US1018840A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

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J. A. MARIKLE.

GAME APPARATUS. APPLICATION 21mm JULY12,1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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Qqiplicut'iGn filed July 1-12, 191).. Serial Ho. fi ivfififi al '17 a1; comwm e :rroviclecl, about, my number of its do- I I) LUZBSSlOHS 4 and 5; respectively, with de- "6 g in film: is, characvrs, coloring, or other imlicia loos. 33s., and 18, according to the requirements of the m lmomozfl new gama-z to re aml n Game Apifia- The bottom of the table 1 has fixed lillll ai'esorlp in any suitable manner, a base-bean? 14, provided vii-l1 a hub 15, in which is Eentrrerl a pin 16 forming the journal or on p, zrzle of a Wheel 17, "lo the hearing or oi; l" of said. pin 16 is secured in any to lo ,isui'table manner, a handle 19, of any form I or Qoapalale of being manipulated to turn the persona v JWllE-Bl upon the journal 16., being fixed toln or 111;! imonliofi array be @Em .pin. The Wheel 17 is formed in its top readily ."i(3 l; .l. lmvo provirl ecl drawsurface will? a plurality of spiral grooves n View of my apsvorso Jerri .ltl sec-- 1 lion 1'2: 1*

ler u (l hOlA volition to virlorl wilwith any l 1110 top wir'iict of the table is tirovided with :icirczlar series of ,:irci1l: ,"(leprossions 4, near illi': llzmgge 2 and another ciroulm' s\' i'ios of Gin zirrzmgril cornconirical LLl'illCL lo i110 depressions am": the latter. "lrlir salons 4- urr: maria surface Y in Gift}, ions are formed illll'sl :lill'oronl: ram

The table? is planing 8, of may g a Wall 9, above the opening 8 in the flange lo coiipca ate with ill-e wlioel, presently (lie 1m; and m1- oirclimx'iizo surface- 7, "n. llro do pressions a formed. .ll'lie innor sirfacu of the Illzmgo 2 is provider, in some instances of my invention, with an elastic or resilient facing 12 of sofl rubber or other suitable material, fillcllgl&ll3(l lo make the balls rebound and arc-colour? movemenm.

for the lmlls 'fUl'll'lQtl W ll; 6 suitable (l zuneier, prov'rlilr which is a wall 10, bounding 211 this position, laminating" l1 extenoirw' suilicion'ily liig i r i i "rlie balls, I nmy face a portion of the in:

21L The inner ends of the grooves terminaie at the hub 18, wl;=1le the outer ends terminate at tlio periphery of the Wheel, at

wlicli point the balls 22, which are to be agitated hm} with which the game isplayerl, will leave the grooves in which they are placed and roll upon the surfafies 6 and Y of ilio table. Proierzilaly 1 form the grooves 53% the wheel 17 with their inner ends luljaent The hill) 18, lower than their outer rods :2: the periphery of the Wheel, the rise from tlioliub to the periphery of the wheel providing :1 gradual and gentle incline, up which the ball mustrun before entering upon the table surface. In order to increas and modify the ac'rion oi er ones of the flanges forming the grooves; 20, with olnfario nmlorial 23,, said facing beginning subn lurllizilly ill the point or" lerinirr (ion of illf} imam wall of the next adjn lllS, during their "in, being (1 sur; mos resulting in g'ente i lirity of l'lie bulls. The inner flange of each groove "Dilly be (lispons'ml Willi ii desired,

hating the handle l9, and a-ilor l1; 5

he bulls in the grooves of ll and cmlsiiig said Wheol lo rol'al f motion of the arrow shown in Fig. the

balls will be caused by contrifugal or roll along mo 3on1 inner lower sad to its ou'ier upper 2115i theii glide upon the Labia from one r, striking rho flanges and being deflected from time to time 1111- foroa is spent and it comes to or the other of the cirouinr Geof my im'eniion shown in Fig. or journal-9h] 1S extended out 151b, from the hub 1-3, as

snown at 2-3 to Mixing "heroo a pulley 7. running from the iterv 1? indlcafeq by 111g there-from to file positive as will no ronciiiy UlldiiStOOd. By cio,.-ing the switch 31, the battery Win dr ve the motor whim, in turn, will, cause its belt ough the pulley 264 to rotate the whee? secure by my invention Leiters r In combinatioil, a stationary table pro- Sided with a oircuiar series of circular depressions and a flange at the order edge of said table a wheel journaled in the center of said table and provided with a plurality of -soirri'i groom-: 5, the inner ends of which K11" said table, said Wheel being pro- Yided ifh a plurality of spiral walls on its top ace against which balls are adapted to r and means whereby said whee may be rotated, substantially as described.

n A ame :1 amt-us con: risnw a table C b pro's'ifled with an upwardly-extending flange, in combination with a Wheel ournaled centraii of said table said Wheel harm means 3 l; 9 I 3 I ior momentarily retaining a plurality 0i balls on 115 w oer surface. the fian e of ihe K L a mole b81319 crowded with resilient niafe- 1 7 Q 1 371511 2116 a Wall on no Wheel provided with a resiiient surface and means wherobv the 7 wheel be rotated, substantially as do scriberf.

In testimony whereof I have hereuni'o 11 d my name in the presence of two sub WltnGSSQS.

JERVIS A. MARIKLE.

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