Punch-type vote recording device and punch therefor
CA 1313517 C · Owner: Rapp, Tod A. · Inventors: Rapp, Tod A.
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A vote recording device and punch permits the utilization of non-scored ballot cards. The vote recording device employs an intermediate lock-out template beneath the top mask which is moved by the card into a position in which openings formed in the template are in alignment with openings form with the mask and which together are in alignment with smaller openings formed in a bottom shear plate. A punch includes a cutting stylus which is normally received within a retractable sleeve. The sleeve is proportioned to be received through the aligned openings in the mask and template and bears on a voting card so that depressing the punch runs the cutting stylus through the card and through the …
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- Granted February 9, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 9, 2010.
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