Voting ballot handling machine

Claim 1

A PAPER FORM HANDLER FOR SEPARATING FORMS FROM A SUPPLY INTO FIRST FORMS AND SECOND FORMS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A CONVEYOR, MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR FOR HOLDING A SUPPLY OF FORMS TO BE SEPARATED, A FORM SCANNING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR FOR PRODUCING A SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF A FIRST FORM THEREBY, A FIRST FORM PICK-OFF MEANS COMPRISING A DRIVEN MEMBER FOR RECEIVING AND FOR CARRYING A FIRST FORM AWAY FROM SAID CONVEYOR, A SECOND FORM PICKOFF MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SECOND FORM PICK-OFF MEANS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST FORM PICK-OFF MEANS, MEANS ON SAID CONVEYOR FOR WITHDRAWING A FORM FROM SAID SUPPLY AND RETAINING A WITHDRAWN FORM ON SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYOR TO MOVE SAID FORM WITHDRAWING AND RETAINING MEANS PAST SAID SUPPLY AND SAID SCANNING MEANS AND SAID FIRST FORM PICK-OFF MEANS AND SECOND FORM PICK-OFF MEANS IN SEQUENCE, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID WITHDRAWING AND RETAINING MEANS AS IT APPROACHES SAID SUPPLY, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNAL FOR DEACTIVATING SAID WITHDRAWING AND RETAINING MEANS AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SAME SIGNAL FOR ACTUATING SAID FIRST FORM PICK-OFF MEANS.