US1275210A - Game. - Google Patents

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l. W. BRAUNSCHWEILER. GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22 I918.

WITNESSES Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

- U T D S AT S AIENII we 1 iTOBn WALTER BBAUNSGEWEILEBQOEPALOALTQ; cALIro'anIAJ 1,'P .'Y5,21 I Specification of Letters Patent. 1 jfaPatnted A ug; 1 918; 1 "a l c tio filedlifarch 22,191 sw n...area.--f 1 v y b7, enr sntsthe min 1519 trackwhichlisj' ,Be 1t known that I, J OHN -wALTER B RAUN-; commonly used in connecting lines of forts} SCHWEILER, a tlzen of Canada, residing. at of this, character, and 8' and19 are branch,

To all wk omjz't'mag concern." i I a I PaloAlto, in the county ofSanta Claraandv trackswhich are used for running the cars.

State of California, have invented certain of ammunitionto the .forts containingthe' new and'useful Improvements in Games, of guns." [1,0 is a turn-table which is placed at which the following is afspecification. the two meeting, ends of the branch tracks This invention relatesto games in puzzle so that the cars of ammunition maybe form, and, consists of a base in the formof a] turned onto either track. 5

fort'havingrailway tracks andguns mount- 7 C- designates afort' holding a, large gun,

ed thereon. v and D-design'atesa fortholdingfli maller The base is triangular in shape with two .gun. These 'forts'are fastened toithe main.

of its corners extending outwardlya short; base B by metallic bracesorhooks ll which distance. Forts are positioned on. the two fit intoj socketsl2, placed'lonfthe side ofthej'm short sides of the base, one'fort having a main basefi V, f f v large gun ,and the other fort having a designates-a canholdin large ammng, smaller gun. Two cars ofammun'i'tion' have nitionfor the larger gun, and D. designates,- been placed at the wrong guns and the prina car holding ammunition for the smaller cipal object of the game is to place the cars gun. These cars are here shown on the at their rightguns by the use of the locomo branch .tracks, the car .Df holdingthe smallf tive, without running the locomotive on the ammunition being placed at the large gun, turn-table. and the car C holding-the large ammuni- A further object of the invention is to protion being placed at the small gun. E desvide a game which will require considerable ignates a locomotive which is here shown on study to work out. This andother objects the main line and is adapted to be used in will be more apparent as the invention is shunting the two cars holding the ammunimore fully described in the following specition to their right places. fications. With reference to Fig. 3, the tracks are] With these and other objects in view, the formed of flat pieces of metal which are fas- 5 invention consists in the construction, com- ,ten'ed to the main base by suitable screws 14: bination and arrangement of parts as will and the tracks are adapted to project over be hereinafter fully described, illustrated a groove 15 in the main base. in the accompanying drawings, and pointed The locomotive and cars are provided out in the claims hereunto appended. with a block: 16 which has outwardly extend- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the game ing flanges 17 so that same may run in the showlng positions of the two guns, and the groove 15 and beheld from running off the two cars placed in their wrong places. track'by the extending portion of the track.

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing how the In describing the operation of the invenbase may be folded together so that the tion, the object is to place the cars O and D" same may be put in a box or other recepat their respective places by the use of the tacle when not in use. locomotive, without running the locomotive Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line AA on the turn-table, and have the locomotive of Fig. 1, and placed back on the main track when finished.

Fig. 4: is a side elevation of one of the Thelocomotive is operated by the hand I V gun forts showing the means for fastening and is taken back to the corner 5, switched same to the base. onto'the branch track 9 and pushes the car. Referring to the drawings like numerals 0' onto the turnstable 10'. Y The locomotive designate like parts in the various drawis then brought back andover to the branch 1 ing track 8, pushes the car D up and connects'105 B designates the base, being triangular the same with the car CT, pulls the two cars in shape to represent the base of a fort. back to the corner 5 and then pushes the: The two corners 5 and 5' of the base extend] same across to the corner 5. It then leaves outwardly and may be folded in on suitable the car 0 resting on the corner 5, pulls the hinges 6 as shown in Fig. 2 so that the same car D across to the corner 5, then pushes-it may be folded up and placed in a receptacle along the branch track 8 and leaves it on the.

or b x when n t in u e. -table Th lo pn otive ,is then brought baok to the corner 5, taken across and up the gun, the other a small gun, ears to hold ambranch track, takes thecar D oiftheturn-; ;munition-for said-guns adapted to be run table, pulls it back and leaves it at its proper on the said tracks, a locomotive for operating 30 lace Which is behind the smaller said cars, and means for holding said loco- 5 After leaving it there, the locomotive is motive and cars on the tracks.

then brought; down; and eonneoted-Withthe' 1 2. A game of the character described com oar C which has been standing on the corner prising a base of triangular shape in the 5. The car C is thenpulled"aeross the Demure fort having a main line and branch 35 main line to the corner 5, pushedupthe side lines running therefrom, a turn-table atone track Sand placed in its 'properf 'jlaoe which of the angles of the base, twogunsof difler is" behind the large gun; The locomotive is ent sizes fastened on each si'deofsaid' base then brought back and 'leftresting on the and two cars'1adapted"to be loperat'ed by a. main line. V locomotive, one of said' cars holding largei"40 3 From the foregoing it is thought that the ammunitionfor the large gun and-the other construction of my' invention will be'olea'rly car holdingsmallalnmunitioniior'the small understood,"andtherefore a more'extended gun, said" cars being platedintlieir'vvrong explanation'has be'enomitted'. positions 'and"adapted tobe' {placedfat their What I claim as new, is," c0rrectposit1onsby'thejuse of the locomotive 45:

1. "Afgame representing a fort consisting, Without running the said locomotive on the; ofa base-tr angular ln'shape andhaving its turn-table. 7

two cornersgadapted to be'hingedlyloonnect- Intestimonyvvhereof I mysignature ed ancill-turne'd sci that same may be placed in inthepresence of tWo' Witnesses. V Z a slna rece tac e, a main line track runnin V a i i across one d f the straight sides of said for? r 5 )7 JOHN P E BA w W Fi' having two: branch tracks having a turn- Witnesses: V v i table at'their meeting ends,two smaller forts EDWARD WERR'O, mounted on said base, one holding a'large. Gnonons BORN;

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