GB229001A - An improved appliance for playing games - Google Patents

Abstract

229,001. Hirst, J. A. Nov. 15, 1923. Board games; games of chance.-Appliances for playing a game imitating golf comprise a series of diagrams E, Fig. 1, representing the successive holes of a golf course. Each diagram is marked with a tee f<1>, green f<2>, bunkers f<5>, &c., and is divided by longitudinal lines F into zones indicating direction, and by lateral lines f<4> into spaces representing distances from the tee. The diagrams are mounted on a long strip carried on rollers similar to those used in film cameras, handles being provided to bring the diagrams successively into view beneath a window a' in the containing-box A. The length of each stroke is determined by a series of rotatable drums G, Fig. 8, each marked on its periphery with numerals representing likely lengths of drive for the particular type of club to which it corresponds. The direction of the stroke is indicated bv a further drum G<1> marked to indicate the zone into which the ball is driven. The drums are viewable through openings g<4> in the casing, and are provided with milled flanges g<2> by means of which they are rotated. In a modification, Fig. 11, the scoring means comprise a rotatable cylinder O viewable through a slot h<2> in the casing H. The cylinder 0 is marked with lines which indicate on scales carried by a slotted, angularly-adjustable drum I, one of said scales corresponding to each type of club. In a further modification, Fig. 16, discs S are flipped along alley-ways p by means of spring-projectors Q, the alley-ways being divided by longitudinal and transverse lines to show the direction and length of drive. Miniature balls are moved over the diagrams according to the indications of the scoring device, such balls being provided with pegs, needle points or pneumatic suckers for holding them in position.