US1117587A - Game-table. - Google Patents

Description

H. MILLHOUSE.

GAME TABLE.

APPLICATION funn JULY 17. 1914.

1,1 17,587. Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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GAME-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1914.

Application led July 17, 1914. Serial No. 851,664.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, HENRY Minnnousn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gamefiables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game tables having an inclined top, at the head of which latter are located holes through which the balls employed in playing the game drop onto an inclined runway, the latter returning the balls to the foot of the table.

The invention has for its object to provide in a game table of the kind stated a novel arrangement of deflectors operating in conjunction with the ball-receiving holes at the head of the table.

ln order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the table; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sec tion thereof, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged crosssection on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the table comprises an inclined top 5 which is mounted in a rectangular frame composed of sides G, and top and bottom boards 7 and 8, respectively. These frame pieces project above and below the table top and form the supporting legs thereof. At the head end of the table is a transverse row of holes 9 above which is located a cross bar 10, the same overhanging the holes and being spaced above the same a sufficient dis tance to allow the balls 11 employed in playing the game to enter the holes. The cross bar 10 extends from the top or head board 7 and extends entirely across the table.

Beneath the cross bar 10 are located delector blocks 12, the same being secured to the under side of the cross bar and depending therefrom and terminating close to the table top. These deflectors are located in the plane of the table top which is between the holes 9, and their width corresponds to the space between the holes. The detlcctors also extend forward as far as the forward edge portion of the holes, in View of which they prevent the balls 11 from passing the Copies of this patent may be obtained for :five cents holes. The balls which do not drop into the holes strike the dctlectors and then roll back down the table top 5 to the foot thereof.

Beneath the table top is located an inclined runway 12:3 sloping toward the foot of the table to return to this end of the table the balls which drop through the holes S). .\.t the foot of the table is a pocket lll to which the runway leads, the bottom board 8 having an opening l5 'into the pocket, through which opening the balls pass when they reach the bottom of the runway, and then roll into the pocket. At the junction of the table top and, the side boards 6 are cushions 1G to deaden the noise. The table top may also have a felt cover 17 for this purpose.

The table is used as follows: The balls l1 are placed in a leather or other box and thrown on the table top 5 toward the head thereof. The balls which drop through the holes 9 are returned to the pocket 14 by the runway 13, and those which strike the del'lectors l2 roll back down the table top to the foot thereof. No cues, or other projecting means are used to roll or throw the balls. The game is won by the player who gets the largest number of halls through the holes.

I claim:

A. game table frame in which comprising a top and a said top is mounted, said :trame comprising side and top and bottom boards projecting above and below the table top and forming the supporting legs thereof, the head end of the table top having a transverse row of holes, a cross bar connecting s the side pieces at tho head end of the table and ovcrhanging the holes, and delectors depending from the bottom. of the cross bar into the plane of the spaces between the holes, the width of the deflectors corresponding to the w'dth of the spaces between the holes.

In testimony whereof I athx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MILLHOUSE. Witnesses:

DAVID J. Zwnirnn, Louis SAMUELSON.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C.

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