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No. 450,582. L Patented Apr. 1.4, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Prion- HARRY M. GEIGER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN M. OASSIL, OF SAME PLACE.

POLL-BOOK AND TALLY-SH EET.

SPECIFICATION forminghpart of Letters Patent No. 450,582, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed September 2. 1889. Serial No. 822,696. (No specimens.)

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poll-Books and Tally-Sheets, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in books for recording theresults of popular elections; and it consists, essentially, of a number of pages suitably ruled and printed and permanently bound or secured to a cover, so as to be freely opened and turned in a similar manner to the leaves in a pamphlet or a book, while a large or blanket sheet of about the same depth of page as the leaves aforesaid is folded in creases, so as to form pages of about the same width as said leaves, said pages of the blanketsheet being also suitably ruled and printed to be used with the permanent leaves aforesaid. This large or blanket sheet is temporarily secured to the same cover as the permanent leaves and at a suitable distance therefrom, whereby the pages of the large sheet may match and be conveniently used with said leaves while the tally-sheet is being filled out, and afterward the said pages may be readily freed from the temporary binding and spread out in one large blanketsheet, thus exposing to view for examination and copying, or either, without further turning of pages, the complete tabulated number of votes received by the several candidates.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference-lettersindicatecorrespondingparts, Figure l represents a perspective view of said election record-book having the leaves partly open and showing the pages of the blanketsheet held by the preferred form of temporary binding; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the said book closed; Fig. 3, a detail view of the preferred form of temporary binding when used with a blanketsheet having two double pages; Fig. 4, a perspective viewuof the same, indicating its shape as applied to the blanketsheet and the cover; Fig. 5, a modification of Fig. 3, showing tongues that are secured to the folded leaves when more than two double pages are required; Fig. 6, a partial section 0f the cover near a form of temporary binding, a stem attached to the cover, and a clip removably mounted thereon, alsoa plan view of the same; Fig. 7, an end view of Fig. 6, showing the manner the clip engages the blanket-sheet and a part of the permanent leaves; Fig. 8, a modification of Fig. 6, showing a clip having one prong; also an end view of the same, showing its position in regard to a fold of the blanket-sheet; Fig. 9, a perspective view of a portion of a blanket-sheet having two double pages ruled in office, candidate, and summary columns, a fragile connection at the folds of said sheet, a portion of the tallj, -sheet lapping over the summary-column of the blanket-sheet and a part of the pollbook; and Fig. l0 an end view of a portion of the blanket-sheet and apart of the cover adjacent, showing the manner the tongues and legs on the fragile connection engage with the folded leaves of the summary-sheet and cover, respectively.

The letter A designates the cover of an election-record book consisting of a poll-book and a tally-sheet, and having anumberof creases so it may be readily folded into a convenient size and protect the inclosed pages. At one of these creases B is permanently bound or secured a number of leaves forming the pollbook and tally-sheet C and O', suitably ruled and printed, while at another crease D, a suitable distance from B, is temporarily secured, in a manner presently to appear, a large or blanket sheet C, so folded at D', Figs. l and 9, as to presentpages of about the same size as the permanent leaves, and ruled and divided inio off1ce,7 candidata and summary columns, so as to be conveniently used therewith. One edge of the blanket-sheet is attached to the permanent leaves at the line B, Fig. 9, so as to conform to a law in one State in regard to the said sheet being in one piece with the tally-sheet. If desired, however, this attachment may be dispensed with and theblanket-shect may be used unattached to said permanent leaves. "l`hc blanketsheet and its folds are held in their normal position by means of a temporary binding now to be described. lVhen the said sheet is folded so as to present two double pages, as shown in Fig. 9, the preferred form of temporary biliding, as shown in detail in Figs. 3 and l, is used at or near each end of the said folds, and consists of a strip E, secured to the sheet at each side of the folds, so as to hold the sheet in a folded position, as shown in Figs. l and tl, and of the legs F, that are secured to i the cover, as indicated in Figs. l and 2.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification of Fig. il, having' tongues G, that extend between the folds D', and are secured to the sheet at each side of the folds, respectively, whereby the 3 folded portions of the sheet may be turned and opened, as previously suggested.

Another form of temporary bindingis shown in Fig. 6, which consists of stems H, secured i to the cover near the crease t3, and having l enlargements at or near the ends of said stems, on which stems are mounted clips J, composed of eyes and prongs extendingr practically parallel tothe crease and slightly open, so as to press the folded portions of the sheet closely together, as shown in Figs. 7.

A niodilied form of clip .li is shown in Fig. 8, composed of an eye and a single linger-like prong that engages a fold, as shown in the end View of Fig. 8. If desired, when there are two or more clips on each stem, the prongs in both forms may be at. different distances from the stem, as indicated at l li', Fig. 8, in order to prevent interference when the folds are closed. It is my intention that the prongs of the clips should preserve a practically parallel direction to the crease B, yet be so mounted on their respective stems as readt ily to turn and be removed therefrom, while the projection of each stem beyond the cover l is comparatively slight, as shown in Figs. r3 and 8.

A temporary binding is placed a suitable distance away from the permanent binding, l as from B to D, so that, among other reasons, l the edges of the leaves C will not interfere with l the clips aforesaid, (see T,`} and also that the leaves C and C may be used conveniently together, as previously mentioned. l It will now be readily understood that the temporary binding will preserve the proper 5 relation between the said leaves C C while l the votes are being tabulated, and afterward ,l the blanket-sheet may be freed by severing l the fragile connection by disengaging the clip or otherwise according to the temporary form l of binding used, whereby a complete view of l the returns may be had and the results enl tered on the abstractbool s without any further turning of the said leaves, thus lessening i the chances of mistake by false entries and l greatly facilitating the work, the blanketi sheetl when spread flat being preferably about l the size of said abstract-bool; opened. lt will also be observed that since the blanket-sheet contains the summary of the votes received by the several candidates for the respective offices, it is only necessary that the Fjudges and clerks sign once forall the candidates, as in the column L, for instance, when certifying to the correctness of the number ot votes received by the several candidates.

While I have illustrated and described a temporary binding applied to the summary sheet of a poll-book and tally-sheet, l do not wish to limit myself to a sheet for election purposes, for such a binding and a folded sheet are also applicable to other bookssuoli as time-books for manufacturers so that in the claims and elsewhere in this speciiication the words poll-book and tallysheet i are to be understood in accordance with the above explanation. u y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. As an election-record sheet, a blanket-u sheet horizontally ruled for the returns ot two or more candidates and folded into pages cn creases across the said rulings, and having a certificate-blank forming part of said sheet,

whereby the correctr ess of all the returns of the said candidates is certified to by one set of signatures.

d. ln a poll-bool; and tally-sheet., the conibination, with a number of permanent leaves and a suitable cover, of a number of folded leaves, a temporary binding attached to the cover and extending between the folded leaves, whereby said leaves are temporarily secured in their folded position until freed by severing said binding.

d. In a poll-bool; and tally-sheet, the combination, with a number of leaves and asuitable cover to which said leaves are permanently secured, of a large sheet ruled horizontally on one side only and folded on verl tical creases to form doubled leaves that freely turn and match on horizontal lines with the tally-sheets, and a temporary binding for said sheet to secure it to the cover.

l. ln a poll-book and tally-sheet, the coinbination, with a number of .tally-sheets and 3 poll-bool; leaves suitably printed and ruled and permanently secured to a suitable cover or back, of a folded summary-sheet ruled to match the said tally sheets on horizontal lines extending across the folds andthe length cf the su mmary-sheet and arranged to be used therewith, substantially as described, and means to temporarily secure said sheet to said cover or back.

5. Ln a temporary binding, the combination, with a suitable cover or back and folded leaves, of a fragile connection between said cover and the leaves, and having portions of the connection extending between said folds and separating them into double leaves and temporarily holding them in their folded position.

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6. AS a temporary fastening for the folded In testimony whereof I affix my signature in leaves of a record-booke piece of fragile inapresenee of two witnesses. terial consisting of :L strip secured to two or more of Said leaves, and having proj eating por- 5 tions that temporarily secure the said leaves Witnesses:

t0 the cover in their folded position, substan- H. M. PLAISTED, tially as described. VARREN HULL.

HARRY M. GEIGER.

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