US660919A - Voting-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 660,919. Patented Oct. 30, |900. C. H. OCUMPAUGH.

VOTING MACHINE.

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No. 660,9I9. Patented Oct. 30, |900. C. H. OCUMPAUGH.

VOTING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. OCUMPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

VOTING-MACHINE.

sPEoi'F'ICATI'oN forming part ef Lettere Patent No. 660,919, netten october 30, 1900.

Application filed October 2, 1900.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I ,OHARLEs H. OCUMPAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the State of New York, have invented certain Im provements in Voting-Machines, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in voting-machines, which improvements are fully describedand illustrated in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereof being specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a partial front view. Fig. 2 represents the belt or band in process of formation. Fig. 3 represents the belt. Fig. 4 is a modification. Fig. 5 represents an aperture in the faceplate with a flap folded outward, and Fig. 6 a view illustrative of the registering mechanism. p

A represents the face-plate B, the registeroperating lever; C, the aperture in the faceplate, and D the cover or slide by which the aperture is closed. The lever and slide are interlocked in any suitable way-such, for instance, as that shown in my pending application, Serial No. 31,632, filed October 1, 1900.

Any suitable construction of the register or the resetting or other mechanism of a voting-machine may be employed.

When the irregular cover D is opened, the lever B is locked. Opening the cover discloses a movable or traveling belt E, which is moved forward one step after each irregular voting operation. This belt is made of paper or other suitable fabric of two or more thicknesses, the front ply of which is cut so that a flap on leaf F may be turned outward, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5. The rear side of the Hap is thus made accessible to the voter, as well as the outside, and also the front surface of the second ply. In Figs. 2 and 3 the belt is represented as made of a strip of paper folded lengthwise and having the iiaps cut in one portion, which becomes the outside. The edges are secured by gumming. In Fig. Je the liap F is pasted onto the belt, the pasted portion making the front ply. The names of the regular candidates can be printed on either Serial No. 31,749. m0 mOdel-J the inside or outside of the flap or on the front of the second ply.

To vote irregularly, the voter cancels one or more of the names found on the belt or flap and writes on the front ply or on the liap the name or names of the persons he wishes elected.

In some cases the printing on the belt may be omitted.

` The names of the regular candidates are displayed on the face-plate near the registering-lever. The names may be printed on separat-e sheets and pasted on the belt.

By my invention the voter is allowed space enough to register his wishes.

The mechanism for moving the belt may be arranged as shown in my said pending application and as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the annexed drawings.

I claim- 1. In a voting-machine an apertured faceplate in combination with a belt having one or more leaves or flaps accessible to the voter through an aperture, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination in a voting-machine having a register-operating device on its face to indicate a vote for party nominees whose names appear on the face, and a movable belt or band having one or more of said names appearing thereon before insertion of the belt into the machine and a blank space for the placing of a name by the voter, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a voting-machine, a movable vote-receiving belt having more than one ply, and provided with means adapted to admit registering of the voters choice directly on one or more of the plies of the belt, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a votingmachine a movable vote-receiving belt having leaves or flaps capable of being turned outward from the face of the belt, as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a voting-machine, a single register and register-operating device for the registry of a vote for more than one of the party nominees for the same oce, the names of said nominees appearing on the face of the machine, in combination with a movable irregular-vote-receiving band having the said names appearing thereon previous to insertion of the belt into the maehine, as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a voting-machine, a vote-receiving belt having leaves or flaps attached thereto, said leaves or flaps having the name of one or more of the party nominees thereon, as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A voting-machine having the names of candidates appearing thereon, in combination with an irregular voting device having the saine names thereon, the names on the irregular device being aoeessible to the voter up to the final moment of voting.

8. A voting-maehine having one or more naines of candidates shown alike previous to votin gin both a party-Column and the irregular space for the same ofiee, as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a voting-machine, the combination of a easing having an aperture thereinyan irregular voting device Comprising a belt having the same naine in more than one place thereon, and means for moving said names past the aperture.

IO. In a voting-machine, a movable vote-receiving ljelt having the same name in more than one place thereon said naine appearing thereon before the belt is inserted into the ina-chine, in combination with a face-plate havingan aperture therein of a size sufficient to read the said naine and at the saine time to allow the placing on the belt ol another name, as and for the purpose Set forth.

CHARLES H. OCUMPAUG-H.

Witnesses z GEORGE A. GILLETTE, C. G. GRANNELL.

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