US700931A - Voting-machine. - Google Patents

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Patented May 27, I902;

G. L. HOXIE.

VOTING MACHINE.

Application filed Mar. 23, 1901.)

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No. 700,93l. Patented May 27, 1902.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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No. 700,93I.

Patented May 27, I902. G. L. HOXIE.

VOTING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. IIOXIE, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-TIIIRDS TO DAVID METCALF, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

VOTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,931, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed March 23,1901. Serial No. 52,504. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the machine as on line 6 6 of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 Be it known thatLGEORGE L. HOXIE, acitiis a rear elevation of the machine, showing zen of the United States, residing at Adrian, the rear covering-plate broken away. Fig. 8 in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, is a perspective View of the machine looking 55 have invented certain new and useful Imfrom the rear, parts being broken away. Fig. provements in Voting-Vlachines; and I do de- 9 is a vertical transverse section through the clare the following to be a full, clear, and exmachine. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail in act description of the invention, such as will elevation, showing a series of spring-actuated enable others skilled inthe art to which it plungers for returning the buttons into the 1o appertains to make and use the same, refercommunicating; slots of the group or multiple ence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, candidates. Fig. 11 is an enlarged detail in andto the figures of reference marked therehorizontal section through a portion of the on, which form a part of this specification. mechanism shown in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a This invention relates to voting-machines; sectional view showing a portion of the mech- I5 and it consists in the construction and aranism whereby provision is made for allowrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, ing the elector to vote for a candidate not on and pointed out particularly in the claims. any of the tickets of the official ballot. Fig. The object of theinvention is to provide 13 is a horizontal section as on line 13 of Fig. a voting-machine of simple and compara 12. Fig. 14: is a transverse section as on line 2o tively inexpensive construction in which the 14.- of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a horizontal section arrangement is such as to enable an elector through the rolls carrying the record-paper to readily prepare and vote a straight or a and a portion of the operative mechanism split ticket, to express no choice when it is shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Fig. 16 is an ennot desired to vote for any of the candidates larged detail of a portion of the mechanism 25 for some particular office, to vote for a canshown in Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is an enlarged eledidate for any office who is not on any of the vation of one of the slides carrying a pivoted tickets, to vote for multiple candidates for the lever or finger provided with a perforatingsame oflice selected at will from any of the point for purposes hereinafter stated. tickets, and to accurately register and count Referring to the characters of reference, 1 8o 30 the vote of the elector as prepared and voted. designates a suitable frame, which is prefer- The above object is attained by the mechably made of aluminium for the purpose of anism illustrated in the accompanying drawsecuring lightness and avoiding deteriorating ings, in which-- rust. Said frame is of such depth as to re- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a votingceive the operative mechanism and of such 5 machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is size as to accommodate the several tickets an elevation of the edge of the machine, the and candidates thereon to be voted for at a operating-bar appearing in transverse secgeneral election. The face of the frame is tion as on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front divided into vertical columns to be occupied elevation showing the machine in position to by the several tickets, as indicated at R, o 40 be operated. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing D, Pr, the. In these columns the sevthe frame on which the curtain is hung which eral tickets are arranged in vertical order, incloses the booth and the swinging arm conso that all of the candidates for a particular nected with the curtain, through the medium office on all of the tickets stand in the same of which the booth is opened and closed and horizontal row. Y 9 5 5 which is under the control of the election in- Crossing the face of the machine horizonspector or other proper officer. Fig. 5 is an tally are a series of slots or channels 2, adaptenlarged detail in elevation of a set of couned to accommodate movable buttons 3, which ters journaled in a frame movably mounted are seated therein and may be moved longiin the main frame and adapted to be actuated tudinally of said channels. 50 by a movable button in the face of the ma- Pivoted in the frame in the rear of each of chine. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the spaces 4t adapted to be occupied by the names of the several candidates on each of the tickets is a set of registering-gears 5, (shown more clearlyin Fig. 5,) adapted to register or count the vote cast for the candidate with whose name they correspond. These gears are journaled in a separate supportingframe 6, which is in turn pivoted at 7 (see Fig. 9) to the main frame, so that said frame carrying the registers is permitted to oscillate transversely of the main frame. Each of the sets of counting-gears is provided with a cogwheel 8, which is adapted to mesh with the teeth of a rack 9, mounted adjacent thereto upon the bars of the voting-frame 10, which is adapted to have a vertical movement. The front of the pivoted frame carrying the counter is provided with an overhanging shoulder 11, which describes the arc of a circle, as shown in Fig. 5, and is so positioned as to normally stand in the path of the inwardlyprojecting shank of the button 3, occupying the corresponding channel 2 in the face of the frame. The pivotal point 7 of the gearcarrying frame is so located as to cause said frame to normally drop forward and hold the gear 8 in engagement with a stop or pin 12, extending from the main frame and serving to lock the counting-gears from rotation when out of the voting position. When the button 3 is moved into the space occupied by the name of a candidate for whom it is desired to vote, the shank of said button engages the shoulder 11 of the gear-carrying frame and rocks said frame rearwardly, so as to carry its cog-wheel 8 into contact with the rack 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 9, whereby when said voting-frame is tripped so as to cause it to descend all of the counting-gears in engagement with the racks carried thereby are actuated to register a vote upon said counters for the candidate corresponding thereto.

The voting-frame 10, carrying the racks f), is normally held in its elevated position by a detent 13, pivoted at 14 in the frame and having an arm 15 extending therefrom across the base of the frame and lying upon the tripping-frame, comprising a series of vertical bars 16, united at their ends by the transverse bars 17. Pivoted in the main frame is a lever 18, whose free end engages the lower end of the tripping-frame and is adapted to raise said frame to actuate the arm 15 and disengage the detent 13 from the voting-frame 10. The vertical bars of the tripping-frame stand in the rear of the line dividing the columns adapted to contain the names of the candidates on the several tickets, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and each of said bars is provided with short laterally-projecting brackets 19, which extend from opposite sides in line with the spaces adapted to contain the name of the candidates", so that their opposed ends have but a small open space 20 between them of such size as to allow the shank of the buttons to lie therein. These brackets on the tripping frame normally stand below the channels in which the buttons are located and are under the shank of said buttons except when said buttons are in a voting position, so that unless the buttons are arranged in the spaces adapted to contain the names of the candidates, so as to tilt the frames containing the counters representing the candidates for whom it is desired to vote into contact with the racks of the votingframes, the tripping-frame cannot be raised to actuate said voting-frame, owing to the fact that said brackets on the tripping-frame will encounter the shanks of the buttons and prevent said frame from moving upwardly, unless said buttons have been properly arranged. For a full illustration of the details of the tripping-frame reference is made to my former patent, No. 670,427.

Mounted in the frame and adapted to slide transversely across the face thereof is a channeled bar 21, having an operative handle 22 and carrying upon the inner end thereof a vertical rod 23, which is adapted to travel with said bar. Vhen in its normal position, the channel-bar 21 is drawn outwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, in which position of parts the vertical rod 23 engages and confines the veting-buttons 8 in the neutral space near the edge of the frame. To place the machine in position to be voted, said bar 2i must be shoved inwardlyto the position shown in Fig. 3, when the buttons 3 are free to be moved at will along the channels 2 in which they are located. Mounted upon the channeled bar 21 is an alining-bar 21, which is adapted to slide upon the bar 21 and is maintained in a vertical position by the embracing-guides By means of the bar 2% the buttons may be moved collectively into the voting-space of any of the tickets, as shown by the vertical row of buttons in the space R in Fig 3. Should it be desired to split the ticket after the buttons have been so arranged, said buttons may be moved independently into the space occupying the name of the candidate for the same ofiice on any of the tickets, as also shown in Fig. \Vhere there are multiple candidates for the same office, the channels adjacent to the space on the ticket occupied by the names of said multiple candidates, as indicated at 26 in Fig. 3, are made to communicate by causing said channels to open into the verti cal channel 27, so that a button in any one of said communicating channels may be moved into any one of the other communicating channels to enable the elector to select said multiple candidates entirely from one ticket or from all of the tickets, at his option. Should the elector wish to express no choice instead of voting for any of the candidates for a particular office, he may move the button in the channel allotted to said office into the column representing no choice, as shown at the left of Fig. 3, when his vote will be so registered. After a ticket has been made up, as shown in Fig. 3, the elector raises upon the lever 18, thereby actuating the tripping-frame to allow the voting-frame to fall and register a vote IIS upon the counters of the candidates of his selection. After the vote has been registered the inspector or other officer draws outward upon the bar 21, thereby causing the rod 23 to engage the buttons and carry them to the neutral. column at the edge of the machine, thereby destroying the vote in the presence of the elector and preventing the succeeding elector, who occupies the booth, from seeing the vote which has been previously cast. The act of drawing the channeled bar 21 outwardly to the limit of its movement causes a lug 28 thereon (see Fig. 8) to engage the inner end of a pivoted lever 29, whose outer end is provided with a slot in which the reduced upper end of a lever 30 is engaged, said lever 30 being pivoted at 31 in the frame and its lower end being jointedly attached to a connectingrod 32, which in turn is jointedly connected to a pivoted dog 33, adapted to engage the lower bar of the voting-frame 10, so that when the lug 23 on said bar is brought into engagement with the pivoted lever 29 said lever is actuated to impart movement to said dog and raise the voting-frame such distance as to cause the gravity-actuated detent 13 to engage under it and hold it in an elevated position for a succeeding operation. When the bar 21 reaches the limit of its outward movement, it is locked in said position by a gravity-pawl 34, which is pivoted in the frame and is adapted to engage in a notch 35 in said bar, whereby said bar is prevented from being again shoved inwardly until said pawl is disengaged from the notch therein. After a vote has been cast and destroyed the buttons that are in the open or multiple channels 26 will he carried into the vertical channel 27 and lie in avertical row therein, as shown in Figs. 1 and 10. To restore said buttons to their respective channels 26, a rotary shaft 36 is employed, adapted to be rotated by a crank 37 or other suitable means and having fixed thereon a pinion 38, (see Fig. 8,) which meshes with a vertically-movable rack 39, adapted to slide in a suitable way 40 in the frame. Said rack is provided on its outer face with a pin 41, which projects in line with the vertical channel 27 and is adapted to engage the inner end or shank of the bottommost button in said channel, so that by a rotation of said crank said rack is carried upwardly, causing said but tons to rise in the channel 27. To cause said buttons to enter the horizontal channels 26 in vertical order as they are carried upwardly by said rack, there is located opposite each of the channels 26 a spring-actuated plunger 42, carrying a beveled head 43 on the inner end thereof, which is somewhat conical in shape and whose apex stands in horizontal alinement with the opening in each of the channels 26 and projects somewhat into the vertical channel 27. The heads of said plungers are engaged thereby in succession. The shape of the plungers, together with their location, causes the buttons which encounter them to be diverted from the channel 27 into the horizontal channels 26 as theyare carried upward by the movement of the rack 39, as clearly shown in Fig. 10. It will be observed that the rod 23 carries thereon a plate 44, whose free edge is bent downward onto the face of the frame and lies across the 0l1tll nels 26, adjacent to the channel 27. This plate is so positioned as to allow one button to occupy the space between its edge and the opening into the channel 27, so that after the first channel has been filled by the upward movement of the rack the heads of the succeeding buttons will engage said first button and prevent the stem thereof from entering the channel already occupied, causing the plunger opposite the occupied channel to recede and allowing the uppermost button to pass on until it reaches the next unoccupied channel, when it will be deflected into said channel, and the next succeeding button will be carried onto the next channel until all of the the buttons have been returned to open channels 26 with but one button in each channel. With the heads of the plunger ex tending into the channel 27, as shown in Fig. 10, the loose or multiple buttons would be arrested and held from dropping to the bottom of said channel when the vote is destroyed by the drawing out of the bar 21. It is therefore necessary to retract said plungers until such time as they are required to restore the buttons to the channels 26. To provide for the retraction of said plungers, their projecting ends are provided with ahook 45, adapted to be engaged by an inclined face 46 on a vertically movable bar 47, located on the outer face of the frame at the end and supported when down by a stop or pin 48. (Shown in Fig. 8.) It will be observed that when the bar 47 is raised the inclined faces 46 will engage the hooks of the plungers and retract said plungers against the action of their springs 49, so as to withdraw their heads from the path of the buttons in the channel 27, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The bar 47 is raised by means of a pin 50, mounted on the upper face of the bar 21 and adapted when said bar is forced inwardly to engage a roller 51, traveling in a groove in the upper face thereof and journaled to an arm 52, pivoted to the upper end of the bar 47, whereby as said pin encounters said rollers said bar is raised, as shown in Fig. 3. To maintain said bar in an elevated position, a lower plunger 53 is employed, having a hook 54, adapted to engage in a notch 55 (see Fig. 8) in the lower end of the bar 47 when said bar is raised, the spring 56 on said plunger maintaining it in place and holding the bar elevated. It is necessary, however, that the plungers 42 be released before the multiple buttons are returned from the channel 27 to their respective channels 26. Said plungers are released by the dropping of the bar 47, which is caused to drop by means of the pin 41 on the rack 39, which engages the head 57 of the lower plunger 56 and causes said plun- IIO ger to recede sufficiently to disengage its hook 54: from the notch 55 in said bar 47. After the rack 39 has been raised in the operation of distributing the loose buttons in their respective channels 26 it is again lowered by reversing the crank 37, so as to place it in position for a succeeding operation. When said rack is lowered, the operating-bar 21 occupies its drawn-out position and is locked against inward movement by the gravity-pawl To disengage said pawl from the notch in said bar, so as to permit the bar to move inwardly, a pin 58 (see Fig. 8) is secured in the top of the rack 39, which is adapted to engage the inner end of said pawl when said rack is down and raise said pawl to disengage it from the bar, so that said bar may be moved inwardly to place the machine in condition to be voted.

Attached to the tripping-frame 10 (shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3) is an angular arm 59, having an end portion 60 extending through the front of the frame and engaging the lower end of a movable plate ($1, secured to the frame by pins 62, which pass through inclined slots 63 in said plate, whereby said plate is permitted a vertical and transverse movement. The plate 61 is so positioned with respect to the channel 27 that should an elector in the act of making up a ticket of the multiple candidates accidentally allow a button to drop into the channel 27 and overlook it the machine could not be voted, for the reason that the button in said channel would be engaged by the edge of the plate 61, as shown in Fig. 1, and lock said plate from movement, thereby preventing the tripping-frame from being actuated, so that the elector before he could vote the machine must extract the button from the slot 27 and place it in a position to register his choice with respect to some candidate on the ticket. Could the machine be voted with one or more of the buttons in the channel 27 the elector would lose a vote for one or more candidates, according to the number of buttons not in proper position to actuate a set of counters when the machine was voted.

To provide for the casting of a secret ballot, the face of the machine is inclosed by a curtain (not shown) which is mounted upon a suitable frame (it by means of sliding rings 05. A portion of said frame is formed in the arc of a circle, and the portion ofthe curtain hanging therefrom represents the door of the Voting-booth. Attached to the edge of the curtain is a ring 66, in which the outer end of a rod 07 engages, the opposite end of said rod being attached to a gear-wheel (58, which meshes with a pinion 09, mounted on a vertical shaft 70, carrying at its lower end a beveled gear 71, which meshes with a like gear 72 on the shaft 36, whereby by a rotation of said shaft through the medium of the crank 37 or other means the gear-wheel GS is actuated to swing the rod 67 and open and close the curtain which. represents the door of the booth, the open position of the curtain being represented by dotted lines in Fig. at.

To enable the elector to vote for a candidate for any office whose name does not appear upon any of the tickets of the ollicial ballot, there is provided at the left of the machine an auxiliary case 73, which extends the full length of the main case and carries vertical shafts 7st and 75, journaled in said case, and upon which is rolled a strip of record-paper 76, adapted to be rolled from one roller to the other and passing over idle rollers 77 and an interposed supporting-plate 78. On the opposite ends of the shaft 7% are gearwheels 79, which are loosely journaled thereon, but are adapted to impart movement in one direction to said shaft by means of a pawl and ratchet 80. Engaging said gearwheels 79 are the movable racks 81, which are attached to a Vertical bar 2, carrying a series of horizontal slides 823. In the face of the portion 73 of the case are a number of openings Sat, corresponding to the names of the candidates on the several tickets. The slides 83 are adapted to normally cover said openings. Located in the frame between the slides 83 are the slides 85, (see Fig. 15,) the inner ends of which project into the space occupied by the No choice column in the path of the buttons 3,and the outer ends of which rest against the vertical bar 82. Mounted in a slot in each of the slides 85 is a pivoted finger 86, having a perforating-point 87 at one end and a projecting pin 88 at the other. Attached to the tripping-frame 10 is a vertically-extending rod 89, having inclined shoulders 90 thereon. Said bar is adapted to have vertical movement imparted thereto when the trippingframe is raised. Should the elector desire to register no choice instead of voting for some one of the candidates on the several tickets for a particular oilice, the button corresponding to the names of the candidates for said office is moved over into the No choice column, as shown at the left of Fig. Said button as it is moved into position engages the end of a slide 85 and carries it such distance as to cause the point 87 of the'pivoted finger mounted on said slide to register with the opening 91 (see Fig. 15) in the plate 78 and at the same time cause the pin 88 011 said finger to engage one of the inclined shoulders 90 on the vertically-movable rod 89, so that the tripping-frame is actuated in casting a vote the vertical movement of the rod 89, attached thereto, will cause the inclined shoulder engaging the pin 88 of the pivoted finger to actuate said finger and force the point 87 thereof through the paper strip 76, passing over the plate '78, thereby indicating by the perfora tion'of said paper that the voter has expressed no choice as regards the candidate for that particular office. The movement of the slide 85 by the engagement of the button therewith causes the end of said slide to engage the bar 82, to which the racks 81 are attached, and actuate said. racks to turn the gears 79 and move the paper strip sufficiently to present a new surface to the perforating-finger. Should the elector desire to vote for some one for said office whose name does not appear on any of the official ballots, after he has caused the slide to move sufficiently to carry the pin 88 on its finger into contact with one of the shoulders of the bar 85) and the point of said finger into alinement with the opening 91 he draws outward upon the handle 92, attached to the bar 82, thereby drawing outward upon the slides and exposing the record-paper through the opening Set, on the surface of which he may write the name 01" the candidate for whom he wishes to vote. The movement of drawing out the slide operates the rack and gear and draws the paper across the plate 79, so that any name having previously been written will be obscured and a clean piece of paper presented, upon which may be written the name of the candidate. After the name has been written the machine may be voted and a vote will be cast for the candidate whose name was written by the elector upon the paper. At the same time the slip will be perforated by the pivoted finger to show that the elector did not use the button representing said candidate to vote for some other candidate for the same office, as the slide carrying the perforating-finger will not remain in operative position except when the button is in contact therewith, for the reason that the spring 93, when the button is Withdrawn from the end of the slide 85, will return said slide. After the vote has been cast the spring 93 returns the bar 82 and restores all of the slides to their normal position in place for a succeeding operation. As the racks 81 are returned the gear-wheels 79 are rotated backward; but such movement is not imparted to the paper strip, owing to the ratchet-and-pawl connection between said gears and the shaft '74.

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

1. In a voting-machine the combination with a suitable frame, of a series of counters mounted therein, movable buttons adapted to actuate said counters, a channeled bar movable transversely of the frame, an alining-bar mounted upon said transversely-movable channeled bar and movable thereon, said alining-bar engaging the channels of said movable bar, adapted to engage said movable buttons and carrying them simultaneously into alinement vertically of the frame.

2. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame having on its face spaces adapted to contain the names of candidates and a set of counting-gears for each candidate a series of horizontal channels dividing said spaces, a vertical channel communicating with and common to all of said horizontal channels, a series of movable buttons adapted to lie in said horizontal channels and to be moved from one horizontal channel to another through said vertical channel, said buttons being adapted to be carried from the horizontal channels into the vertical channel and means for restoring said buttons from the vertical channel into their respective horizontal channels.

3. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame, aseries of registering-gears in the frame adapted to register the votes of candidates, a series of horizontal channels in the frame adjacent to said registering-gears, a series of buttons movable in said channels and adapted to actuate said gears, a vertical channel communicating with said horizontal channels, the buttons in said horizontal channels adapted to pass therefrom into said ver tical channel and lie'therein in a vertical row, a movable agent adapted to engage the buttons in the vertical channels and carry them upward into said horizontal channels and means for moving said agent.

t. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame, a series of registerii'ig-gears in said frame, a series of horizontal channels in the frame adjacent to said registeringgears, a vertical channel common to and communicating with all of said horizontal channels, a series of buttons movable in said horizontal channels and adapted to actuate said registering-gears, means for carrying the buttons from the horizontal channels into said vertical channel and means for restoring the buttons from said vertical channel into said horizontal channels.

5. Ina voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a series of counting-gears in said frame, a series of horizontal channels adjacent to said counting-gears, a series of buttons movable in said channels and adapted to actuate said counting-gears,a vertical channel communicating with said horizontal channels whereby said horizontal channels are made to communicate through said vertical channel, a movable plate adapted to engage the buttons in said horizontal channels to carry them into said vertical channels, means for actuating said plate and means for discharging the buttons from said vertical channel into said horizontal channels.

6. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame, a series of counting-gears in said frame, a series of horizontal channels in the frame adjacent to said counting-gears, a series of buttons movable in said channels adapted to actuate said gears, a vertical channel communicating with said horizontal channels, a series of spring-actuated plungers adapted to extend into said vertical channel in line with said horizontal channels, means for carrying the buttons upwardlyin said vertical channel whereby they are engaged by said plungers and directed into said horizontal channels.

7. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame, a series of movable registering-gears therein, a series of horizontal channels adjacent to said registering-gears, but

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tons movable in said channels adapted to place said registering-gears in a voting position, means for actuating the registeringgears when in a voting position, a movable trippingframe connected with said gearactuating means,avertical channel communicating with said horizontal channels and adapted to contain the movable buttons in vertical alinement, a transversely-movable plate standing adjacent to said vertical channel contiguous to the buttons when lying therein and means connecting said plate with the movable tripping-frame.

8. In a voting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame, counting-gears in said frame, a slot adjacent to said counting-gears, a button movable in said slot-adapted to engage said gears and carry them into engagement with an actuating voting-frame, said votingframe being movable vertically, a pivoted dog adapted to engage said frame to raise it, a series of levers attached to said dog, a sliding bar carrying a rod adapted to engage said button and a projection on said bar adapted to engage one of the series of levers connected with said dog.

9. In a voting-machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a series of registering-gears, a series of horizontal channels adjacent to said gears, buttons movable in said channels adapted to engage and actuate said gears, a vertical channel communicating with said horizontal channels adapted to contain said buttons in vertical alinement, a series of spring-actuated plungers extending into said vertical channel in line with said horizontal channels, a vertically-movable bar having inclined shoulders engaging said plungers, an arm pivoted to said vertically-movable bar, a horizontally-movable bar having a stop adapted to engage the free end of said arm to raise said vertically-movable bar, and a rod attached to said horizontally-movable bar adapted to engage said buttons.

10. Inavoting-machine, the combination of a suitable frame having a series of horizontal slots in its face, a series of registering-gears adjacent to said slots, buttons movable in said slots adapted to actuate said gears, avertical channel communicating with said horizontal slots adapted to receive the buttons from said slots, a horizontally-movable bar carrying a vertical rod adapted to engage said buttons, a gravity-pawl for locking said bar when drawn outwardly, a vertically-movable rack having a pin adapted to engage the buttons in said vertical slot, said rack having a second pin at its upper end adapted to engage said pawl and disengage it from said bar when said rack is down, and means for moving said rack vertically.

11. In avoting-machine, the combination of a frame or case, having channels in the face thereof, pins movable in said channels, a slide inthecase at thelimit of said channels adapted to be engaged by a pin, a perforating-finger carried by said slide movable into contact with the inclined shoulder of a vertically-movable rod, a strip of paper adjacent to said perforating-finger and means for actuating said rod to carry the inclined shoulder against said finger and cause a perforation in said paper.

12. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, or case, having a horizontal channel therein, a button movable in said channel, a movable slide extending into the path of said button, said slide carrying a perforating-finger pivoted therein, a strip of movable paper adjacent to said perforatingfinger, means for moving said paper connected with said slide, an actuating device adapted to engage said finger when moved into a position to perforate said paper, a second slide adapted to cover an opening exposing said strip of paper and means for moving said second slide from said opening.

13. In a voting-machine, the combination of a case, registers mounted in said case, agents movable in the case adapted to control said registers, a record-strip, a movable slide carrying a perforater adapted to perforate said strip, said slide being adapted to be engaged by one of the movable agents in the case to place the perforator in operative position.

14. In a voting-machine, the combination of a case, registers in said case for recording the votes cast for the candidates on the several tickets, means for actuating said registers, a recordstrip upon which may be written the name of a candidate for any office, means for making an indicating-mark by the name of the candidate written by the elector, through the operation of the register-actuating device and means to prevent voting for any other candidate for the same office except the one whose name is written on the record-strip.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. HOXIE. Witn esses:

D. METOALF, IRA \VATERMAN.

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