US628792A

US628792A - Voting-machine.

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Publication number: US628792A
Application number: US68016798A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred J Gillespie
Original assignee: STANDARD VOTING MACHINE Co
Current assignee: STANDARD VOTING MACHINE Co
Priority date: 1898-05-09
Filing date: 1898-05-09
Publication date: 1899-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1916-07-11

Description

Patented lulyll, I899. A, J. GILLESPIE.

VOTING MACHINE.

Application filed May 9, 1898.)

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VOTlNG MACHINE.

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No. 628,792. Patented luly ll, I899.

A. J. GILLESPIE.

VOTING-MACHINE.

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Patented July II, 1899. A. J. GILLESPIE.

VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING IACHINEL (Application filed Kay 9, 1898.)

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No. 628,792. Patented July ll, I899. A. J. GILLESPIE VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING MACHINE.

(Application flied May 9, 189B.)

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Nd. 628,792. Patented July 1!, I899. A. .1. GILLESPIE.

VOTING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

ALFRED J. GILLESPIE, OF ROCHESTER, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD VOTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VOTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,792, dated July 11, 1899. Application filed May 9, 1898. $erial No. 680,167. (No model.)

To-ztll whom, it may concemt;

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. GILLESPIE,

new and useful 1m provements in Voting-Machines; and I do hereby declare the follow:

ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved voting-machine, par ticularly of the type contained in my prior patent, No. 576,570, granted May 9, 1897, and the machine contained in my pending application, filed November 18, 1897, Serial No. G58,938-that is to say, one in which the voter indicates his choice of the candidates to be voted for and then registers or records the ballots so indicated by him when or after he has left the proximity of the indicating devices which he has operated, so as to prevent a subsequent or second operation thereof; audit further consists in so improving the construction and operation of the parts that there is no liability of the machine getting out of order-or of improper registering being effected by the voter intentionally or unintentionally, and, fnrther, in providing improved irregular-balloting devices whereby persons not regularly-nominated candidatesview of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 1, a front elevation of a portion of the casing constituting the front or ballot board of the machine, shown partly in section; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view taken on the line 00 of Fig. 3 looking toward the front; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view on the line a Ct of Fig. 2; Fig. 4,11. horizontal sectional view on the line b b of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a similar view on the line a o of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6, a vertical sectional view on the line (I d of Fig. 3 looking toward the front of the machine; Fig. 7, a horizontal sectional view on the line 6 e of Fig. 6 looking down; Fig.

8, asimilar view on the line ff of Fig. 6 looking down; Fig. 9, a horizontal sectional View on the line it 7i of Fig. 2 lookingdown; .Fig. 10, a sectional view on the line 13 p of Fig. Fig. 11, a sectional view on the linejjof Fig. 9; Fig. 12, a plan view ofa portion of-the top of the machine, showing the operating-lever and the ratchet for controlling its movement;

Figs. 13 and 14, detail views showing the in the rear side of the front plate of the machine, showing the cover-plates for the votingapertures and the wing for controlling the operation of the paper-feeding devices.

Similarreference-numeralsindicate similar parts.

As in the machine contained in my priorapplication referred to, the operating parts are contained in a casing or receptacle of suitable constrnction, in the present instance embodying the front plate or support 1, end plates 2, and at the rearside is closed by doors 3, at, 5, and 6 and at the top and bottom by the

plates

7 and 8, respectively. The front plate is provided with suitable indicating-cards 9, containing the candidates names, those of candidates .of the same political party being arranged .in vertical lines and those of the candidates for the same office being arranged in the same horizontal lines orseries, as shown in Figs. 1 and l. Arranged at the side of each of the ballots or tickets of the individual candidates are movable pointers or indicators 10, mounted upon oscillatory studs 11, journaled in the front plate 1 and having operating-handles 12 at the front, by which the pointers or indicators may be turned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, toward the name of the candidate to which they are devoted, so that they will indicate a vote. To the rear side of each of the studs ll is secured an arm 13, having a rearwardly-extended curved portion concentric with the center of motion of the stud and provided with a finger 1t and a shoulder 15, the former projecting beyond the shoulder, as shown in my prior application before referred to and alsoin Figs. 3 and 18. Each of the arms 13 has pivotally connected to it arod or strap 1c, preferably of thin metal, extending toward one side of the casing, passing between vertically-cl'ianneled plates 17and havingnear its outer end a thickened portion arranged to cooperate with movable blocks in and also with stationary but adj ustable stops or blocks 1.),arrauged between the plates 17, the space between said stops 19 being sufficient for the accommodation of a predetermined number of said thickened portions of the straps, as shown in Figs. 3, 13, and 14 and also in my prior application. The space between the stationary blocks 19 is just sufficient to permit the proper number of the thickened portions of the rods or straps to pass between them, and as the st raps for the indicators of the candidates for the same oflice are grouped between the stationary blocks 19 only the proper number of indicators may be operated by the voter to indicate ballots for the candidates. In the present embodimentof my invention I prefer to form the thickened portions of the straps by striking up from the metal of which they are composed atongue 20 and bending down the strap at the sides of the tongue, thereby forming a recess for the reception of inserted pieces 21, preferably of the same thickness as the strap, which pieces are held in position by clam ping the tongue 20 down upon it, thereby trebling the thickness at this point and providing the beveled or inclined portion 22 at the edges of the thickened portions, as shown in Fig. 13; but if the metal is sufliciently heavy orstiff the pieces 21 may be dispensed with. The bars 17, conlining the blocks 18, are preferably chan neled bars, being provided with the flanges 17 but it is not deemed csseutial that these blocks 18 be employed, as the wedges themselves could till the space between the stops 1%). In Figs. and lo I have shown modifications of this interlocking device in which the straps 16 are provided with apertures 1S and the blocks are formed of plates 21 of sheet metal, having a tongue struck up from them and adapted to nest or spoon into each other and to fitwithin the aperture 1S" in the strap, this construction being such that in normal position the projections or tongues 20 of the blocks or plates 2t pass through the apertures in the straps, the space between the stationary stops 19 then being suflicient for the operation of the proper number of indicators; but when one of the straps is moved longitudinallythe solid portion will pass over and rest upon the tongue 20 thereby decreasing the space between the blocks 19 by the thickness of the material of which the strap is composed, and thereby preventing the operation of more than the required number.

As in my prior application, the counters or registers with which the indicators (embodying the pointers and the plates 13) cooperate are mounted in the frame '23, capable of movement toward and from the front plate 1 of the machine, said registers or counters being an ranged in vertical lines correspoudii'tg to the indicators and a vertical series of counters being mounted in supplemental frames 24, attached to the frame 23, as shown in Figs. 2 and at, and each of the registers embodies a series of suitable register-irig-wheels connected by suitable carrying or transferring wheels 28 such as in the counters shown in my prior application, said carrying-wheels being mounted upon arbors or spindles 29 journaled in suitableapertures in the sides of the frames 24, and all of said aroors are locked in position by a vertically-adjustable bar 30 held in close contact with the frame 3% by means of lugs or ears 31 struck upfront the sides, as shown in Figs. 3 and 20. Each of said counters is adapted to be operated by a sliding actuator 25, having a slot 26 for the accommodation of the linger 14 on the indicator and a solid outerend adapted to engage with the shoulder 15 of the indicators that have been operated when the counter-frame and front plate are moved toward each other. The actuator is provided with pallets 01' teeth arrangtd to cooperate with the teeth on the units-wheel 38 of the register, as in my prior application, and said actuators are guided to move in right lines in the frames 2% by having tongues 24 punched from the sides of the latter, forming a guide for the forward portion of the actuator, while the rear portion is provided with a slot 2.), through which the spindle or arbor of the registerwheels extends, as shown in Fig. 3, and its outer end is guided in the slot 25", formed in the casingframes it, (see Fig. 21,) said slot having an extension into the first aperture 250 to permit the passage of the pallets on the actuator when desired to remove the latter. By the arrangement shown I am enabled to efficiei'itly guide the actuators near both ends, and as the lower sides of the latter are smooth the friction between them and the lower sides of the slots 25* is slight. Furthermore, it is very desirable that a reciproeatory actuator be employed and that a suilicient amount of movement be permitted to actuate the unitswheel and at the same time use small register-wheels and have their peripheries close to the apertures 250 in the casing. The pallets or teeth 27 on the actuator are so arranged that when the latter are moved inward the counter or register will be moved one unit- IIO and when moved outward the tooth or pallet at the outer end will project between the teeth of the unitswheel and prevent accidental movement.

The register-frame is pivoted by bolts or studs 31 upon the upwardly-extending ends or arms of a yoke 32, the horizontal portion of which rests upon the bottom 8 of the easing and is permitted to rock thereon, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, headed studs on the bottom plate limiting the rocking motion of said yoke. At the upper end of the frame 23 there are provided arms 3-1, forming part of a similar yoke pivoted at 35 to the frame 23 and the rocking motion of which is limited by studs 36, secu red to the upper plate of the casing. These arms of the yokes guide the frame in its movements, which are caused by pins or rollers 3736, entering cam-grooves 39, formed in cams or disks and 11, arranged at the upper and lower portions of the casing and rigidly secured to a vertical oscillatory shaft 42, journaled in the top and bottom of the casing. The cam-grooves are concentric with the center of the shaft 42 with the exception of the portion 69, and it is this part that causes the movement of the registerframe toward the front plate. The 'shaft 42 is provided at its upper end with an operating-arm 43, having an operating-handle 44, said arm moving upon a segmental guide 45 and carrying a curtain 46, adapted to be moved around and inclose the voter when the handle is operated in one direction and to throw the curtain back and expose the whole front of the machine when the handle is operated in the other direction. This segmental curtain-guide is pivoted at 260 to the cas-' ing and when in use is swung forward and supported on brackets 261; but when desired it can be turned over and folded down parallel with the rear side of the casing, as in dotted lines. The cam-grooves 39 in the cams or

disks

40 and 41 are so arranged that as the lever 13 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 12 in full lines the frame 23 is in its rearward position, and when it is moved to the position shown in dotted lines insaid Fig. 12 the frame is also in its rearward position, and a movementfrom the position in dotted lines to the position in full lines will cause the forward movement of the frame 23 and the actuation of any counters or registers whose indicators have been operated and thereturn of the frame to rearward position, this operation being substantially the same as in the machine in my pendingapplication, although the mechanism for accomplishing it is slightly different.

For the purpose of preventing the arm and curtain from being moved back before it has completed a reciprocation in either direction up to the stops 47 on the casing I secure to the shaft a toothed segment 48, with which cooperate the oppositely-arranged teeth on a double pawl 49, pivoted at 50 to the top of the casing, said pawl having a slot 51, provided with a projection or shoulder 52, with which cooperates a roller or projection 53 on a yoke 54:, connected to a spring 55, passing around the shaft and fastened to a pin 56, as shown in Figs. 3 and 12, the construction being such that when the arm is at one extreme of its movement, as in full lines in Figs. 1 and 12, the pin 57 on the segment engages the tail of the dog 49, tilting it to the position shown in full lines and causing the left-hand tooth of the dog or pawl to engage with the teeth of the segment, the spring 55 holding it in this position while the lever is moved around, and thereby preventing the backward movement; but when the other extreme of its movement, as in dotted lines, is reached the pin 57 on the other side of the segment will tilt the dog or pawl, causing the right-hand tooth to engageand preventing backward movement.

For the purpose of returning the indicators to normal position after the registration of a vote the rods or straps 15 of all of the indicators are provided with vertically-extending apertures or slots, (see Fig. 18,) through which passes a resetting-bar 60, connected to the bars 61, arranged at the top and bottom of the easing, respectively,and pivoted to guiding-lin ks 62, pivoted to the casing, and the inner ends of the bars 61 are provided with curved fingers 63 and projections 64;, as shown in Figs. 4 and 17. The fingers and projections are located on the upper sides of the lower rods and upon the lower sides of the upper rods and in position to be engaged by pins 65, arranged upon the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the cams 4:0 and -11, said pins, fingers, and projections (it being so relatively arranged that the first movement of the shaft in the direction of the arrows in Figs. 4: and 5 will cause the pins 65 to move around on the fingers 63 without affecting the resetting or returning bar until after the cams have caused the forward-and-rearward motion of the register-frame, and then said pins engaging the projection 64 will move the resettingbars toward the center of the machine, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5, retracting all the ofindicators,and the backward movement of said resetting-bar (caused bya reversed or continued movement of the shaft) will return said bar to normal outward posi' tion. The object in curving the fingers 63, as shown, is in order that the resetting-bar, and thereby the interlocking straps or rods, be held locked while the parts are in the position shown in full lines in Fig. l and the cover is removed from the front of the machine, exposing the indicators. It will be understood that the slots in the straps or rods 16 are sufliciently long to permit the movement of the indicators to indicate a vote without being arrested by said bar, but that when any of the indicators are operated and the ends of their slots are brought close against the resetting-bar, the inward movement of the latter will withdraw the thickened portions of the straps or rods and reset the indicators. The full lines in Figs. 4 and 5 show ISO eat

the position of the parts when the curtain is removed from the front of the casing, and the dotted lines show theparts when in condition for voting.

In machines of this description it is desirable that means be provided for enabling the voter to vote for oragainst certain questionsas appropriationsjor instanceand while two indicators in the same horizontal row may be arranged with interlocking devices between them, as in my before-mentioned application, I prefer in some instances to arrange counters or registers devoted to the questions one above the other, and that a single indicatingarm 1O may serve to indicate a vote for or against the question I arrange upon the stud 70, to which the pointer or indicator is connected, a duplex indicator in the form of the plate 71, (shown in Figs. 3, G, and 7,) substantially straight on one side and having two arms 73 secured thereto, similar to the plates 13, and each having the finger 7t and the shoulder 75, corresponding to the finger 1t and the shoulder of the other indicators, these plates 73 being reversed in position, as shown in the figures mentioned, and being so formed and arranged that when the indicator is moved to indicate, say, a vote for the question, the arm 10 being moved up, as in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the shoulder 75 of the lower arm is moved in position to engage the lower connter-acttnttor and the shoulder 75 of the upper arm is moved away from its actuator, so that when the counter or register frame is moved toward the indicators only one of the registers devoted to this question will be actuated. It will be noted that this same arrangement could be used for indicating votes for candidates if only two are employed. For the purpose of returning all of the questionindicators to normal position I provide upon the front plate 1 a sliding bar 76, having a loop or yoke 77 at one end, through which the resetting-bar passes, Fig. 7, and upon this bar are also provided pins 78, arranged on opposite sides of the pivot of the plate 71, Fig. 6, so that when any of the indicators are operated the bar 76 will be moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7 to bring the end of the loop 77 into engagement with the resetting-bar (50, and when said bar is moved outward the bar 76 will be carried with it, returning all of the question-indicators to normal position, with the pointers between the ballots or cards on the front plate.

As it is sometimes desirable to prevent untaxed voters from voting on questions of appropriations,forinstance,or to otherwiselimit their franchise, I provide means for looking out anynumber of q uestion-indicators, so that voters having different qualifications may vote on the dilferent questions, if desired, and therefore provide a longitudinally progressively movable bar 80, sliding in the end of the casing and guided in a bracket 81 at the inner end, said bar being provided with cutout portions 82, forming shoulders at differwas cut distances from the indicators, on opposite sides, and of varying length, Fig. 0, these outout portions being adapted normally to receive the portions 79 of the arms attached to the plates 71 when the bar 80 is in normal position, (shown in full lines in Fig. 6;) but when said rod is moved outward one unit, which maybe represented byan aperture 83, through which a locking-pin St is passed, the solid portion or a shoulder of the bar will be brought opposite the portions 79 of the first plate 71, and if the bar 80 is moved upward two units the solid portion or shoulder of the rod will be brought opposite the arms of the second plate 71, so as to lock two of the question-indicators,while permitting the third to be actuated to indicate a vote for or against a question, and, if desired, a further movement of the bar will serve to look all of the question-indicators. In order that it may be made apparent to the inspectors or spectators generally which of the questions are locked, I provide in the upper portion of the casing a movable indicator-plate 85, as shown in Fig. 1, connected by a bell-crank lever so with the rod b0 and having upon it suitable indications showing the progressive movement of said rod-as, for instance, indicating the first question is locked, the second question is looked, Inc. This indicator might be dispensed with and the end of the bar S0 serve as an indicating means, if desired.

In order that the voter may cast a ballot for persons not candidates or nominees of the regular parties for which the machine is adapted, I provide a series of irregular-ballot ing devices, one for each row of candidates and interlocked with the regular indicators in such manner that when a vote is indicated for a regular candidate the irregular balloting devices cannot-be operated,and vice versa, and in the present embodiment these irregular balloting devices are in the form of a continnous web of paper arranged upon rollers 90, passing over a supporting-plate J1 and in rear of slots 92, formed in the front plate 1, said slots or apertures being preferably in line with the regular indicators of the candidates to whom the aperture and the corresponding line on the paper are devoted. The rollers 90 have their hearings in open slots formed in the forward sides of plates 03, arranged at the top and bottom of the machine, and said plates are pressed by springs 9-1 toward the front of the machine, bringing the rolls against friction-wheels or disks 95, secured rigidly to the arbor 9l5,journa1ed in plates 97, arranged at the top and bottom of the casing and secured removably thereto in any suitable manner. From this construction it will be seen that when the arbor 96 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 9, the paper-rolls will be rotated by direct frietional contact with the papenweb and the latter withdrawn from one roll and wound upon the other, passing over the support 91 and in rear of the apertures in the front plate.

.As this arbor 06 is intermittently rotated a I operated the latter turns out of the path of the latch or projection 107, so thatthe strap.

distance substantially equal to the length of the slots in the front plate 1 a new surface of paper will be presented at each of the apertures each time said arbor is operated, and

the surface of both the supply and take-up rollers being in contact with the friction-:

wheels they will travel at the same surface speed irrespective of their size, so that the feed will be regular and there is no oppor' tunity for an irregular or insufficient feed of the paper. In order to designate the lines of the paper which are alined with the apertures 92 in the front plate, 1 provide a label plate 98, hinged upon a rod 09, secured to the plates 97 and provided with label-holders indicating the oifice-lines and with pencils or other suitable marking devices 100, Figs. 2 and 9, which latter cause lines to be markedon the paper as it is wound around the winding-roll, said label-plate 98 being moved by springs 08 to hold the pencils in contact with the paper,

The marking devices prevent alterations in the names written on the paper-web Fig. 1.

and. serve to cancel any pasters that may have been applied in lieu of writing to prevent fraudulent manipulation by the officers or others after the paper is removed.

The apertures in the front plate 1 are each provided with a sliding cover-plate 101, guided at one end upon the studs 102 and at the other upon studs 103,'and each plate is provided with an aperture 104, corresponding to the aperture in the plate 1, and also with'an operating tongue or handle 105, preferably projecting through the slot 92 in the plate 1. The outer ends of the covcr-plates are provided with an ear or projection 106, and the inner ends are bent outward from the front plate 1 in order to make them slightly elastic and are provided with a catch projection or tongue 107, as shown in Figs. 0 and 8, ar-

ranged to engage with the beveled or catch end 108 of a catch-lever 109, pivoted on the stud 103, said lever having a pin 110 thereon operating in the looped or slotted end of the interlocking straps or rods 110, having enlargements on their ends and interlocked with the indicators for the regular party nominees, as shown in Fig. 6. The latch connections between the levers 109 and the cover-plates 10]. are such that when said plates are moved from their normal position, Fig. 8, to bring the slot 10iin line with the aperture 02 in the plate 1 the tongue 107 will engage with the end 108 of the lever 100, turn said lever on its pivot, and draw the enlarged end of the interlocking strap 116 between the stationary blocks or abutments 10 of the interlocking devices, and thereby prevent the operation of any of the regular indicators in the same group or line, so as to indicate a vote for a candidate for the same oflice; The lever is so arrai'iged that a very slight movement of the cover-plate will cause its opera tion, and after the strap or rod 116 has been cannot be forced out from between the interlocking blocks by the manipulation of the cover-plate. The loop on the end of the strap 116, in which the pin 110 operates, would prevent the movement of the interlocking wedge end from between the stops 19 even if there should be sufticient friction between the tongue 107 and lever 108 to move the latter backward and before its release from said tongue. From this construction it will be understood that upon opening one of the slots to write a name upon the paper in rear thereof the voter locks the regular-vote indicators, and he may then Write upon the paper his choice of a candidate for the office to which the line is devoted; but he can do this only once, as the paper is not wound forward to bring a new surface in position until he has manipulated the operating le ver 43 and leaves the proximity of the front of the machine.

111 I indicates a cover-plate-resetting bar extending vertically at the end of the casing and attached to the ends of links 112, the inner ends of which are pivoted at 113 to the cams or disks 40 $1 on the main oscillating shaft 42, Figs. 9 and 10, and at each oscillation of said shaft the resetting-bar is moved inward and engages the ends 106 of the coverplates and slides all of the latter back to normal position; but before this resetting is accomplished the straps 116 of the interlocking device and the levers 109 have been returned to normal position, Fig. 0, by the movement of the resettingbartSO, and the spring ends and catches 107 on the inner ends of the cover-plates will as the covers are moved engage the beveled ends of the levers 109 and, springing slightly, pass them, so that the next opening movement will operate the interlocking devices asbefore, thenormal position of these parts being shown in Figs. 6 and 8.

It is desirable that the web of paper or recording medium be wound upon the re ceiving-roll a distance equal to the length of one of the slots 92 in the front plate only when one of the cover-plates 101 has been removed to indicate an irregular vote, as if the rollers were rotated continuously or with every movement of the indicating device too much paper would be consumed, as votesfor irregular candidates are the exception and not the rule. This arrangement also enables me to use the irregular devices in groups embodying more than one of them with or without the regular indicators, because as all of the irregular ballots cast will come in the same vertical column on the paper-web any fraudulent voting, as casting two votes for the same person, could readily be detected by the officers when counting or canvassing'the votes on the web of paper. A further advantage incident to the use of a single web of paper is that in case any attempt were made to mutilate or tear the paper through any aperture or apertures such mutilation could only atTect the portion there exposed, and the web could not be torn to prevent its proper operation.

In the present embodimentof myinvention the paper-operating spindle 96 is provided at the lower end of a disk 117, provided with pins and projections 118, with which engages l the hooked end of a hook bar or member 119, pivoted at 120 to the lower link 112 of the covenresetting device, said hooked member resting normally against the front plate 1 and out of the path of projections 118, so that althottgh it is reciprocated each time the shaft 42 isoscillated it will not necessarily actuate the disk 117 and the arbor 0o; but when any one of the covers is moved to the right, as in Fig. 10, the tongue 107 thereon will engage with a movable member or wing 1'31, pivoted on a rod 122, (extending in the path of the projections on all of the cover-plates,) and will turn said wing from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 9 to tltat shown in dotted lines in said figure and also in full lines in Fig. 10, and the finger 1'23, attached to or forming part of the wing, will engage the hooked member 119 and move it toward the arbor 96, causing its hooked end to engage one of the pins 118. connected to the arbor, so that the next inward movement of the hooked member will turn the arbor and move the paper a distance equal to the length of the aperttt res 92 in the front plate. in order to pre vent the movement of the arbor he by a manipulation ot' the paper through a slot, I provide a locking member in the form of a bar 124, pivoted to the link 111 at 120, said locking member projecting in the path of pins 118 when the front of the machine is covered by the curtain and the links 112 are in the position shown in Fig. 10.

The paper-operating devices are shown in full lines in Fig. 9 in the position they assume when the operating-lever is moved to the left and the curtain is removed from the front of the casing, as in Fig. 1, and the dotted lines in said Fig. 9 sltow the position of the parts after the operating-lever has been moved in the opposite direction,the front plate covered, and one of the covers of the irregular-voting apertures removed, thereby throwing the hooked member into engagement with the projections 118 on the paper-feeding arbor.

It will be understood that the wing 121 will be returned by the hooked member 115) to the position in full lines in Fig. 9, as said member is carried around in the arc of a circle having the arbor 96 as a center.

If desired, instead of causing the disks 15 on the arbor 9b to engage both of the paperrolls it can be arranged to engage only the winding-roll, the other one being loose and its operation retarded by the friction in its bearings alone.

The doors 3, 4-, 5, and 6 at the back of the casing are preferably arranged in pairs and hinged upon the rods 130, the two

outer doors

3 and 6 being provided with suitable keylocks 131, and the door 5 overlaps the edge of the door 4 and is provided with the vertically-movable bolts 132, actuated by the handle 133,as in my prior applicatiomthe upper bolt being adapted to be engaged by the plate 1S. of the key-lock 135, arranged at the top of the casing This plate 131-, when disengaged front the bolt 132, is projected into the slot 136, formed in the upper disk 40 on the shaft t2, the parts being so arranged that when the rear doors ":1: and 5 are unlocked the shaft 4-2 is locked, so as to prevent the fraud t1- lent mauipulation of the machine, with the curtain removed from the frontof the machine and the resetting-bars (i0 and 111 moved inward to prevent the manipulation of the cover-plates or of any of the indicators for the regularly-nominated candidates.

I prefer that the indicators be arranged, as shown, on the front plate 1 of the casing, in order that the party and oifice rows may be maintained,so that illiterate voters may not be distranchised,and each horizontal row is denominated a series, because the indicators therein are interlocked, and each of these series also includes an irregular voting device; bttt by the use of the adjustablestops 19,constituting part of the interlocking devices between members of the series, the series may be extended by the inclusion of one or more horizontal rows of indicators and also the irregular voting devices therein,and thus a multicandidate group formed,in which any predetermined nu mber of regularor nominated candidates and irregular or utmominated persons may be voted for.

In order that the total number of persons voting on the machine may be registered, I provide in the upper portion of the casing a register 150, similar to the others or of any suitable construction, having an actuating member 151, pivotallyorotherwise connected to the tnain register-frame 23; but as the reg isterframe is rcciprocated twice for each voter this actuator cooperates with a toothed wheel 152, that is geared to the units-wheel of the register 150, so that two reciprocations of the frame will be required to indicate one on the total-register.

The general operation of the machine is the same as that in my prior atiiplication, the normal position of the parts being that shown in Fig. 1, with the front plate exposed and the curtain thrown back and all of the parts locked, and when the voter is in front of the casing he draws the handle around, covering the ntachine with the curtain, then indicates his vote and swings the curtain back to first position, registering his ballots and locking t the parts.

1 have not shown herein a multicandidate group formed nor all of the ballot-iudicators that would be required on a full party ticket; but it will be understood that more indicators and registers eottld be employed and the groups formed by the adjustment of the stops 1D. 1 have shown also in Fig. 1

straight-party levers 155 for actuating all of the indicators in a vertical party line, but have not shown the details, as this device is embodied in my prior application, and I make no claim to any part of it herein.

Ido not claim herein the construction of the regular-ballot indicators, or, broadly, means for operating them, or the curtain or barrier connected so as to cause the relative movements of registers and actuators, as these features are claimed in my prior pending application.

In order that the plates 71 lot the duplexqnestions indicators may be prevented from beingaccidentally moved,I provide a frictionspring 71 arranged between their lower ends and the front plate 1 of the casing, as shown in Fig. (i, said spring being connected to said plate 1 in any suitable manner, as at the ends, and in the present arrangement one spring will serve for all of the indicators shown, but separate springs could be employed, if desired.

I do not claim herein a removable frame carrying the paper-web holding and feeding devices, as this is embodied and claimed in a pending application,

I claim as my in vention 1. In a voting-machine, the combination with a series of registers, a series of ballotindicators devoted to regular candidates and freely movable into and out of cooperative relation with their corresponding registers, of a device for voting forirregularor unnominatcd persons, embodyinga casinghaving an aperture, and a movable cover-plate normally covering said aperture, interlocking devices between the regular-ballot indicators and the cover-plate of the irregular-voting device to prevent the operation of more than a predetermined number, said interlocking devices being actuated either by movement of the indicators or the movement of the cover-plate in uncovering the aperture, and operating devices for causing the simultaneous relative movement of the indicators and their registers, and returning operated cover-plates to normal position over the aperture.

2. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing having a series of apertures therein, a plurality of series of registers, one for each candidate, a plurality of series of corresponding ballot-indicators movable freely into and out of cooperative relation with their registers, interlocking devices for limiting the number of indicators in each series operable by a single voter, and operatingdevices for simultaneously actuating the registers whose indicators have been operated, of irregular-voting devices embodying a plurality of movable covers, one for each of the apertures in the casing and normally covering said apertures, one of said covers being interlocked with the indicators devoted to candi I dates for each office, a paper-web supporting device being normally disconnected from the register-operating devices, and connecting mechanism controlled by the covers for connecting the register-operating devices with the web-feeding device when any one of the covers is moved to open its aperture.

3.111 a voting-machine, the combination with a series of registers, a series of ballotindicators devoted to regular candidates and freely movable into and out of cooperative re lation with their corresponding registers, of a device for voting for irregular or unnominated persons embodying a casing having anaperture and a-movable cover-plate normally covering said aperture, interlocking devices between the ballot-indicators and the coverplate of the irregular-voting device operating to limit the total number of indicators and covers operated, a movable ballot-receiving strip, such as paper, arranged within the casing and accessible through the aperture, means for moving it, operating devices for causing the simultaneous relative movement of the registers and indicators, and connections between said devices, the cover-plates, and thepaper-operating devices for causing their simultaneous operation.

4. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing having a plurality of votingapertures therein, a pair of paper-rollers and actuating devices for operating them, but normally disconnected-therefrom, of the movable covers for the voting-apertures accessible to the voter, a movable plate or Wing inaccessible to the voter and devices for actuating the same actuated by the movement of any of the cover-plates and serving to connect the paper-feed roller with its actuating device.

5. In a votingmachine, the combination with the casing, having a series of votingapertures therein, a papenfeeding device arranged within the casing and adapted to move a webof paper past the apertures, operating mechanism for actuating the paper-feeding devices normally disconnected therefrom, of a series of covers, one for each aperture, a movable bar or wing inaccessible to the voter actuated by the movement of any of the covers for operatively connecting the paper-feeding devices with their operating mechanism, and a cover-resetting device.

6. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having a series of votingapertures therein, a paper-feeding device arranged Within the casing and adapted to move a web of paper past the apertures, and operating mechanism foractuating the paper-feeding devices, but normally disconnected therefrom, of a series of covers, one for each aperture, a movable plate or Wing inaccessible to the voter actuated by the movement of any of the covers adapted,\vlien moved by a cover, to connect the paper-feeding devices with their operating mechanism, and a cover-reset- I ting bar.

7. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having a series of votingapertures therein, a paper-feeding device arranged within the casing and adapted to move a web of paper past the apertures, and a movable member for actuating the paper-feeding devices normally disconnected therefrom, of a series of covers, one for each aperture, a movable plate or wing inaccessible to thevoter actuated by the movement of any of the covers adapted, when moved by a cover, to connect the movable member with the paperfeeding device, and a cover-resetting bar connected to the movable member.

8. In a voting-machine, the combination with a series of regular-ballot indicators, a series of corresponding registers controlled thereby, of a casing having a plurality of apertures for irregular ballots, a single web of paper in rear of said apertures, and feeding devices therefor, movable covers for said apertures, interlocking devices between the covers and the regular indicators for candidates for the same office for preventing the operation of more than a predetermined number of covers or regular indicatorsin the same series, a means for operating the paper-web-feeding devices normally disconnected from it, and connections inaccessible to the voter between said web-feeding devices and the covers, whereby when any of the latter are operated to expose the web, the operating devices are connected to the web-feeding devices.

9. In a voting-machine, the combination with a series of regular-ballot indicators and a series of corresponding registers controlled thereby, of a casing having a plurality of apertures for irregular ballots, a single web of paper in rear of said apertures, and feeding devices therefor, movable covers for said apertures, interlocking devices between the covers and the regular indicators for candidates for the same oliice for preventing the operation of more than a predetermined number of covers or indicatorsin the same series, a means for operating the web-feeding devices normally disconnected from it, connections inaccessible to the voter between said web'feeding devices, their operating means and the covers, whereby when a cover is operated to expose the paper the operating devices are connected to the feeding devices, means for operating the registers whose indicators have been operated, and means for resetting the covers and indicators to normal position.

10. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having the voting-aperture therein, the rotary shaft, a paper-feed roll actuated thereby, a wheel on the shaft having teeth or projections, and the reciprocating and laterally-movable hook-bar for engaging the projections, of the cover for the aperture accessible to the voter, and connections inaccessible to the voter between said plate and the hook-bar for moving the latter into engagement with the wheel when the cover-plate is operated.

11. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing and balloti11dicating devices therein and accessible from the front, of a horizontal curtain-guide, a curtain or barrier movable on said guide in front of the casing, an arm connected to said curtain for operating it, a resetting device cooperating with the ballot-indicators, and connections between said arm and the resetting device whereby, when the curtain is removed from the front of the casing, the indicators are locked from operation. I

12. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing having a voting-aperture therein, a movable cover for said aperture accessible to the voter and having a projection thereon, of a paper-roll in the casing, actuating devices for said roll embodying a wheel having projections or teeth, a reciprocating and swinging hook, a movable plate or wing inaccessible to the vote actuated by the cover for moving the hook to engage the projections on the wheel.

13. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having an irregular-voting aperture therein, a cover for said aperture, a series of regular-ballot indicators, a series of longitudinally-movable wedge straps or rods, one for each regular indicator, and one for the cover-plate, stops for preventing the operation of more than a predetermined nu mber of straps or rods, and a detachable latch connection between the cover and its wedgestrap operating to move the wedge on the latter between the stationary stops but permitting the cover to move freely in the opposite direction.

14. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing having a voting-aperture therein, a movable cover for said aperture, a series of regular-ballot indicators, interlocking devices between the regular indicators and the cover, and a detachable latch connection between the cover and the interlocking devices, whereby the interlocking of the regular indicators and the cover will be accomplished when the cover is moved in one direction until the machine is reset,and means for returning the cover and interlocking devices to normal position.

15. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing having a voting-aperture, a movable cover for said aperture, a series of regular ballot indicators, interlocking devices between the regular indicators and the cover embodying a movable rod or strap for each, a resetting-bar for resetting the rods or straps after actuation, a latch connection between the cover and its rod or strap, and means for resetting the cover after actuation.

16. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing having an aperture, a movable cover for said aperture, having the yielding portion and the projection thereon, of the movable locking rod or strap, the lever connected thereto and adapted to be engaged by the projection on the cover.

17. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casin g, having an aperture, and a movable cover for said aperture, of a movable locking rod or strap, a lever adapted to be engaged by the cover and having a loose con- ,nection with the strap.

18. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing, having an aperture and a mo vable cover for said aperture, having the yielding portion and the projection thereon, of a movable locking rod or strap, the pivoted lever loosely engaging the strap and adapted to be engaged by the projection on the cover, and means for resetting the rod and the cover independently.

19, In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having a plurality of irregular-voting apertures, movable covers for said apertures, a plurality of series of independent regular-hallot-indicating devices and registers corresponding to the latter, but normally unconnected therewith,of a movable member, such as an interlocking rod or strap, for each cover and each regular indicator, and adjustable means for grouping said members to prevent the eperation of more than a predetermined number in each group, means for supporting and simultaneously feeding a single web of paper common to all of the voting-apertures controlled by the covers, mechanism for simultaneously actuating the registers whose indicators have been operated, resetting devices for the operated covers, and resetting devices for the ball0t-indieators and the movable members of the covers.

20. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing having a voting-aperture, a cover-plate for said aperture, and. paper-feeding devices Within the casing embodying a wheel or disk having projections thereon, of a reciprocating hook for engaging said proj ection, means operated by the cover-plate for causing the engagement of the hoolgand means for locking the paper feeding devices from operation excepting when the hook is moved.

21. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, a series of ballot-indicators, a series of registers, and a movable frame for the latter, of the supporting and guiding arms pivoted to said frame and casing and swinging in a vertical plane, and means for moving the register-frame on said supports.

22. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, aseries of ballot-indicators, a series of registers, and a movable frame for the latter, of the yoke resting on the casing swinging in a vertical plane, and carrying the register-frame, and the rotary cams engaging the register-frame to move it toward and from the indicators.

23. In a voting machine, the combination with the casing, a series of ballot-indicators, a series of registers, and a registenframe, of the yokes pivoted to the casing and to the frame and swinging in a vertical plane, the

shaft and cams thereon engaging the frame to move it on the yokes.

24. In a voting-machine, the combination with a registenframe, and a plurality of registers thereon, each having an actuating mem ber, of a support, a movable ballot-indicator having a plurality of shoulders or projections thereon, corresponding to the registers, either but not both of said shoulders being freely movable into and out of cooperative relation with the actuating member of its correspondiug register, and means for causing the relative movements of the register-frame and support. 25. In a voting-machine, the combination with a register-frame, and a plurality of registers thereon, each having an actuating member, ofa support, a movable ballot-indicator thereon having a plurality of shoulders or projections corresponding to the registers, either but not both of said shoulders being movable into cooperative relation with the actuating member of its corresponding register, a resettingdevice for returning the indicator to normal position out of cooperative relation with any registenactuating member, means for operating the resetting device, and means forcausing the relative movements of the registecframe and support to actuate the indicated registers.

26. In a voting-machine, the combination with a registenframe, two registers thereon, each having an actuating member, of a support, a rotary ballotindicator on the support having two shoulders or projections, either but not both of which may be brought into cooperative relation with its corresponding register, means for causing the relative movements of the frame and support to actuate the indicated registers, and a resettin device for the indicator.

27. In a votingunachine, the combination with a register-frame, two registers thereon, each having an actuating member, of a sup port, a rotary ballot indicator thereon having two shoulders or projections, either but not both of which are adapted to be moved into cooperative relation with its corresponding register at the same time, a movable resetting-bar having projections engaging the indicator on both sides of its pivot to return it to normal position, and means for operating the support and register-frame relatively to cause the actuation of the indicated registers.

28. In a voting-machine, the combination with a plurality of ballot-indicators, of a progressivelyunovable locking-bar for the indicators arranged to coope 'ate with and maintain the latter in locked position successively as it is moved in one direction.

29. In a voting-machine, the combination with a plurality of oscillatory ballot-indicators, of a progressively-moving locking bar for the indicators having shoulders arranged to engage and maintain the indicators in locked position successively as it is movedin one direction to prevent the operation of one or more of them.

30. I11 a voting-machine, the combination with a duplex oscillatory ballot-indicator, movable in two directions from a central position, of a movable locking member having shoulders or projections arranged when moved in one position to engage and prevent the operation of said indicator in either direction.

31. In a voting-machine, the combination with a plurality of duplex oscillatory ballotindicators movable in two directions from a central position, of a progressively-movable 1ocking-bar having shoulders or projections arranged when moved in one direction to suecessively engage the indicators and prevent their movement in either direction, and a resetting-bar for returning operated indicators to normal central position.

32. In a voting-machine, the combination with a plurality of ballot-indicators, of a progressively-movable locking member for cooperating with them and successively preventing their operation, and a sign or indicator connected to said member for denoting which of said indicators are locked from operation.

33. In a voting-machine, the combination with a support, a plurality of ballot-indicators thereon, a register-frame and registers thereon corresponding to theindicators, of the oscillatory cam engaging the register-frame and having the pin (35 thereon, the resetting-rod for the indicators, the bar 61 operating said rod having the curved linger G3 and projection 6;, substantially as described.

34. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing-support, ballot-indicators thereon, the movable register-frame, and the oscillatory cams for actuating it toward and from the support, of the operating-lever connected to and moving with said cams, and a curtain or cover for the indicators connected to said lever and operated thereby.

35. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, 1 he ballot-indicators thereon, the movable register-frame, and the oscillatory cams for actuating it, of the operatinglever connected to and moving with the cams, locking devices for preventing the return of the lever until it has been moved the full distance in either direction, and resetting devices for the indicators also operated by the lever.

36. In an interlocking device for votingmachines, a rod orstrap formed of sheet metal and havinga tongue punched out from it on one or both sides to thicken the strap at this point.

37. In an interlocking device for registering-machines, and in combination with limiting-stops, a strap arranged to operate between said stops having the tongue extending therefrom on one or both sides, and a supporting-piece arranged beneath said tongue to thicken the strap at this point.

to operate it, of the toothed segment connected to said handle, the reversible double pawl a9 having the projection 52, the yoke 54 cooperating therewith, and the spring 55 for operating the yoke.

39. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing, having the voting-apertures therein, separate movable covers one for each of the apertures, a plurality of series of ballot indicating and registering mechanism, of paper-rolls containing a single web of paper common to all of the apertures, operating devices inaccessible to the voter for moving the paper when any of the covers are operated, and interlocking devices between the covers and indicating and registering devices.

40. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing, having apertures therein, separate covers one for each of said apertures, of a single web of paper arranged in proximity to all said apertures, operating devices for operating the paper web, and connections inaccessible to the voter between the covers and said operating devices for feeding the paper when any of the covers are operated.

41. In a voting-machine, the combination with a casing, a plurality of regular-ballot indicators and registers therefor arranged in ol'iice and party series, of an irregular-voting device embodying apertures in the casing, and separate covers therefor, one for each office series, a single web of paper in proximity to all of the apertures and feeding-rollers for said paper, means for simultaneously operating the regular registers and the paper-feeding rollers.

a2. In a voting-machine, the combination with the casing, having voting devices thereon, of the curved curtain-guide hinged to the casing and arranged to be turned parallel therewith or at an angle thereto, and a curtain movable on said guide.

4-3. In a voting-machine the combination with a plurality of movable regular-ballot indicators, an irregular or independent indicator movable into and out of voted position, and interlocking mechanism between the indicators for preventing more than a predetermined number from simultaneously occupying voted position, said regular indicators being capable of movementinto and out of voted position, without recording a vote, and said irregular indicator operating the interlocking mechanism when moved in one direction only.

at. In a voting-niachine the combination with a casing having an aperture and a recording-surface arranged in the casing and adapted to be exposed through said aperture, and a cover for said aperture, of means for intermittently moving said recording-surface and a loose connection between the cover and said means, which causes the cover to connect 1o said regular indicators being capable of move ment into and out of voted position Without recording a ballot and said cover being mov able into and out of voted position but capable of operating the interlocking mechanism when moved in one direction only.

ALFRED J. GILLESPIE;

\Vil'nesses:

G. WILLARD RICH, GRACE A. RODA.