bearing correspond toeans of a gear segment 44 fixed disk. 32, bym arm 7. 30 Thus upon successive actuations of the on the rear end of the spindle 8 and meshing 95 magnets 22 the lever 15 will be swung to im with a rack series of gear teeth 45 on the under face of the said flange, it being under part successive rotative steps to the spindle, stood the symbols are selectively dis the lever returning to initial position by rea playedthat through a suitable casing (not 00 son of the clutch engagement of the sleeves 35 19 and 20. When it is desired to reset the shown). Referring now to Fig. 7, which shows a spindle, the magnets 13 and 28 are simulta diagrammatic assemblage of the entire ap neously actuated, to retract the clutch sleeve 19 from engagement with the sleeve 20 and paratus, A designates each of a pair of main station indicating mechanisms and B desig to release the pawl 10. 40 The general arrangement heretofore de nates each of a pair of sub-stations which 05 a switch adapted to actuate either scribed is shown in my said previous appli contains the voting magnets 22 or the releasing mag cation, and it is also shown, though not in nets 13 and 28. This switch comprises an connection with a voting machine, in Patent intermediate pivoted common contact bar 10 No. 1157839 granted to me October 26, 46 which is engageable selectively by voting This structure has been described in as 1915. detail in view of the intimate relation of its 5

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various parts to the subject matter of this present application. Fixed on the forward end of the spindle 8 is a drum 31 and carried at the forward end of this drum is a symbol carrying indi cating disk 32 similar to the disk of my previous structure and the drum of the present structure carries three contact blocks. 33 which are disposed at regularly spaced intervals in stepped relation transversely of its periphery and which are selectively en

gageable with two of a series of five contact fingers carried by a block 35 upstanding at 60 one side of the drum, the outer fingers and the center finger being connected with re 65

and release contact members 47 and 48 re

spectively, the common contact member be- . ing movable, preferably by lock controlled means to a position in which it is not en gageable by the other contact members, to thus prevent unauthorized tampering with the apparatus.

In each substation there is provided a duplicate of the main station indicating

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mechanism, with the exception of the cir 120 cuit controlling drum 31, the rear plate 43 and associated structure, for the informa tion of the individual voter, and the indi- . cating and release magnets thereof are in dicated in Fig. 7 at 22, and 13 and 28 re spectively. A new line 49 connects the vot ing contact member 47, the magnet 22°, the magnet 22 and extends to a common supply point 50, from which a line 51 extends to 130

turn wires 36 extending to the vote total ing means hereafter to be described, and the intermediate fingers communicating with a the endmost of a series of batteries 52. A common supply wire 37, these fingers being

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