US1055451A - Voting-machine. - Google Patents

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J. H. DEAN,

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111N320, 1910. Y Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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Patented Mar."11,1913.

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J .H. DEAN.

VOTING MACHINE. APPLIOATIQR FILED JUNE 20, 1910.

I Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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ATTORNEY J. H. DEAN.

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WITNESS E6 /VE/ /TOR BY gown w 46% F v ATTORNEYS UNITED .sra as AET oFFic.

JAMES H. DEAN; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNOR 'IO EMPIRE VOTING MAGHINE COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW .Z'QRK, A CORPORATION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11 1913.

Application filed June 20, 1910. SerialNo. 568,010.

To all whomit may concern. I V Be it known thatI, JAMES H. DEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illifee fication.

nois, have invent-ed certain new and useful Tmprovements in Voting-Machines; of which I. do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

relates to mechanism for voting for unnominated candidates in which a separate card ballot 15 used for the oiiices {\SSOClZllTQfl with each row of keys said ballot being deposited in theinterior of the machine aiter having been marked by any of the keys voted in the line containing the offices with which said ballot isidentified.

Another feature of my invention is to delay the marking of the ballot by the voted keys until after the indication of the ballot upon the keyboard of the machine is. completed by placing the selected keys in voted position.

Another feature of my invention is to hold the keysan-d their punches firmly in position while the card ballots are being punched. I p

.This and other features of my invention will be hereinafter more fully described and the novel fea-tures thereof will be pointed out in the claims at the end of the speci- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 'is "a longitudinal section of the machine showing a row of keys. Fig. 2 is a transnisms shown in section and in the positionitoccupiesiwhile depositing the ballot. Fig."

verse section of the machine on the line 2" x of, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken through the ballot depositing mechanism on the line- 3-3* of Fig. 7. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the ballot depositing mecha- 5 is a section on the line 5 -5 oi Fig. 1. Big. 6 1s a view of the opemng in the case of the machine for the insertion of the card irregular ballot. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7- of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a rear view of'the machine with the back plate broken away to show the operating mechanism; Fig. 9 is a detail view of one of the card ballots.

In the accompanying drawings like refer ence numerals indicate like parts in the-several cases.

In the accompanying drawings reference numeral 1 indicates the casing of the machine having a keyboard 2 thereon through which project the balloting keys 3-3.

These keys are mounted in-imit sections,

each section havingtwo keys with their respective counters. This and other details of the machine are substantially the same as those shown in myprior applications re ferred to.

The keys 3 are arranged in parallel rows,

a row of these keys being shown in Fig. 1 and four of these rows being shown in end elevation in Fig, 2. Extending parallel to each row of keys is an operating shaft 4. Mounted to oscillate around these'shafts are the rocker arms 5 having a short arm en:

gaged with the key 3 and the long arm engaged with the interlocking rod 6. The lower part of the key is formed by a" flat piece of sheet metal having a slot 7.therein which engages with the rocker arm 5 and having a slot 8 therein which engages with i the punch or perforator 9. One of these punches or perforators is attached to each key.

Each of these punches has a hook 10 at the top by which it may be readily engaged with or disengagedfrom the key and has a pointed end 11 at the'bottom. These ends are en:

gaged by .a channel 12 which is suitably eriorated to admit the passing of the punch 11 therethrough. By this channel 19.

with its perforations these punches 11 are held. a suitable space apart from each other and to a substantially longitudinal movement when their respective keys are voted. The voting movement of the key depresses the point llof. the punch so that t pro ects below the channel 12 to the extent indicated in Fig. 4:. The channel 12 is formed as a part-oi? a plate'13'which extends down into;

the machine and by these plates the bottom of the machine is divideddntoseparate coinpartments. A little below the channels 12 and to the side thereof as shown in Fig. 2

and running parallel therewith are the shafts 14 which'carry the platens or plates 15. Keyed .to each of these shafts 14 is a bell crank 16 the upper arena of which bell cranks are all connected for simultaneous movement -by-the link'alfi- The platen 15 is preferably formed of a single sheet of metal having-the edges bent. down at right angles and'it-urned in to, engage with the shafts 14 and the rod 17 respectively. Connected to the end of theme-'17 is the toggle'318 which in turn is connected-to the toggle '19 pivoted onthe stud which stud 1S riveted in the casing of the machine. lhe

joint betw'een'the toggles18 and, 19 consists lot a stud 21 which engages with a linker 2o. operating bar 22. One of these toggles .19

embodies a crank which engages with the operating shaft of the machine 23 onfwhich shaft is carried the operating lever 24: of the'machine. All of the toggles 19 are connected to the operating bar 22 sothat when the shaft 23 is oscillated the operating bar will be driven thereby to the left from the )OSlt-lOIl shown in Fi 2 which will cause 25 all of the toggles first to straighten and occupy the position shown in dotted lines in 4. This will bring the plate 15 close up against the channel 11. The further movement of the shaft 23 will bring the toggles to theposition shown in full lines in- Fig. 4 which will bring the plate to the full line position shown in that figure, caus-.

ing the plate 15 to slant downward at a sharp angle.

Parallel to the plates 15 as shown in Fig.

2 are openings 25 in the side of the machine such as is shown in Fig. 6. Into these o-pen' ings can be inserted the card ballots 26 the card ballots being inserted endwise therein.

be held in its proper position on'the platen and will not engage'with the opening 25' through which it has been inserted.

When the platens 15 are raised with their cards. to cause the cards torbeperf pated against the punches 9 the punches 9'w1th their keys 3 will be subjected to a stress which will tend to raise them. To hold the keys and their punches in effective position v I provide the rock shaft 30 with the dogs 31 '65 thereon, said dogs'being capable of'engaging the rocker arms 5 that have been turned down by the placing of their respective keys in voted posit-ion. If the keys'have been partially voted the dogs 31 will operate to push them back out of voted position or to draw them into full -voted position. The dogs 31 operate to engage therocker arms 5 and hold them in effective position before the plates 15 begin their upward movement, or before they have advanced far enough to engage the card ballots with the punches 9. To secure this result I provide the cam plate 32 with the cam slot 33 therein which cam slot engages with the crank arm 34 keyed to one of the rock shafts 30. On each of these rock shafts I provide crank arms 35 all of which are connected together for simultaneous operation by the connecting rod 36.

It will be seen that when the operating lever 24 is thrown the shaft 23 will begin to operate the toggleslS and 19 and it will also ad- Vance the cam plate 32. The cam slot 33 has .a quick; acting-cam at the beginning of the slot which o pe'rates to' throw the rock shafts 30 before the toggles have straightened, thus insuring that the keys will be held positively against upward movement while the cards are being punched. Itwill be noticed that the' ends'ofthe rockermarms 5 are recessed where they are engaged by the dogs 31 so that when the parts 'are in the position shown, in Fig. 1 and the card 26" is being forced upward against the punches,- the strain does'notcome upon the tip or corner of the dog but upon its sides. This helps to keep the tip of the dog 31 sharp so that it will not dead center with the tip of the rocker arm 5. After the punching of the cards is completed the cam slot- 33 operates" to rotate the.rock shaft 30 in the reverse direction releasing the keys for the resetting operation by the rocker arms 5. The further movement of the shaft 23 through the to gles 18 and 19 draws the plate, 15 down to the position shown in Fig. 4 permittin the card ballots 26 to drop to the bottom machine.

It will be understood that when the card ballots are audited at the end of the election the vote indicated thereon for any otiice or offices will not be counted if a ballot is punched in the space allotted to such office as such punch will indicate that a key has been voted for some candidateforthat office and the vote cast for the irregular candidate on the card ballot is cast thereon in excess of voter's legal privilegev Of course it will be understood" that if two or more candidates are to be elected to such ofiice the voter can 4 vote for one or more candidates on the card ballot and the balance of his vote can be cast v plus'the punch marks indicated for that indicated thereon.

ofiice on the card ballot should equal the number of the votes that the voter is entitled to cast for that ofiice, and it the votes 'here the card ballot is used there will appear in the card ballot one punch mark for each key voted in the line above said card ballot. It is obvious, however, that such punch marks or perforations will not be made in the card ballot until after the ballot has been completely arranged to the voters'satistaction and then all of such punch marks will be made simultaneously when the operating lever 24 is thrown as part of the final. operation of the machine. ltwill also be'understood that the counters of those keys that have been placed in voted position will each be advanced one number at the same time. i

A blank key maybe used in each oflice group for eaci vote to be cast therein opposite which on the ballotlabel and the voter maybe instructed that in case he wishes to vote for a candidate for that oflice on the card ballot he should operate that key. This will cause his ballot tobe marked in a particular place and the mark in that particular ,place will indicate that he has not voted keys elsewhere in the group because'the interlocking mechanism will prevent the opera'tidn of such other keys. It is obvious then that punches need be supplied only on the keys that are set apart for no nominations and that such punches may be omitted from the keys having the candidatesnames there on. In such case the unch mark must ocour in the particular p ace in the card ballotindicated therefor and the presence of the punch mark will validate the vote that is The candidates names should be written, printed or stamped on the card ballot by the voter in advance of placin'gthe card ballot in its proper position.

The n,ame of the candidate or candidates must be written in the card ballot in the lace-designated for the particular office or which the vote is cast and for which it is to be counted, which place on the card ballot will coincide with the position of the .keys for that oflice'on the keyboard of the machine. .The absence of punch marks on that part of the card ballot in the one case or the resenceof punch marks in the other case will show that no candidates have been voted on the keyboard of the machine for such ofiioe or that the blank keys have been.

key no name will be printed.

voted on the keyboard in which case the ballot will be validated accordingly and should be counted, otherwise it shciuld not be counted.

It will also be understood that these card ballots arefurnished by the officers charged With the duty of preparing the materials for the election and will be or exact length and width to fit the machine and that these card ballots will be accessible to the voters who wish to use them and that no votes will be counted that are cast on cards other than those oitic-ially so supplied.

It is obvious that up to the movement of the operating lever 24 the card ballots that have been placed in the machine may be withdrawn so that the voter may change the votes indicated thereon or may vdte with the keys instead. It is also obvious that the keys may be moved into and out of voted position at will so that the voter maymake any or all changes that he may wish as to the candidates that he maywant to vote for-u of the operating lever 2 In Fig. 9 l have shown a sample card ballot such as may be used with my machine for voting for candidates not nominated, that is, for candidates whose names are not printed on the ballot labels in connection with the keys. This card ballot contains one column of ten spaces corresponding in number to the keys of the lineshown in Fig. 1 and to the length of the platen shown in Fig. 3. For the purpose of illustration, it may be assumed that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd keys of the line of keys, belong to the ofiice of judge of the circuit court for which otiice three candidates have been nominated by as many difi'ernt parties and for which each voter can vote but one vote.

county commissioner to which otfice two parties have nominated three candidates each. To the candidates for this otiice each in Fig. 9 shows a punch mark for the first oflice showing that a vote has been cast on the keys of the first'ofice and that no name written on the card ballot should be counted as a vote for that oiiice, the ballot permitting the casting of but one vote torthatofiice.

and that the voter has written the name Samuels on the ballot the third candidate for that office. punch marks indicate but three votes, the

ballot should be counted for Samuels. But h '"and'which it is the intention cat the 1 to the time of the movement The, fourth to the tenth keys 'belong'to the office In the next ottice for which threevotes may be given, the card ballot shows that two votes have been cast the keys 1 '11s voter can give three votes. The card ballot As this name and the two interlocking mechanism and the arrange ment of the punches and card balloting mechanism of this machine to prevent.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim as new and patentable is as follows:

1. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, a punch carried on each of said keys,each of said keys and its punch being movable into voted position,

a platen pivoted below said punches, means for swingingsaid platen to and from said punches, and means operating to simultaneously lock saidkeys and their punches against movement during the movement of said platen towardsaid punches, said-keys being free to move'into and out of voted position independently of said means before the movement of said latens.

2. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row,.punches carried on each of said keys, a guide for said; punches, said keys and punches beingmov-- able into voted position, a pivotally mountedpleten moving toward said punches, and;

means to lock the voted keys against move-j merit durin the movement of said platen, said keys being freeto moveinto and-out of voted position independently of saidmeans before the movement of said platens.

of keys arranged in a plurality ofparallel rows, a punch carried on each of said keys, splat/en pivotally mounted parallel to each of said rows of keysand movable toward and fromthe punches thereof, and means for locking the voted keys against operation during the movement of said platen, said keys being free to move into and out of voted position independently of said means before the movement of said platens. i. The combination in a voting machine of a platen, a cardballot carried thereon, a seriesof punehes arrangedfparallel to said" platen, said punches being movable toward 5 platen toward said punches to cause the perforation of said card ballot'on said previ-; ously moved punches. 5. The combination in a'voting machine of a series of platens; each of/said platens being pivotally mounted on one side, toggles connected to said platens on the other side, and means for moving said toggles simultaneously to cause the simultaneous movement of said platens. 4 6. Thecombination in a voting machine of a series of pivoted platens, bell cranks integral therewith, a universal bar connecting said bell cranks for simultaneous operauniversal bar connected to said toggles to operate said toggles and swing said'platens, and means for driving said universal bar. 7. Ellie-combination in a voting machine ea' f keys arranged in parallel rows, a punch -3.-,'The combination in a voting machine,

said platen, and means for moving said against movement duringthe moyement of said platen toward, said punches, and to tion, toggles connected to said platens, a

connected to each of said keys, a resetting shaft for each of said keys, and connections between said shaft and its keys, said keys" being movable to .voted position, a shaft parallel to each row of keys having dogs.

thereon to engage the voted keys and ternporarily lock them, a'p laten for each of I 'said rows of keys movable toward and from the punches thereof, an operating-shaft for said machine, a cam plate driven by said.

rocking shaft and connections therebetween ,to operate the shaft to temporarilydock the- .v oted keys and to subsequently operate the shafts to reset the voted keys, and conneca tions between said operating shaft and said platens to move said ,platens against the are' hel d temporation, a platen pivotally mounted below said punchesto receive a card ballot thereon, and

means for swinging said platen to and from.

said punches to first punch the card carried thereon and then 'dump said card from said platen. 1 e

9. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, a punch carried 9 on each of said keys, each of said keys and its punch being movable into voted position, a pivoted platen carried below said punches. a card en said platen. andme ansfor swinging said platen to'and from said punches for first punchingsaid card and then dumping saidcard from said platen.

10. The combination in a voting machine ofkey-s arranged in a row, a'punch carried on each of said keys, said key and its punch being movable into voted position, a platen 1 pivoted below said punches, means for swinging said platen to and from said punches and means operating simultaneously to lock said keys and their punches unldek said keys during the movement of said platen away from said punches.-

11. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, a punch carried on each of said keys, a platen pivoted below said punches, a'cardcarried on said platen and means for swinging said platen toward 5 and away from sai'dpunches to first per forate said card and then dump it from the platen. I

12. of a series of pivoted platens, toggles connected to said platens, a universal bar con- The combination in a voting machine nected'to said toggles,'said bar-being movable longitudinally to operate said toggles,

to swing said platcns'upward and. then draw said platens downward.

13, The con'lbination in a voliug machine of a series of pivoted platens, toggles connected to said platens, a universal bar connected' to said toggles, said bar being movable longitudinally to operate said toggles to swing said platens upward and then draw said platens downward, cards on said platens, said cards being dumped from said platens on the downward movement thereof.

14. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in parallel rows, said keys being movable to voted position, a lever connected to each of said keys, said lever terminating in a point and having on the upper surface thereof a recess adjacent to said point, a shaft parallel to each row of keys having dogs thereon to engage said levers and temporarily lock them, said dogs having pointed ends adapted to engage with the recesses in said levers, said recesses bemg so shaped as to avoid contact with the point of the dog when the dog is in engagement with said lever. in a predetermined position. t

15. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality of arallel rows, a punch carried on each of said keys, each of said keys and its punch being movable to an unvoted position, a platen pivotally mounted below each of said rows of keys and its punch, said platen being adapted to receive aeard ballot thereon, and means for swinging said platen to said. punches to perforate the ballot, and away from said punches to drop the ballot therefrom. y

16. The combination ina voting machine of a plurality of keys arranged in parallel rows, a punch carried on each of said keys, each of said keys and its punch being movable into voted position, a series of platens pivoted below said punches, one for each row of.keys and punches, means for swinging said platens to and from said punches,

and means operating to simultaneously lock said keys and their punches against movement during the movement of said platens toward their punches.

17. The combination in avotinginachine of keys arranged in a sense of parallel rows,

a punch carried on each of said keys, a'

series of platens pivoted below said punches, one for eachrow of keys and punches, and means for swinging said platens toward and away from said punches.

' JAMES H. DEAN. Witnesses:

HARRY L. CLAPE,

KATHARINE GERLACH,

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