US1199796A - Voting-machine. - Google Patents

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VV. J. LAUSTERER.

VOTING MACHINE. y .APPLjcATIoN FlLED Nov.16.1908.

1,199,796. Patented om. 3,1916.

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W. l. LAUSTEHER.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.16.19os.

1,199,796. v Patented Oct. 1916.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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1,199,796. Patented 001.31916.

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Wi h1 eases @wrm WILLIAM J. LAUSTERER, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO EMPIRE VOTING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VOTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Lansi'iiimn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Voting-Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in voting machines of the general type of inachines described in the Patent 820,802, 1s-

, sued to W. J. Lausterer, May 15, 1906, `and has Jfor its object to provide an. improved form of straight ticket mechanism and .a mechanism for locking out the keys 1n primary elections and for holding the keys locked under various conditions, together with releasing mechanism for the keys and for the curtain lever; a separate interlock orvthe various straight ticket keys and a mechanism for resetting the straight ticket keys. n

lnthe accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a rear elevation ofthe front p late of the voting machine with the straight ticket voting mechanism and the individual' candidate voting mechanism shown thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the mechanism at the lower left hand corner of Fig. 1, showing also the resetting and locking bars and the mechanism for operating them. Fig. 8 is a detail in perspective showing. one of the straight ticket operating mechanisms andthe various parts that cordinate therewith, to release the individual candidate keys. Fig. 4 is a partial ydetail of the crank for returning the straight ticket keys. Fig. 5 is a detail Aof the interlock between the straight ticketrkeys. Fig. 6 is a detail. in perspective of the mechanism for operating the latch to release the curtain lever. Fig.

7 7 is-'an elevation' of the mechanism operated lby;theparty levers or releasing knob to unlock-the curtain lever. 45"* pI-iiv the accompanying drawings likerefer- `-ence numerals` represent like parts..

In Fig. 1 reference numeral 1 refers to the front plate of the machine on which are pivoted the party levers,"the rear part of which is shown in Figs. land 3. These party levers have a short shaft 2 extending through the front plate on which is riveted the crank 3, Fig. 3, there being one of these party levers for eachparty row of voting devices on the machine. rThis crank 3 carries thereon a stud 4C which stud passes through the link 5, which link is pivoted at one end to the straight ticket bar 6 on the stud 7 carried on said bar, and at the other end has a cam surface 8 engaged with the anti-friction roller 9 sleeved on the stud 10 carried on the universal bar 11.

The rotation of the crank of the straight ticket key in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 will move the bar 6 torward, will draw the cam 8 forward and up, and will raise the universal bar l1 through the engagement-` of the anti-friction roller 9 carried thereby with the cam 8. rThis bar 11 is common to all of the party levers and is raised in the same way by. any one of them.

rlhe crank 3 on the straight ticket key carries thereon a cam 12, which in the rotation of said crank reacts on the cam 18 carried on the latch 14 pvoted on the stud 15. This latch 14 with its left hand end engages with the bar 16 which bar, as will presently be seen, prevents the movement of the individual keys beyond a limited amount until after the party lever has moved far enough to raise the latch 14'. Carried on the straight ticket bar 6 at its rear end is an interlocking stud 17, which stud engages with the interlocking blocks 18, 18, carried on the plate 19 on which plate they are supported by the studs 20, 20.

The interlocking blocks 18 are slotted as shown at 21, 21, and the studs 20 pass through these slots, thus holding the blocks 18 to sliding movement on the standard 19.

`The slots 21 are of suliicient length to permit the blocks 18 to travel far enough to permit any one of the interlocking pins 17 to pass between the two adjacent blocks. The'pins 17 and the straight ticket bars on which they are mounted are guided at the rear end bytheslots 22 cut in the standard 19, with which slots the studs 17 engage. The studs `17 are of sufficient length to extend through the slot 22 and engage with the interlockingblocks 18, 18 beyond.l It will be seen that by reason of these studs 17 and interlocking blocks 18, 18, that no two straight ticket keys can be out of unvoted position at the same time. Because of this interlock no party lever can be operated at all ilf' another party lever is partially operate The pins 17 engage with the crank 23, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 which crank is thus turned by any one of the party levers against the torsion of the spring 24 shown in Fig. 4. As soon as the votor lets go of the party lever this spring 24 reacts on the crank 23 and causes the resetting .of lthe lparty lever and straight ticket bar 6 through the engagement of the crank 23 with the stud 17 carriedon the straight ticket bar 6, as above described.

In order -to prevent a second operation of the straight ticket key that has been operated, or the subsequent operation of any other straight ticket key I provide the universal bar 25, which when lreleased from the position shown in Fig. -1 will -drop and cause thelocking of all the straight ticket keys on the machine. The mechanism by which thisy is secured I am now about lto describe. e

Carried on the straight ticket bars 6 are the latches26, which latches engage with the individual voting devices 27 The constructionand operation of these latches 26 is more particularly described in my Patent'No. 1,072,962; granted Sept. 9, 1913, to which reference. is hereby made. When the straight ticket key is voted the straight ticket bar 6 moves to the right and rotates the individual voting devices 27. Each of these voting devices has a projection 28 stamped thereon, .each of which projections is long enough to engage with a tooth 29 carried on the locking bar 16, and the latch 26 carried on the straight ticket bar 6. When the bar 6 is moved forward bythe straight ticket ke Vthe latches 26, 26 thereon engage with the eys 27 27 and rock them forward against the teeth 29, 29 on the bar 16, which in turn drives the bar 16 forward against `the latch 14.A -At the same instant that the bar 16- begins to move forward against the latch 14, the ylatch 14 is raised by the crank Iof the straight ticket key 3 acting thereon through its cam 12, so as `to release the bar 16 for forward movement.,

To secure the lifting of the latch 14 intime,

the parts are adjusted so that the bar 6 does not drive the keys 27, 27 againstV the teeth 29, 29 of the bar 16, until the cam 12 has moved far enough to lift the latch 14. For this purpose a limited lost motion or clearance is given tothe bar 6, and the crank that operates it. The further operation of these parts by the party lever will unlock all of the vbars 16 so. as to permit the voting of the keys controlled thereby,

5 and will lock the party levers against further operation in the manner I am now about to describe. The bar 16 carries a stud 30, which stud when the bar 16 moves forward engages with the bar 31, and moves it forward. This bar 31 is supported on the vertical arms of two bell cranks 32 pivoted on a stationary support 33. The horizontal arms of these bell cranks are connected by the vertically moving bar 34. By means of these bell cranks and the bar 34 that connects them, the bar 31 is held to a parallel movement when driven forward y any one of the straight ticket keys through the stud 30 on the bar v16 operated thereby. Pivoted on the stationary support 33 at` 41 is another bell crank 35 havlng its horizontal arm engaged with the verticallymoving bar 34 with which it is connected by the stud 36. When the bar 31 moves forward and the bar 34 rises, the ver- `tical arm of the bell crank 35 moves for- -ward and carries with it the latch 37. This latch is supported at its forward end by the stud 38 carried on the front plate of the machine, with whichstud the latch 37 has a sliding engagement by means of the slot 39 cut in the latch 37. This latch 37 has a bent over end with which it engages with the bar 25 at the recess 40 to lock it. When the bar 34 is raised the bell crank 35 is rocked around its center -41 and the latch 37 is driven forward which in turn releases the bar 25. The bar 25 is then free to drop. Carried on the bar 25 are lugs 42 which when the bar 25 is in its raised position will permit the studs 4 to,

pass thereunder. As soon as the-straight ticket key has been operated and released and the party.bar returned to its original position by spring 24, the bar 25 drops, and the lugs 42 thereon come .immediately in front of the studs 4 on the straight ticket keys, thus preventing the forward movement of the straight ticket bars 6, thu's locking them. In resetting these parts the action of the parts is so timed that the interlocking stud 17 will not be disengaged from the blocks 18 until a considerable time'after the stud 4 on the party lever that has'fbeen operated has been withdrawn from` under the lug 42 on the bar 25. For this purpose when the bar 25 is down and the straight ticket bar 6 is fully reset, -there will be an interval. of about 'el of an inch between the studf'jon the straight tickety keys and the lug' 4'2" on the universal bar 25.. The forward movement of any of the party levers or straight ticket keys will cause its stud 4 to run squarely into the lug 42 on the bar 25, which lug will thus block the forward movement and hold it against operation. The bar 25 also carriesV the studs 43. One of these studs 43 is provided for each of the latches 14. When the bar 25 drops to lock the straight ticket keys the studs 43, 43 will engage with the right hand end of yto the latches 14, 14, swinging all of said latches down at the right and'raising them at the left. This raising of the latches 14 at the left hand end lwill unlock all of the bars 16 for forward movement, thus permitting the voting separately of any or all of the individual pointers 27 on the machine, which pointers have all been held locked up to that time, except as they w'ere operated by the'party lever first operated. It will be understood, of course, that none of the pointers 27 on the machine can be voted without moving to the right the bars 16 with which said pointers are lengaged, and that the bars 16 cannot be moved to the right until the latches 14 have'been raised to permit it, and that all of the latches 14 are simultaneously raised to release all of the bars 16 when the bar 25 is dropped.

The bar 25 is mounted on studs 44, 44,

which studs are supported by the front platel of the machine, and with which studs 44 the bar 25 maintains a sliding engagement by means of the slots 45, 45, with which said bar 25 engages said studs 44. Several of these studs 44 are provided, with each of which the bar 25 engages with'a sliding engagement as above described.

The horizontal arm of the bell crank 35 is made purposely long so as Ato be engaged with the stud 46 carried on the universal bar 11, so that when the universal bar 11 is raised the bell crank 35 will be rocked in the same manner as though a straight tickethad been voted, unlocking the bar 25 and causing all of the latches 14 to be moved to a posi! tion that will release the locking bars 16. This bar 11 is moved independently of any of the Straight ticket keys by the `operation of the releasing lever 61 shown in Fig. 7, which ,releasing lever engages with the bar 11 at the recess 60 cut therein. By the operation of the releasing lever through this uni* versal bar 11, the individual pointers are all unlocked for separate operation, and all of the party levers are locked against operation, so that thereafter no voting can be done except with the individual pointers.

To insure the resetting of the bars 16 I provide the universal cam bar 47: this bar has'saw tooth cams 48 thereon, one for each of the bars 16. Mounted on each of the bars 16 at the left hand end is a stud 49 having the anti-friction roller 50 thereon. When the bar' 16 is moved to the right this stud 49 and itsanti-.friction roller 50 moves to the right with it, but in moving to the right it ldoes not' pass out of engagement with .the

cam 48 immediately above it. yWhen the machine is reset the cam bar 47 will be drawn down by the resetting mechanism of the ,machine, which resetting mechanism consists of a bar 51,' which presses down on thefbell crank 52 pivoted at 53, which bell crank 52 as it moves downward engages with the stud 54 on the bar 47, causing the bar 47 to move down, in which case the cams 48 thereon will engage with thestuds 49 on the bars 16 in the manner .above described, and will cause said bars 16 to be drawn back to their initial position, shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

When the bar 25 drops after being released in the manner .above described, it carries down'with it the connecting rod 62,

rocking the walking beam 63 around the center 64. This in turn lifts vthe bar 65 as shown in Fig. 6. This bar 65 is slotted at 67 and 68 and moves up and down on the studs 69 and 70. On these same studs is also carried the bar 71, which bar is provided with similar slots to engage with the studs. 0n the bar 71 is pivoted the latch 72. Carried on the bar 65 is the stud 73, which stud moves up and down inlthev slot 74, when the latch 72 is thrown to the left. This permits the bars 65 and 71 to move independently of each other. When the latch 72 is moved to the right to engage with the st-ud 73 as shown-in Fig. 6, the bars 65 and 71 are fastened together and must move in unison.

`While the latch 72 is in this position the movement of the walking beamwill carry up with it both bars 65 and 71. The bar 71 is provided with'a cam 75, which engages with the arm 76 and moves it outward. This arm is pivoted at 7 7 and carries at its other end a pin 7 8, which engages with the plate 79 carriedon the shaft of the curtain lever 80. Thisl releases the curtain lever for its return movement.' When the latch 72 is withdrawn from the position shown in Fig. 6, the bar 65 can move upward without the bar 71, and will then have no eifect'on the latch 76. The universal bar 25 will cause the vbar 65 to be operated in this way when thestraight ticket is pulled. If the latch 72 is in engagement with the stud 73, the operk ation of the straight ticket key willunlock` the curtain lever, and if the latch 72 is not in engagement with the stud 73, the operation of the straight ticket keys will not un\ lock the curtain lever. t This adjustment is f provided so that the curtain lever can be independently unlocked'by meansof the question pointers.

' .As shown in Fig. 1, theV question kkey 81 l when moved to Yes or No position will raise the sliding locking har 82. This bar kwill engage with the pin 83 carried on the rock shaft 84 and rock it upward. On this rock shaft 84 is carried another pin 85, which engages with thev latch 86 to lift it whenever aquestion key is voted This latch in turn engages with the stud 87 carried on the bar 71 causing the bar 71 to lift when any one of the question keys is operated. The lifting of the bar 71 will cause the operation of the latch 76 in the manner above described. If theflatch 72 is thrown to the left the curtain .nsv lever can be unlocked only bythe question pointers or the releasing 1ever61 ,ajman- Carried on the bar is a. lug:93,"whichv is engaged by a lug 94 carried' on the side bar 95, by which the bars 65"and. 711are reset by the return of the curtain lever.

Mounted on the universal barll is a latch 100 pivoted onA the' stud 46,.y ThisA latch isl normally pressed forward against the stud 102 carried on the front plate of the machine. When the barjll is raised, the latch 100 will move up with it. As. the cam 104 passes the stud 102, 'the'v latch l100 v'vill move forward, being pressed in that direction. by the spring 101. This spring is mounted in pin 101 on bar 11 and ,presses against pin 102" on latch 100.. When the latch 100 is in this' position its upper end is in the path Vof the stud 103 mounted on the bar 95, which bar moves up and down as the curtain lever is moved over and back. The effect of this-engagement is to cause the bar 11 to be forced down when the machine is reset. As the stud 103 and the bar 95 on which it is mounted vhave not reached the end of their travel when the bar '11 has reached the end 0f its travel, the cam 104 is provided on the latch 100 to force the latch 100 away from and out of engagement with the stud 103. 'This' is done by having the cam 104 react on the stud 102, by which the latch 11 is thrown back out of engagement, leaving. the stud 103 and the bar 95 on whichit is carried free to move thereafter independentlythereof. The object of this is to compel the resetting of the straight ticket keys and bar's before the operating lever of the machine has finished the end of its movement, and in advance'of the resetting of the individual keys by the resetting bar of lthe machine 'through -their interlocking straps.

The bar 11 will drop back by gravity as soon as the voter lets go of vthe party lever, and the latch 100 will normally be operated on by the stud 103 only when the voter holds a party lever in voted position at the same time that he throws the operating lever to reset the machine.

When. a voter has entered the booth and thrown the lever 80 to close the curtains and unlock the machine the lever 76 is turned clockwise by gravity around pivot 77 and kstud 78'engages a recess in plate 79 and wise aroundits pivot 41 moving latch 37 to the right'Figl to drop 4bar 25 sothat lugs 42 are inline of pins 4 of the party levers and hold said levers from movement. IAt

.thesame time pins 43 on bar 25 engage with latches :14 turning them on theii` pivots and releasing thelockingfbars l16. At the same time the. tilting of bell crank 35l acts through pin 36 to -raise bari 34 and lthus mve bar 31 to the right out of the wayof pins 30. In thisl way the individual'keysl are released for voting and the party levers/are locked against movement.-

If instead of releasing lever 61 a party lever is turned then the corresponding straight ticket bar 6 is pulled to the right bv pin 4, latch 14 is released by cam 12 and all the keys of a party line are voted by engagement of latches 26 with lugsi28. Pin 30 on the corresponding locking bar 16 pushes bar 31 tothe right releasing latch 37 and dropping bar 25, so that one of its lugs 42 will rest on'the pin/l: of the party lever operated. Upon release of the party lever. spring 24 draws the party bar 6, link 5 andalso the lever back to their original positions moving pin4out from beneath lug 42 and dropping bar 25, all of the lugs 42 of which are thus`placed in the path of all the pins 4 to lockall of the party levers against voting movement and release all of the individual keys as described in connection with the releasing lever. This bar does not fully drop when latch 38 is released if the party lever is held in votedposition, but lug 42 on said barrests' on pin 4 of said lever .and the bar will only drop completely when the party lever is released. v

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

1. The combination'in a voting machine of a series of keysarranged in a plurality of party lines, separate straight ticket voting mechanism for each party line for vot'- ing collectively all of the keys of any one party line, a separate bar for each party row for holding the1 keys thereof f normally locked, andmeans coperating therewith to hold locked all of the keys of the remaining party lines, when the straight ticket operlines, a party key for ating means of any one party has been unlocked and moved from its initial position.

2. The combination in a voting machine of a series of voting keys arranged in party each party line for collectively placing in voted position all the keysof itslparty line, and lookin means, saidmeans including a separate loc ing bar for each party row of keys normally holding the Voting keys against separate voting movement, the party keys being Jfree to be operated, said locking means holding locked against operation all the keys of the other party rows, While the keys of one party row are being operated collectively.

3.- 'l`he combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality of party rows, a straight ticket-bar tor each party rovi:l tor operating all the keys or" its party rovv, and a lookin bar for each party row to lock the keys o its party row, said locking bars holding locked all the keys in the other party rows When the straight ticket bar of any one party row is moved from normalposition.

fl, rlhe combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality ot party rows, means tor locking said keys by party rows, said means including a separate locking bar tor each party row of keys, and means 'lor operating said keys by party rows, said locking means normally holding the keys locked until one oi the party row voperating means has been moved out of and back to normal position.

5, The combination in a voting machine ot keys arranged in a plurality ot rows, an operating bar and a locking bar lor the keys ot each row, a latch tor each locking bar to hold it in locked position, theoperating bar operating to release said latch, and means to prevent the movement ot more than one operating bar at a time.

6. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality of parallel rows, an operating bar tor the keys ol: each rovv, a bar moving longitudinally across the path ot movement ot lsaid operating bars, for locking all of said operating bars, said bar being normally held out ot locking position, and means for releasing said bar on the operation ot any one of said operating bars,

7. A key, a bar connected thereto and operated thereby, a locking bar parallel and adjacent and individual to said bar, and a latch to hold it against operation, said key perating to litt said latch to' release the 8. ln a voting machine, the combination ot keys arranged in rows, a locking mechanism and operating devices for the keys ot each row, and means "whereby the actuation of any ot the operating devices will release the locking mechanism and vote the keys oil release all the one row and subsequently al1 of the oplocking mechanisms and lock erating devices.

9. A key, a bar connected thereto and operated thereby, a locking bar parallel and adjacent and individual to said first mentioned bar, and a latch to hold it against operation, said key operating to lift said latch to release said locking bar.

l0. A series oi' locking bars, pivoted latchesone :tor each bar, said latches serving Ato lock the bars against movement, and a bar operating on all of said latches to move them and release the locking bars.

11. A series of locking bars, pivoted gravity latches one for each bar, said latches serving to lock the bars against movement, and a gravity bar operating on all of said latches to rock them on their pivots and release the locking bars.

l2. A series ot locking bars, pivoted gravity latches one tor each bar, said latches serving to lock the bars against movement, a gravity bar, a latch ttor holding said bar in normal position, a series ont party levers, and means operated by any one of said party levers to move the latch and release the gravity bar, said gravity bar operating when released to move the gravity latches and release the locking bars held thereby.

i3. rlhe combination in a voting machine 'of keys arranged in a series ot rovvs, a'

straight ticket device for operating the keys in each" rovv, a separate locking bar `lor the keys ol each rovv, said locking bars being capable of movement separately to unlock-- ing position to unlock the keys and lock the straight ticket voting mechanism, and means tor positivelyk resetting all of said locking bars that have been moved to 'unlocking position.

le. Flhe combination in a voting machine ot keys arranged in a series oit rows, each oi said keys having an arm thereon `with npturned end, and a plurality ot hars 'for directly operating on the nptnrned end oiF each ot. said keys tor moving it in different directions.

l5. lhe combination a voting machine of a series ot bars, a stud on each oi said hars, a crank bearing on all of said studs to be rotated hy any one of them, when its loar is operated, and a spring on said crank to move it in the` reverse direction and reset the operated har.,

ld. 'lhe combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a series oi rows, a separate locking har 'tor the keys ci eachrovv, straight ticket voting mechanism 'for the keys ot each rovv, locking bars being capable oil? movement separately to unlocking position to release the keys and lock the straight ticket mechanism, and a cam bar moving across said locking bers and engag-a ing therewith to positively reset all ot the lili lll

bars to prevent the simultaneous operation of more than one thereof and means to prevent' the operation of all of said bars upon the operation of any one of them.

18. rlhe combination in a voting machine oi'keys arranged in a series of rows,sliding' bars one for each row, each of said bars operating collectively all the keys of its row, a stud carried on each of said bars, interlocking blocks arranged in the path of said studs to prevent the operation at a time of more than one of said studs and its bar, and

a plate i'or supporting said blocks, said plate being slotted to form guides for said studs. 19. rlhe combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality of rows, an

operating bar for the keys of each row, a bar movin across the path of movement of said operating bars, for locking ,all of said operating bars, said bar being held normally out of locking position, means for releasing said baron the operation of any one of said operating bars, said bar moving to locking p0- sition when the operating bar first operated is reset, means to reset the operating bar, and means to prevent the movement of any other operating bar when the first operating bar is out of normal position.

20. The combination in a voting machine of a series of keys arranged in rows, a locking bar for the keys of each row to hold them locked against operation, and means for unlocking one' bar and causing it to move to cause the unlocking of the remaining bars.

2l. rlhe 'combination in a voting machine of a series of keys arranged in rows, a locking bar for the keys of each row to hold them locked against operation, means operating to unlock and move one bar, a stud on each bar, a bar mounted ior parallel movement by any one oi'l said studs, and means operated by said bar to canse the unlocking of the remaining locking bars.

E22. llhe combination in a voting machine oio a series of keys arranged in rows, a locking bar for the keys of each row to hold .them locked against operation, alatch to hold each et said bars in locked position, a releasing bar common to all of said latches to move them and release all of the locking bars held thereby, said releasing bar being normally held inoperative by a latch, and means or moving said latch to release the bar and permit it to unlock the locking bars.

23. rlhe combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in rows, a locking bar for the keys ci each row to hold them locked against operation, a latch to hold each of said bars in locked position, a releasing bar common to all of said latches `and capable of operation to move them to release the locking bars held thereby,'means for holding said releasing bar inoperative, a bar having a parallel movement and capable of operation by any one of the locking bars, bell cranks connected thereto, a bar moved by said bell cranks, a bell crank connected to said bar and operated thereby, and in turn connected to the means for holding the releasing bar inoperative, whereby the operation of any one locking bar will cause the unlocking of the remaining locking bars, and means to separately unlock and move each of said locking bars to cause the unlocking of the remaining locking bars.

24. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a plurality of party rows, an operating bar and a locking bar` for the keys ois each row,la latch for each locking bar to hold it in locked position, and a` bar capable of moving all said latches to release the locking bars held thereby, said bar also serving when moved to lock all the operating bars against movement.

25. The combination in a voting machine of a series of keys arranged in rows, a separate locking bar and an operating bar for the keys ot' each row, and means whereby the movement of any operating bar will lock all the other operating bars and release all the locking bars.

26. rlhe combination in a voting machine of a series of keys arranged in rows, a separate locking bar for the keys of each row, and means for holding said bars in locking position, said means being movable to release said bars and permit the independent movement oi' one or more of said bars.

27. The combination in a voting machine of a series of keys arranged in rows, a separate locking bar for the keys of each row, and means for holding said bars in locking position, said means being movable to release said bars without operating any of the keys on the machine, and permit the independent movement of one or more of said bars.

28. The combination in a voting machine of a series oi keys arranged in rows, a sepachine.

29. rllhe combination in a voting machine of a curtain lever voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanism1 a latch to hold said lever against the resetting movement, and a plurality of means to operate said latch to release the curtain lever for reverse movement.

30. The combination in a voting machine of voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanism, a latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement,

(and a bar movable longitudinally to move said latch, said bar depending for its own operation on the operation of the voting mechanism. v

31. The combination ina voting machine of voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanism, a latch to hold said vlever against its resetting movement, question vot-in mechanism', straight ticket keys, and a re easing knob, and mechanism forA operating said latch by either the question voting mechanism, straight ticket keys or the releasing knob.

32. The combination in a voting machine of voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanism, a latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, question voting mechanism and straight ticket keys, and mechanism for operating said latch byy either the question voting mechanism or the straight ticket keys.

33. The combination in a voting machine of voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanisima latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, question voting mechanism and a releasing knob and mechanism for operating said latch by either the question votingv mechanism or the releasing knob.

34. 'llhe combination in a voting machine of voting mechanism operable to voted position, an operating lever for the machine to reset the voting mechanism, a latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, straight ticket keys, and a releasing knob and mechanism for operating said latch by either the straight ticket keys or the releasing knob.

35. rlhe combination in a voting machine of an operating lever for the machine capable of causing the resetting ot the machine, a latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, a slide for moving Asaid latch to release the lever, question voting mechanism and a releasing knob, said slide being operable directly by either the question voting mechanism or the releasing lmob ot the machine.

36. rll`he combination in a voting machine of. an operating lever for the machine capable of. causing the resetting oit the machine, a latch to hold said lever 'against its resetting movement, a slide for moving said latch to release the lever, a latch carried on said slide, a second slide mounted adjacent to said lirst slide and coupled thereto by said latch, and straight ticket voting mechanism for operating through said slides of an operating lever for the machine capable of causing the. resetting of the machine,

a latch to hold said lever against its reseting movement, a slide for moving said latch to release the lever, and a second slide capable ofv being positively connected to and operating said first slide and separate means for operating each of said slides. y

38. The combination in a voting machine of an operatingglever for the machine capable of causing the resetting of the machine, a' latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, a slide for moving said latch to release the lever, and means to positively reset said slide.

-39. rlihe combination in a voting machine of an operating lever for the machine capable of causing the resetting of the machine,

a latch to hold said lever against its resetting movement, a slide for moving said latch to release the lever, and means operated by the resetting lever to positively reset said slide.

40. The combination in a voting machine of straight ticket voting mechanism, and a resetting device therefor, and resetting mechanism for the machine operating thereon, said resetting mechanism causing the ruil movement oi the resetting device, and then by its continued movement disengaging itself therefrom to complete its own movement.

al. The combination in a voting machine of straight ticket voting mechanism, a resetting device therefor, and resetting mechanism for the machine, said resetting device operating to cause the full resetting or tl straight ticket keys before the resetting mechanism of the machine has reached the end of its movement.

42. 'Ehe combination in a voting machine of straight ticket voting mechanism, a resetting device therefor, and resetting mechanism for the machine, said resetting device operating to cause the tull resetting of the straight -ticket keys before the resetting mechanism oi' the machine has reached the end of its movement, said resetting device being driven by the resetting mechanism et the machine.

43. rlhe combination in a voting machine of straight ticket voting mechanism, oit an auxiliary resetting bar therefor, a latch 'carried on said auxiliary bar and capable ed being raised and lowered therewith, a stud against which said latch presses, a spring for pressing said latch forward against said stud, a main resetting bar adjacent to said auxiliary bar, said latch 'when in elevated position engaging with said main bar, and a cam 'for disengaging said latch from the main bar, when in its lowest position.

te. The combination in a voting machine ldd of keys arranged in a series of rows, a locking bar for the keys of each row, and straight ticket voting mechanism for the keys of each row, said, locking bars being .capable of movement separately to unlockbers, party levers. for actuatlng the voting members, and meansfor locking and unlocking the party levers, of interlocking members which prevent a vote for more than one candidate for any oflice and releasing mechanism and connections independent of4 said voting members, party levers, and interlocking members which lock the party levers, leaving the votin members unlocked and the party levers loc red.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in 'presence of two witnesses;

WILLIAM J. LAUSTERER.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER B. CORCLLIUS E. C. MILLER.,

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