US248130A - Voting apparatus - Google Patents

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i Voting Machines, V/y Key Operated.

(No Modell) A. C. BERANEK.

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VOTING APPARATUS.

Patented Oot. 11,1881.

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VOTING APPARATUS.

No. 248,130. Patented Oct. 11,1881.

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PATENT .OFFICE OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VOTING APPARATUS'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,130, dated Octoberl 11, 1881.

Application filed June 20, 1881. (No model.)

ings, and to'lettersct reference marked there- Y ou, forming a part oi' this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a voting apparatus for registering the number of votes 'cast for any particular candidate or candidates, and which will dispense entirely with the use of printed ballots.

'Ine construction and arrangement ot`-the mechanism employed in carrying outmy improvement will be hereinafter more fully set forth in detail. l

Figure 1 is atop view. Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section in the plane 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, avertical transverse section in the plane 3 3, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a vertical longitudinal sec-A tion in the plane 4 4, Fig. 1. Figs. 5, ,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 illustrate detached details ot' yconstruction.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a box or receptacle inclosin g the operating mechanism, which may he. otl any suitable dimensions. This box is intended to be placed in a. room or compartment at the usual places'ot' voting, and has connection with the door A', represented by dotted lilies in Figs. 1, 4f,v and 7, closing the entrance to said room through the mediumA of the lever A2, one end of which is attached to the door and the opposite end to Athe. crank-arm A3, as shown in Fig. 1, a portion ofthe box A being broken away to better illustrate this feature. The crank-arm A3 is in turn rigidly attached to the rock-shaft A", which is supported by the bearings a. A rranged on this shaft AJl at regular intervals is the series ot' gear-wheels B, which project below the horizontal partition or diaphragm B', and engage with the upper side of the ratchetbars B2, shown in Fi'gs. 4 and 7 of the drawings.

The series of revolving disks Bfare arranged in groups on the square shaft B4, as shown in of these disks, showing one end provided with a series of dat springs, a', which correspond in number to the figures on the periphery. Fig. l1 is a view ot' the opposite end ot the disk, which is provided with the stop a2. Each group composed of the series of disks B3`rotates upon a short round shaft or sleeve, C, provided with a square aperture to lit on the stationary shaft B4. Placed upon the round shaft C, and between each of the series ot' disks B3, are-the washers C', provided with the segmental slot C2. These washers are stationary. and do not revolve with the disks.

The upper projectingends of thevertical rods C3 are provided with the handles or knobs C, while the lower ends pass down through the 4diaphragm B', and are provided with the beveled heads c. The spiral springs c are coiled around the rods C3 at a point immediately above the diaphragm B', as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The upper projecting lugs', D, shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, attached to the rodsl C3, have a bearing on the loose end of the series of springs a', while the lower projecting lugs, D', shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, are adapted to engage with the keepers D2.

Pivoted to the under side ot' the diaphragm B'is the angular lever b, one end ot' which is inserted in the slot b' in the ratchet-bar B2,

while the opposite end isloose and is adapted to swing under the lower ends, c, of the rods C.

The lower end of the keepers D2 has connection with Ithe ratchet-bar B2 by means of the arm f an d the slotted beariu gsj, through which the ratchet-bar B2 moves.

Underneath the arm f is placed the spring f', one end ot' which is attached to thediaphragm B', while the upper or loose end bears against the under side of the arm f, servingto hold these parts-in a locked position with the,pro jection D on the registering-rod C3.

The series of rectangular blocks D, shown in Figs. 2,3, and 5of the drawings, are placed directly underneath the lower ends of the registeriug-rodsG3, running parallel to theratchetbar B', which is located ata point hetweenthe registering-rods C3, as shown in Fig. 3, and by loo` the dottedlines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.. 'lhe blocks D ride upon thestpiare shaft or rod D, and are provided iongittnlinally with apertures corresponding thereto. 'lhe two blocks '4F-#an enlarged view ot which is given in Fig.

' p G-in addition to being supported on the shaft D, have a bearing on'the bar F', one end ot which is attached to the socketed tlanges F2, whichare bolted to the ,inside ot' the box A,

1.o supporting the ends of thcy shaft D4. The inner end ofthe b ar It" is provided with the stop Ff, whichv prevents the blocks from being forced inwardlbeyoinl ,this point b v the spiral springs E, coiled around the ends of the shaft D4. i

The operation is as follows: Then the door is opened entering the apartment in which the registering-box is placed, the crank-arm A3 is thrown inward, lcausing the ratchet-bar B2 to move in the opposite direction, as shown in Fie'. 7 ot' thcldrawings, this movement having the ei'ect ot throwing the ends ot' the series of angular levers b immediately under the heads c onthe lower ends of the registeringrods C, thereby,preventing avpressure on the knobs C* forcing the registering-rods downward and rotating 'the disksB-h The angular levers B, when in their normal position, lie in the obliqueplanc relative to the square ot' the box, vas shown b v the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of 3o .the drawings, and' have just suicient movement from this position'to throw the detached ends under the registering'rods whe\n thedoor is opened. When the door ot the room is closed after the entrance of a person who wishes to vote, the operating mechanism rests in its normal state. The voter maj' record his l' ballot by pressing down on any ot' the knobs in line with the naine President. This move ment causes the projection l) to bear on theend of one ot' the springs a', shown in Fig. 1,wliich projects through the segmental slot C1 in the 5o ing to its normal posit-ion.

. stationary washer C', and as the rod U3 travels downward one of thedisks B3 is made to revolve just far enough to record one vote, which inovei ment also brings another one ot' the series of springsa around t'ar enough to project through lthe slot in the washer C. The projection D engages at the same time with the keeper 1),

-' prevent an)r of the other rods from being pressed down to record a ballot until the door' 6o'- has beenzopened for the exit .of the voter,

which causes the ratchet-bar B2 tomove the wider part. of the teeth through vthe slotted bearin gs fl, drawing the same downward and through the mediuinof theA arm f releasing ljection D' on the rod G3, when the same ,is returned to its normal position by the spring c.

When this apparatus is lirst put into operation the graduated disk`next to the registering-rod C will make one revolution, the other disks in the same group remaining stationary when the projection u? (shown in Fig. 1l of the drawings) will come in contact with one ot the springs a attached to the companion disk, when it will rotate, and so on through the se ries. When the voter has registered his ballot on the line marked President he can next register in the next line for Vice-President, and so on untilhe has voted for all ofthe candidates of his choice.

By means of' this device all fraud is prevented and ballot-box stuiiing impossible, for the reason that printed tickets are entirely dispensed with.

B v this voting apparatus the votes cast arc always accurately counted and the exact number known at a glance. It will also prevent to a great extent the purchase ot' votes, as there is no positive way ot' telling how a person votes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to .secure by Letters Pat-,-

,the keeper D2 from engagement with the pro- 65 1. The combination, with the rock-shaft A, n

2. The combination, with the square shaft B4, of the round shaft C, the series of washers C', provided with the segmental slot-s C, and the indicating-disks B, provided with the springs a', and stop u?, substantially as and for the. purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the registeringrod C, provided with thel projection D, ot the sev ries ot springs a', the washers C', and the disks B3, substantially as described.

4. 'lhe combination, with the registering-rod C3, provided with the projection D', of the keeper D2, the arxn j', the slotted bearing f2, the ratchet-bar-B2, and the diaphragm B', substantiallj-Y as herein set forth.

5. The combination, with the registering-rod C, provided with the handle or knob G4, and the lower beveled head, c, of the series of blocks D, having the upper portions of the ends bev-v eled or eut away to receive the heads e, substantially as and for thc purpose set forth.

' 6. The combination, with the rectangular blocks 1),ot' the blocks F, the hars F', the stops F, the coiled springs E,'the shaft D4, the bearings F2, and the box4 A,^substantiallv as herein set forth. l

` ANTHONY C. BERANEK. Witnesses:

FRANK HERDLICKA, L. B. GQUPLAND.

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