US960020A - Voting-machine. - Google Patents

Description

G. JHNSN.

VOTING' MACHINE.

APPLIGATIONHLBD AUG.12,1905. 960,020. Patented May 31, 1910.

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G. JOHNSON.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 12, 1905.

Patented May 31, 1910.4

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Patented May 31, 1910.

G. JOHNSON.

VOTING MACHINE. APPLICATION :FILED MG12, 1905.

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lv/V/T/VESSES G. JOHNSON.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.12, 190s.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

lGrUSIAF JOHNSON, OF PIGEON COVE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSGNOR TO FRANCIS J. V.

. DAKIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VOTINGMACH IINE.

Specification ot Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed August 12, 1905. Serial No. 273,914.

To all whom fitmay macero: l

Be it known -that'I, GUsTAF JOHNSON, a citizen of the'United States, anda resident of Pigeon Cove, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Votin Machine, of which the followin is a ful clear, and' exact description, re erence being made therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to voting machines wherein errors-in voting can be corrected by the voter without prejudicing his vote, at any time before he leaves the v oting booth, and whereby group voting, in its widest scope, is made possible wit-hout chance of fraud o1l errors, and is an improvement upon my voting machine' covered by Letters-Pat-- ent No. 737,412, and dated August 25, 1903.

In connection with the above noted improvements, I have provided new and improved mechanism for the entrance and exit levers, which is- Afully described, but not claimed herein, as itv formsthe subject matter of another application of even date yherewith. I also provide means for automatically-registering the total number of voters using the machine, thereby doing away with vthe uncertainty caused by some voters voluntarily negleetingto avail themselves of their full privilege. For illustration, some voters may not care Ato cast a ballot for ma or, others will pass over the clerk, etc.,

an consequently it would be difficult to determine .from the dials hon7 many persons had voted, were it not for this improvement. There are other minor improvements which will appear in thc following detailed description, and which are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form art of this specification, and in which simiar reference characters are used for the same parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a general perspective view of my improved voting machine; Fi 2 is a partial rear elevation of same, wlth parts removed here and there, for greater clearness Fig. 3 is a vertical section corresponding to line 3--3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a partial )lan section 'corresponding to `line 4% of "i r. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detai of a portion of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is an cnlarged view of a.` portion ofthemachine as seen in Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is .an enlarged rear view of the mechanism around one voting i spindle, as seen in Fig.'2; Fi 8 is a partial View of the front or voting ace of the madetail corresponding to line 9-9 of Fig. 5; FigsvlO and 11 are`sectional details showing the mechanism for the entrance and e'xit levers, and correspond respectivelyto lines 10-10 and 11-11 'of Fig. 2; Fig. 12 is a partial sectional plan view corresponding to line 12-12 of 3; Fig. 13 is a perspective detail of -tportions of the votin spindle ,and key; Fig. 14 is a rear view o one of my registering devices with the counting dials removed; Fig. 15 is a section on line 15-15 of Fig. 14; Fig. 1G is a section on line 16-16 ot Fig. 14; Fig. 17 is a detail of the counting dal for number of voters.

In the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, it a willlbe noticed that the first vertical column to the left is reserved for straight partyvoting, except the lowest space, which is blank. The lowest horizontal row is forth@ purpose of voting for candidates whose names are not mounted in the spaces C. The spindles controlling this row of spaces operate rolls of paper within box B, whereonthe desired this pur ose is the same as shownin Letters- Patent l\'o. 737,412, and claimed thereunder, and will not befurther described in this application, reference being hereinv made to said patent. The spaces C are covered with a transparent shield, preferably of mica, behind which is a card bearing the name of `one candidate. These names are inserted' from the back of xthe machine when it is being prepared for-'an election, and after arranging the group mechanlsm as deslred,

is prevented by lockingthe casing 1, until the closing of the polls. l In this way the voters-control over the machine' is limited to the legitimate use of key A and the writv ing on paper in box B, My voting machine is mountedl on a Suitably constructed casing 1, arranged in a booth or like structure, and theentrance is guarded by an entrance-lever 2 arranged at one end of the casing, and an exit-lever 3, located at the other end of the casing, the voter standin 'in front of the casing be# tween the sai levers when-voting. The enchine, as seen in Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is a sectionalname can be written. The mechanism forall further access to the rear of the machine trance-lever 2 is normally; ina lowermostf position, an'dwhen the voter desiresto vote,

he raises the lever 2 which unlocksthe voting mechanism to permit voting and then steps in front oil' the casing, the lever 2 immediately swinging back to its normally horizontal position. rllhereafter the lever 2 may be raised at any time before lever 3 is rai.,cd without all'ecting the voting mechanism in any way. In .leaving the booth after voting, the voter raises the exit-lever 3 which resets the voting mechanism and sets the ent-rance lever 2 to. permit the entrance of another voter.- These levers 2 and 3 work alternately, and when one is set the other may be moved up and down freely without affecting the voting mechanism, but when the set lever is operated, the other lever iin-- mediately thereby comes into engagement with. the voting mechanism, is set, and the operated lever is loose.

In order to accomplish the above results, I provide the following described mechanism, special reference being` made oFigs. 2, Il, 10 and 11. r1`he entrance-lever is fulerumed at 5 in a suitable .support t5, secured to the. outside of the easing 1 and at its pivoted end is turned to form a short arm 7, n

the end of w'hich is connected to a lockinghook 8 within the casing 1 by a link. S) which extends through a slot in thecasing 1. The locking-hook 8, pivoted in a support 10, has its lower end provided with a tension spring 11, for the purpose of retaining theloekinghook 8 in a locked position when possible. IVhen locked, the locking-hoolcS engages the upper face of a transversely extending arm 13, iixedly mounted on zthe shaft lat, which extends .longitudinally within the cas. ing 1. To the end of the arm 13 is attached a tension spring 15, secured at. its other end to a bracket 16 on the casing 1, in such a manner that when the locking-lmok is disengaged from the upper face of the arm 13, the spring 15 contracts and 'draws vup the arm,thus turningl the shaft 141-. Vi'vl'ien the voter is about to enter the voting booth, he swings the lever 2 upwardly, thus drawing out the link E) and drawing the lockinghook S. from engagement with the aru113, which permits the spring 15 to draw up tl arm 13, and turn the shaft 14- through an are of about 90o.

Referringto Fig. 11 it will be. noticed by the dotted lines, that the upward motion of arm 13 is limited as shown, by reason of the fact that further contraction of spring 15 must be on the axis passing through the center of shaft 14 and bracket 1b, or in other words, when arm 13 reaches this dotted position, motion either vay is against the ac; tion of spring 15. In this way the shock due to a sudden stop is eliminated, and the life of the parts is prolonged. Raising the lever through an arc'of 30 is-sutiicient to release the arm 13 from the loek1ug-hook and accomplish this' result. yThe balance of the movement of level' 2 has no effect upon themachine. r1`he voter then passes in front of the voting-booth and drops the lever 2 which immediately falls back to a horizontal position. The swinging motion ofthe lever 2 is limited and for this purpose the l-ever moves between two segments 18, 1S, and is restricted by two pins 19,. 20, the upper piu 19 being placed in such a position as to prcvent the lever-2 being raised to a vertical position, and thereby insure its return to a horizontal position. through the force of gravity when released by the voter. In Fig. 11 it will be noticed that the lower or sector portion of arm 13 is adapted to hold hook S in its withdrawn position duringthe time that said arm is up; consequently, means must be provided whereby lever 2 can be lowered while hook 3 is thus withdrawn. This is accomplished by cutting a slot in the inner end of link 9, and is sluiwn in Fig. 2.

Then the voter is through voting, he swings the lever 3 upwardly and thereby 'auscs the shaft-21 upon which it is mounted, and which extends through the casing and rotates in a standard '22, to turn.` Upon thc shaft 21 is fixed a cam 24 which engages an arm lixed upon thc shaft 'l-t, and when the shaft. 21 is turned by the raising of the lever 3, the shaft 11 is also rotated through the medium of the cam 24 and the arm 2' in a direction opposite to the direction in which it was rotated .when it was released by the raising of the lever 2. As the shaft il is thus turned, the locking-hook 3 again engages the upper surface of the arm 13 and locks the shaft .ll in thatv position so that it cannot be released except by raising 'the lever The voter then passes out and the lcvcr 3 drops back to a horizontal position. The machine is then prepared for the next votc. The swinging motion of the lever 3 is limited by a guideway 28 in which it moves, the ends of' which form stops for the lever in a similar manner as in the case of lever 2. The guideway 23 is preferably formed in casing 2t).

Referring to Fig. 10 it will be .seen that cam 211 impinges against arm 25 during the entire time of swinging of lever 3, and furnishes a lock which prevents lever 2 from operating the voting parts while lever 3 is up. This is advisable to prevent premature raising` of levcn2 from locking arm 25 behind cam 2l, in which case the machine would have to be opened and the parts repla-ced. I prefer to provide levers 2 and 3 with locks 2a and 3LL for use ivlieirthe luachine is not in service.

On the shaft 14, are secured aplurality of transversely extending 4arms 30, for controlling, locking, unlocking and setting the voting devices arranged inthe easing 1 and` actuated by= the voter using a- .key on a key- 4spi-tulle :40, extending transversely, and

mounted to turn in lsuitable bearings arranged in the frontof thecasing 1. key-spindles 40 are arranged in vertical rows, shown in Fig-1, and on the casing l at thetop of each row is a legend 41 indi-V eating straight tickets, oflices of candidates -tofbe voted for, licenses, schools, etc., the

ing the corresponding key-spindle in the dles in the whole casing become locked and hence the .voter cannot turn' any other keyspindle in the casing.

Incase the voter does not vote a straight ticket, he can turn' in each row, following vertically, as' many key-spindles as there'are persons-'to bepelected for the corresponding offices-that is, for instance,A for mayor, a single voter, can only turnone of the keyspindles 40, as only one mayor is to be voted for. In case three members of the school com` The three'rows marked School are pro- 'vided with ke -spindles 50, having a different key slot or the use of a ldifferent key in the hands of a female voter, so that a' fem-ale voter can vote under schoot but cannot use the key 1n any other row.

. .Referring to Fig. 13 it will be noticed Y that key` A is provided witha c entral recess cz, and two projecting lugs al, al.- Keyspindle 40 is provided at its forward end Awith a reduced portion adapted to tit recess o, and near its forward end with two slots I, b1., formed to receive lugs at, a2. Lugs el, a2, upass through two slots c1, 62, in the casing 1,when t-he key A is inserted, and the key cannot be turned until the lugs have passed entirely within the casing 1 and cn-l tered recesses b1, b2.. Likewise the key cannot be withdrawn after operating the spindle 40, until a half turn has been given to said s )indle, although, as willbe hereinafter descri d, should the voter wish to cancel any vote he makes, he has but to bring key A backto its original position, when it can be readily withdrawn.

Female voters are provided with a key 4`similar to that. already described, but having in addition two auxiliary lugs r1.3 and' et,

y (see dotted lines i'n llig. 13,) adapted to pass through openings d and (l1, which are provided only.for spindles where candidates are to be balloted for by females.

To insure register between recesses 7;, lIN, and slots nl, 2, ,l provide a mechanism on the rear of spindle 4() which is illustrated in This consists of two spring pressed pawls 31, 31, pivoted to the back' plate 34- at 32,'and i'iornmlly held by springs 33,33', in engagement with recesses m spindle 40. These recesses are cut d1- reetly opposite each other so that a half revolution of spindle' 40 will cause each pawl 31 to rest in the previously opposite recess.

()n each key- spindle 40 and 50, is secured a wheel 42, within the casing l, and the said wheel 42 is provided with two diametrically disposed teeth for meshing with the corresponding teeth on a rack 44, mounted to slide up and down in the casing, and on the lower end of each rack 44, is secured a laterally extending foot 45, adapted to be ,engaged on its top by a corresponding cross arm 30, on the shaft 14, and the free end of the said foot- 45 refs-ts on the foot piece 46 of the slide 47, disposed vertically on the other side of the key-spindle 40 in each row. Now when the cross bar 30 ofthe shaft 14 rests on the foot 45, then the shaft 14 is locked, and neither the rack 44 nor'the slide 47 can be raised; when, however, the shaft 14 has been turned, on swinging the lever 2 upwardly, then the cross arm 30 swings u ward and releases the supporting feet 45 of all the voting devices, to allow the'voter to turn a 'key-spindle -40 or 50 half way around, for the corresponding tooth o-f the wheel 42 to lift therack 44.

On each key-spindle 40 is secured a cam wheel 48, having two diametrically disposed teeth adaptedI to be engaged by a dog 49, pivotally mounted at 52 in the casing 1, the lower part of said dog 49 being weighted so as to normally h old it against a stop pin 51, in casing l and away from the lower tooth of wheel 48. The function of these teeth in wheel 48 is two fold, viz.- first, to raise forked lever 56 when spindle 4() is rotated in voting direction, and second, to present abutting surfaces alternately to dog 49 and arm 58 of lever 56, thus preventing, at proper times, forward or rearward rotation of spindle 40. Likewise, when lever 56 is up, a counter rotation of spindle 40, (which is possible only atsuch times) will cause the then upper tooth of wheel 48 to move lever 56 down around its pivot 57 in casing 1. " Wheels 42 and 48 are of said dog with the teeth of wheel 48.

67 is'an indicating lever pivoted to casing 1 at 68, and mounted between said casing and thecard upon which thename of the candidate is written. (See Figs. 2, 5, 7 and 8.) The forward end oflever 67 is adapted to be operated by lever 56, through the agency of a pin 66 working through a slot 69 in casing 1, so as; toipresent. alternately the contrasting face portions `70Aand 71 on the free end of lever 67 to the opening 72 in the card. The lower face portion 70 'distance ofone tooth on rack 44.

preferably white and the upper face portion 7l, is preferably red; (see Fig. 8) so that when the spindle is ready to be voted, as in F ig. 7, the lower orwhite portion 70 is presented to opening 72, but when the spindle is Voted, as at X in Fig. 2, the upper portion 7l is presented to opening` 72. A voter can thus keep himself informed as to the spindles he has operated.

In Fig. 2, spindles X and Y have been voted, as has been one of thosein vertical `row Z. It will be noticed that 'in row Z,

feet 45 and 46 have gone up together for a In the vertical row containing spindles X and Y, foot 45 has ascended for the spaces of two teeth, leaving foot 45 at the same position as in row Z. 'lhis feature is a characteristic of group Voting, which is more fully described hereinafter.

For the purpose of arranging the voting device in each vertical row to permit voting for one or more candidates in that row, I provide the following mechanism.

The lower portion of each rack 44 is vprovided with a rib 75, upon which is held, in slidingengagement, a collar 7G, adapted to be fastened 'in any desired location on said y rib by. a set-screw 77, whiehcollar 76 is adapted to abut against the under side of a bracket 78, through which the rack 44 and the' slide 47 are free to move. l/Vhen but one candidate ina Vertical row is t-o be voted for, then the collar 76 of the particular rack 44 is set at such a distance from the bracket 78, that when the rack 44 is raised by the voter giving a half turn to tliekeyspindle 40, then the collar 76 abuts against the bracket 78, and the rack 44 cannot be raised up any further, which prevents any of the other key-spindles in that particular row lbeing turned. If two candida-tes for one oiiice or in a vertical column are to be voted for, then the collar 7 6 is set twice the distance from the bracket 78, andtwo key-spindles can be turned and t-he rack 44 raised two steps' before the collar 7G prevents further voting by abutting against the bracket 78.

When the racks 44 are in the lowermost or normal position or after the key-spindle has been turned, the teeth of the wheel 42 are out of mesh with the teeth of the rack, and when the key-spindle is turned by the key for the purpose of voting, one ofthe teeth on the wheel 42 engages the teeth of the rack 44, and lifts it a certain space bcfore it is turned out of mesh; but it will be noticed that in turning one spindle in a vertical row, thereby operating the rack 44 as described, said rack in movmg upwardly does not engage any of the other Wheels 42 in'that row. This is clearly seen by an inspection of Fig. 7. It is therefore necesteeth adjacent to each spindle 40, so that there will alwaysA be a tooth of said rack ready to be engaged by any of the wheels 42. The first spindle voted will carry the upper tooth of each series by its corresponding wheel 42, and the second-spindle will cause operation on 'the second tooth, etc. Likewise in resetting the machine, rack 44 will return to its lowest position without affecting any of the spindles, `those voted being reset by slide 47 through the action of its pin G4 on end 63 of lever 5G. ln this manner, all the voted spindles are reset simultaneously.

When a voter desires to change a vote he has already made, he has but to reverse the motion of key A, and the parts are thus put back in their former positions. The method of aecomplishing` this will behest understood by an inspection of Fig. 7 and spindles X and Y of Fig. 2.

As before mentioned, l `ig. 7 shows the paris ready for voting. By turning spindle 40 in the direction indicated by the arrow, the lower tooth of wheel 4S engages cam surface 4l"L on lever 5G, and raises said lever to the positions shown in X and Y. The raising of lever 5G brings foot 58 into the path of the lower tooth of wheel 48, and prevents more than one half a revolution of said spindle 40. Lever 56 also raises slide 47 through its pin G4, as before described, and actslto release dog 49, which revolves by gravityuntil it is in the position shown at X and Y. It is then possible to reverse the direction of rota-tion of spindle 40 for half a turn, the upper tooth of wheel 4S impingling against foot 58 and throwing it out to its first position, and bringing end G3 of lever 5G against the head of dog 49 and throwing the lower end of said dog into position to stop the backward rotation of spindie 40. I prefer to provide friclional means at pivot 57 for maintaining lever 56 in its raised position1 although it is obvious that. the same results would be obtained by the use of a spring. llvhen a voter leaves the booth, he sinmltaneously and automatically resets all spindles voted, by means of pins 64, as vbefore described.

ln order to prevent the racks 44 fronrbcing propelled too far. and also to hold them in position, a brake device is provided` consisting of a brake-lock 80, hung on a pivot 8l. supported from the casing. and the free end of the said lnalw-block is pressed in by spring 82 to hold the lnake-block in fric tional engagement with the rack. Then- `ever the rack 44 is raised by the turning of the key-spindle 40 and the wheel 42, the above` brake device retains the yrack 44 in the raised position after the wheel 42 has passed out of, mesh with the teeth in the rack,l and the rack is successively raised by the revo lutions of the Wheel 42. The slides 47 are raised but one distance, no matter how many key-spindles are turned in one row, and when the rack 44 is pressed downwardly into the-lowermost osltion by the arm 30, then the foot 45 ci) the rack engages the foot 4 6 ofthe slide 47 and also draws this slide back into a lowermost position.4

A44 and slides 47 respectively. Thus when the 4voter turns one of thekeylspindles in the straight-ticket-voting device, then the upward movement of the rack44 imparts a swinging motion to the bell-crank lever 86, so that the slide 87is shifted longitudinally to bring the shoulders-88 and 89 in register with the corresponding -tongues 90 and 91, to lock all there'maining racks 44 and slides 47 of the othervotingdevices to prevent the voter turning an of the other key-spindles.

When the mac ine is reset by the turning of the shaft' 14 as heretofore explained, then the downward movement of the rack 44 for the straight-ticket-voting device imparts. a return swinging motion to Athe bell-crank lever 86 to move thelocking slide 871out of locking position relative to the tongues 90 and 91. f. y

It is of especial importance that a voting machine rmitwhat may be called, group voting, ot erwise the voter is restricted 1n his choice of candidates in certain cases, and prevented from voting lfor'certain combinations,

of candidates. For instance to illustrate, suppose four aldermen areto be elected, the voter .has the right to vote for any four alf. dermaniccandidates irrespective of party.'

But as the candidates ofeach party are in horizontal. rows, the list ofv aldermanic candidates of all 'the parties would occupy four y vertical rows. in the machine, as shown in .Fig 1; therefore, if Vthe voting mechanism is set to permit of but one candidate being voted for ineach vertical row,the voter is restricted in his choice, andcannot vote for two aldermanic candidates of different par# ties, Vif they happen to fall in the same ver tical column. In order to obviate this dis-1 advantage and to permit a voter to vote -for' any four candidates in the four vertical rows, 'and for not more than four, 1 provide the following'device which locks the four aldermanic rows, when any four key-spindles have been turned, whether they are all in lone `vertical row or one horizontal row Aor scattered in the 'differentv vertical and hori- .zontal,rows. fEach rack 44'ofth'e groupiis provided in its lower portion with a series of teeth 100, which engage -star wheelsl 102 rigidly mounted on pins 103, set in the casing 1. Adjacent to star wheel 102 and also rigidly mounted on pin 103,'is a pinion 101 engaging a horizontal rack 105, which is free to slide in brackets 106, secured to the casing. Star wheel 102 is here shown with exactly half thenumber of teeth that is c ontained by pinion 101. It is essential that all of these pinions 101 shall be alike, so that the action 'of any one upon, rack 105 will cause exactly the same displacement of all the' star wheels, thus insuring the proper presenting lof fa tooth in said star wheel to the teeth 100 of rack44. It will be noticed that the pitch of teeth 100 is such that an impulse presented to one star wheel 102, by one rack 44, will4 permit theother star wheels to revolve freely without afecting their respective racks. ment of anyrack 44 will give rack 105 a definite movement to the right. (See Fig. 2.) The two brackets 106 at the left end of rack 105 act as sto s for a block 108 mounted on said rack and imit the movement to, in this case, four votes. Collars 76 are not used unless there is to be a partial restriction in choice, as for instance, when there are but two parties in the field. When rack 105 has been moved for four votes, and is against the right hand stop 106, it is. necessary that the resetting of the machine by lever 3 shall also return rack 105 to itsv original positionagainst the left hand .stop 10.6. To accomlish this, I mount a vertical rack 110 in brackets 111,V s o asto be engaged by a pinion 113 whose face is wide enough to also engage rack 105.

The lower end ,of rack 110 is provided with a foot 112 positioned to be engaged by anv Thus, veach upward movearm 11,4 bn shaft 14 in a manner similar to that of arms 30 on feet 45. Lever` 3 operates tobring rack down, (it has of course, ascended with each movement of rack 105) and this movement will impartlv reverse motionto pinion 113 and thus-moverack 105 to its start-ing position.

t The mechanism-for registeringthe num-A ber of voters using the machine, is lllustra'ted in Figs. 2 and 17, and consistsl of a vertical rack 35 engaging a pinion 36 mounted on a stud 37, which carries a suitable registering dial 53. (Fig. 17.) Rack 35 is normally maintained in its upper positionby spring- 38, and has a foot 39 adapted to be engage by arm 43 in a manner similar to that of arms 30. When lever 3 is raised, arm 43 impinges against foot' 39, andvmescs. rack 35 downward, operates pinion 36 andcauses vone advance in the registeringdeyice 53 on stud 37. Thisregistermg device will preferably be provided with alrordinary ratchet and pawl'. arrangement 54, to revent retrogression of the registering dev1ce during the upward motion of rack 35.

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its underlying principle, the well known metfr-registering device. consisting oi three countingl dials 't. --l, ft, arranged upon spindles l2, l2, l2, and adapted to cooperate in a manner to be described.

The units dial carries upon its spindle 12 a gear 17 which is in mesh with pinion 23' upolispindle 40. vOf the two inclosing plates 2&1, 26, between which the registeringl device is lnountcd, the rear one has 'suitable openings 27 which expose the proper numbers on dials at, el, l.

The 'foregoing is oi old and .well known construction.

It is essential to the successful operation of my registering device, that the dials can be counted either backward or forward with equal facility, and it is also important to have careful register ot theproper numbers opposite openings 27. 4

l iind in practico that the ordinary intermittent gears will not give snliicient locking surface vto prevent slight movements ot the dials, which, while not in any way conducive to defective register, is likely to cause errors in taking the readings, as the numbers are not always fully exposed. To overcome this defect, I construct my intermittent gears in the following manner.

The locking disk (30, and count-ing tooth (3l, are made in separate pieces, both rigidly locked with gear 17 on the units spindie 1Q. On the tens spindle 1Q is mounted a serrated disk G2, which is positioned to be locked by disk G0, and an operating disk G5 positioned to be operated by tooth (il. Disk 62 has for its circumference a series of ten arcs, having the same radius as disk 60, and.

disk G0 is provided with a notch (30a for receiving the points made in the circumference ot disk 62, by the meeting of these ten arcs. Disk 65 is provided with a series of ten recesses 65a, each adapted to receive tooth 61. The operation is the saine as in the ordinary intermittent gear-,but by making the com bination of four parts instead -of two, I eliminate the necessity of shortening of length of the ten arcs on the circumference of disk G2, which would occur were the recesses (55a cut at their n'iceting points, instead of beneath them, and thus secure a better lock on dials 4. 'The tens spindle Vl2 'is also provided with a locking disk O0 and counting tooth (3l, which engages a similar serrateddisk (32 and operating disk Q5 on the hundreds spindle.

Vhat I claim is l. In a voting machine, the combination of a manually controlled key-spindle, a rack having teeth, a toothed wheel mounted on said key-spindle and having diametrically disposed teeth for engaging said rack, means to leek said 'key-spindle, after it has been turned a half-revolution, against further trated in ligs. 2, 14, 'l5 and lo, and has for i forward rotation until the machine is set for the next voter, and means to lock said key# Lspindle against rearward rotation when the machine is set lor the next voter.

In a voting machine, thc combination ot' a nnlnually controlled lnvv-spindhu a rack having teeth, a toothed wheel mounted on said ke \fspindle and ha vingl t\\o-diame`tric ally-disposed, teeth 'tor engaging said rack, and means which lock said key-spindle to prevent more'than a halt revolution thereof b v any one voter but permit the. key-spindle to be turned back at anyv time betore the machine is seti'or the next voter; said lmeans comprising a cam-wheel mounted on said lny-spindlm'a locking- .lever and a dog all operatively arranged.

3. in a voting machine, the combination ot' a manually controlled key-spindle, a rack having teeth, a wheel having teeth for engaging said rack, a locking leven and a camwheel turning with said tootheddvheel and engaging said locking-lever to prevent more than a haii revolution forward of said keyspindle by any one voter but which permits f the key-spindle to be turned back at any time before the machine is set for the next voter.

4. In a Voting' machine, the combination of a manually controlled key-spindle, a rack :96 having teeth, atoothed wheel mounted on said key-spindle and having two diametri@- ally-disposed teeth for engaging said rack, a locking lever, a cam-wheel turning with said toothed-Wheel and engaging said locking le .100 ver to limit the rotation of the key-spindle after it has been turned to register a single vote, and a dog adapted to engage said cam- Wheel to prevent its rotation rearward. after the machine has been set for the next voter. V10s 5. In a voting machine, the combination of a manually controlled key-spindle, a rack having teeth, a toothed wheel mounted on said key-spindle and having .two dia1netrically-disposed teeth for engaging said rack', a 1:10 locking lever, a canrwheel turning With said toothed-wheel and engaging said'locking lever to lock the key-spindle afterit has been turned a half; revolution and a dog adapted vto engage said canrwlieel to'lock the. key-115 spindle against rearward turning after the machine has been 'set tor the next voter.

In a voting machine, the combination of a plurality of manually controlled keyspindles, located one above the other, a racllZO having teeth, a toothed-wheel mounted on each key-spindlev and having teeth for engaging said rack, a locking-lever for each key-spindle, and a cam-Wheel turning with each of said toothed-Wheels and engaging a `1-25 locking-lever to prevent;- forward rotation of the key-spindle after it has been turned to register a. single 'vote Without .preventing rearward rotationu 7. In a voting machine, the combination ot' a plurality otI manually controlled keyspindles, located one above the other, a raeli having teeth, ay toothed-wheel mounted on each key-spindle and having diainetrieallydisposed teeth t'or engaging said raeli, a loelting lever tor eat-h liey-spindle, a cam-wheel turning with eaeh ot said toothed-wheels and engaging the locking lever to loek the key-spindle against l'orward rotation after it has been turned to regisler a single vote, and a dog engaging each ot said ean1\\'l1eels to loeliV the sante againstI a reverse rotation after the maehine has been set `for the. next voter.

S. In a voting machine, the combination of a manually-eontrolled key-spindle, a rack having teeth, a toothed wheel for engaging said rack, a locking-lever provided with an abutmentshoulder, a ean1- wheel having teeth adapted to engage said shoulder ot said looking-lever to move the latter into looking engagement with said eannwheel, and a dog adapted to be thrown by said looking-lever into engagement with said eamwheel to lock the key-spindleagainst reverse movement at'ter thel machine has been set for the next voter.

In testimony whereof, l have hereinlto set my hand, in the presence ol' two subscribing witnesses, this the 19th day of July, 1905.

GUSTAF JOHNSON.

Bonnin' RoennsoN, E. F. NUiAo.

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