US1321940A

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Publication number: US1321940A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-11-18
Anticipated expiration: 1936-11-18

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P. C. OSCANYAN.

SCORE 08 BULLETIN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR-28. \917.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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SCORE 0R BULLETIN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28. m2.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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INVLNTOR P. C. OSCANYAN.

SCORE OR BULLETIN BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1911.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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' Jim/- WITNESSES Patented N0v.,1s, 191s WITNESSES v INVENTOR' siren STATES PATENT OF PAUL C. OSGANYAN, OFBOGOTA, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO STAR BALL PLAYER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

scone on BULLETIN BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed April 2s, 1917. Serial No. 165,172.

7 new and useful Improvements in Score or Bulletin Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in score or bulletin boards,one object of the invention being to provide means whereby the runner members shall be capable of movement independently of each other.

A further object is to so construct and arrange the runner members that the same shall be capable of passing each other.

A further object is to so construct and arrange the device that the independently movable runners may be stopped at predetermined positions, either at one of the bases or between bases.

A further object is to provide simple means at the bases to denote that aplayer is out.

A further object is to provide simple and etlicient operating mechanism for the runner members.

A further object is to so construct the device that all of the runner members shall be operable by a single mechanism common to them all and still permit movement of any one or more of sa1d runner members independently of the others.

A further object is to provide simple means under the control of the operator for illuminating the ball.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. a v

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a rear view of my improved score board; Fig. 2 is front View of the same, 011 a smaller scale; Fig.3 is an enlarged detail view showing the runner members andoperating means therefor; Fig. l is a. view in section on the linet l of Fig. 3; Fig. .5 is a view showing the details of the mounting for the runner members; Fig. 6 is a transverse section through one of the runner members; Fig. 7 is an enlarged view taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional vlew 011 the line 8-8 of Flg. 1; F1g. 9 15 an enlarged sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 10 1s a view 1n which the means for lighting the ball are shown diagrammatlcally.

I 1 represents sultable framework, upon the central portion of which a board or sheet 2 is secured and is designed to represent a base-ball field. At respective sides of the field 2,

racks

3, 3, are attached to the frame 1 and adapted for the reception of inserts bearing the names of the clubs and their players and other identifying and record data.

The diamond of the field is formed by providing elongated openings 4: representing the runways between bases; and

open frames

5, 6, 7 8 at the corners of the diamond, representing the several bases.

A frame 9 approximating the shape of the diamond is secured to the field sheet 2 and spaced somewhat from the back thereof, said frame 9 being thus located in rear of the runways t and the

base frames

5, 6, 7 and 8 so that runner members (hereinafter described) may be caused to move between the runways and said frame 9. The purpose of the frame 9 is to support a series of adjustable stop pins 10 for stopping the runner members at the bases or at points intermediate thereof and to form a bottom for the base path at the rear of openings 4:. Each stoppin may be mounted to move longitu dinally in a tubular guide post 11 secured to the frame 9 and provided at its rear. end with a ring 12 or other suitable device to facilitate the manual manipulation of the pin to move the same into or'out of the path of the runner members. Stop pins are located close to the several bases so that the runner members may be stopped at the bases and other stop pins are provided. short distances from the bases so that the runner members may be permitted to overrun the bases. Stop pins may be provided both to the right and left of home base so that either a left or a right hand batter may be held at home while a base runner is attempting a steal of a base.

Inthe construction of the device shown in the drawmg, I may mploy four runner members 13 radiatlng from a shaft 14 projecting rearwardly from the center of the diamond portion of the board. This shaft is provided at one end with a disk '15 secured to the back of theboard opposite the pitchers position and the free end of this shaft is threaded as indicated at 16.

fixed shaft 14 and provided at one end with a disk 18,-said tubular shaft being also provided with a "longitudinal keyway 19. The runner members 13 are mounted freely near their inner ends upon the tubular shaft 17 and alternating with said runner members, are metal disks 20 provided with keys 21 to enter the key-way in said tubular shaft,-fiber washers 22 being interposed between the several disks and runner members. A worm wheel 23 is keyed to the outer end of thetubular shaft 17 and spaced from the outer disk 20 by means of a sleeve 24. A bracket 25 is mounted on the fixed shaft 14 adjacent to the worm wheel and a disk 26, connected with said fixed shaft by a key 26, bears against said bracket. A winged .nut 27 is located on the threaded end, of the fixed shaft and bears against the disk 26. Between the disk 15 at the inner end of the fixed shaft 1 1- and the disk 18 rigid with the inner end of the tubular shaft 17,a spring 28 is located,said spring operating to cause the several runner members, disks and washers to be clamped together in such manner that when the tubular shaft is turned, the several runner members will move together, but so that movement of one or more of said runner members may be prevented by reason of the adjustment of the stop pins, but the other runner members can move independently of the runner members which may be held by stop pins. Thus it will be seen that the mounting means of the runner members constitute, in effect, friction clutchdevices for said members, and the frictional resistance afforded between the parts may be read- 1 ily regulated by adjusting the tension of the spring 28,-whieh adjustment may be read ily effected by manipulation of the winged nut 27.

The bracket 25 affords bearings 29 for an operating shaft 30 carrying a worm 31 to mesh with the worm wheel 23. This shaft alsohas a bearing in a bracket 31 secured to the frame 1 and is provided with a balanced crank handle 32 within convenient reach of the operator.

Each runner member 13 is made extensible so that the same may be lengthened when it is desired that the same shall project past the runway opening, and thus be viewed by th audience, to representthe movement of a player from one base to another, and so that it may engage a stop pin should the latter .headjnsted to arrest the movement of the runner member; It will be understood that w'hen'a runner member is collapsed, it will not projectpast the runway openings and hence will beout of' sight of the audience.

tubular shaft 17 is mounted to turn on the Each runner member may be made of sheet metal and comprises two parts 3334 movable one upon the other,th'e part 33 having guide wings embracing the part 3 1-, and the latter having a lug 36 at its free end to be engaged by said guide wings for limiting the outward movement of the extensible part 33 of therunner member.

At each of the bases on the board, slides or shields 37 are located and are operable from the back of the board so that they may be moved to close the base frames and thus obscure a runner member which may be behind a base frame.

I11 the operation of the device, when the shaft 30 is turned by manipulation of the crank 32, motion will be imparted through the worm gearing to the tubular shaft 17 and the tendency will be to move all of the runner members, but such of said runner members as have been extended will be controlled and limited in their forward movement by the disposition of the stop pins. For example; if a runner member is held at second base by a stop pin and a butter reaches first base,-one runner member will remain at second and another runner member will be stopped at fir-st" by the adjustment of the stop pin at the latter base. On the other hand. if the runner member is to move from "secoud to third on the play, the stop at second will be withdrawn and the top pin at third adjusted to arrest the runner member at that base. If an. extended runner member be approaching a base frame and it is desired to show that the runner safely reaches the base, the stop pin adjacent to such base will be moved outwardly and the slide or shield 37 at such base will be permitted to remain withdrawn, so that the runner member will be stopped at the base and be visible through the base frame. Should it be desired to indicate that the player is out at such base, the operator will move the slide or shield over the base frame and thus obscure the runner member.

It will be observed that the runner members are disposed in different but parallel vertical planes; that any of said runners can pass others which may be held against forward movement by the stop pins, and. that the runner members are capable of being manipulated manually and moved independently as occasion may require,tluis facilitating the easy and quick operation of the device.

To reproduce the movements of the ball over the field, I provide two

members

38 and 39, one of which (38) is preferably :1 hollow sphere of transparent mate ial or translucent material, such as celluloid, representing theball and located in front of the field, and the other (39) a controlling member located in rear of the board. The

ball 38, at the front, is secured to cords-i0, which cords are wound attheir ends on reels allocated adjacent to the upper edge of the supporting frame 1 near the corners thereof. The ball controlling member 39 (which is provided with a handle 42) is connected to cords 43, the opposite ends of said cords being wound on reels 4A. The reels 41 and 44: are secured to shaftswtii journaled in the supporting framed, the reels 41 being at the front, and the reels 44: being at the rear of the same. Fixed to the rear end of each reel 4:4. is a reel 46 carrying a cord 47 provided with a counterweight 48. The cord 47 is wound on the reels in a direction opposite to that of he

cords

43,50 that as the ball member 32 rises or falls, the weight 4:8-will wind up or let out the cords 47, and as it moves sidewise the cords will wind up on the reels toward which the ball member is moving and unwind from the other, the weights 18 being just suflicient to maintain the cords under proper tension. Secured to the ball member 38 is a tension cord 49, which extends downwardly fro-m said ball member and after passing about

reels

50, 51 and 52,. is provided at its depending end with a weight 53. A tension cord53 is also connected with ball controlling member 39 and after passing about

reels

54c, 55 and 56, its

depending end has a weight 57 attached thereto. i i

The cords above described also form electrical conductors, and the cords 5L0, -10 are electrically connected with the terminals of an incandescent lamp 58 contained within the ball member 38 for illuminating the latter. One terimnal of a battery 59 may be connectedby a conductor 60 with the left hand shaft 45 (Fig. 10) while the other terminal of said battery is connected, by a. conductor 61 with the reel 54. The handle l2 of the control ball member 3 carries a manually operable switch 62, one member of which is connected by a: conductor 63 with the cord 53, while the other menjiber of said switch is connected by a conductor (n with the right hand cord 43. (Fig. 10).

-When the switch 62 closed, the circuit may be traced as follows: from. the battery 59, by conductor 60 to left hand reel l t, by shaft 45 to reel k6; by left hand COI'ClHl-O to the lamp 58 in the ball member 38; by right hand cord 40 to right hand reel 46; by shaft 6L5 to reel n; then by right hand cord 43 and conductor 64 to one member of the switch 62; from the other member of said switch, by way of conductor 63 to cord 53 to reel 5%, and then by conductor 61 to the battery 59. It will of course be understood that suitable insulation 68 will be provided to electrically separate the shafts 45 from the frame '1 andfor preventingthe currentfrom reaching parts of the Cords which form no circuit. a i x WVith the construction and arrangement of parts and circuits above described, the ball member may be illuminated at the will of the operator to facilitate themore ready understanding by the audience of the informationto be imparted. i a

The outfield portion of the board may be made with an opening 65 and. on the rear face of the board, a pocket 66 is located to receive a plurality of slides '67, each provided with a lug 68 for manipulating it. One of, these slides may contain the word Wild; another, the word Fly another the word Muff and another indicating that a batter has been hit, or data giving other or additional information regarding the details of the plays maybe indicated on these slides 1 The board may also be provided with

other pockets

69, 70, 71 and 72, labeled re spectively Out, Runs, Stirs, and Ball. These pockets carry slides73 bearing figures, and are provided with lugs 74 for moving said slides outwardly from the inner ends of the pockets so that the figures thereon may be exhibited to beread in connection with the labeling on the pockets. The various slides will be operated: from be hind the board, and the labeling on their rear faces may be read through openings in the board as shown in Fig. 2, so1 that the operator may know what slide is being displayed. The board may also be provided on its rear face with the same labeling of the various positions as appears on the front of the board, for the guidance of the operator. i it A panel 7 5 may be located under the field member and between the racks 33, said panel representing a box score.-

Various changes mightbe made in the de tails of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to the precisedetailslrerein part of the electrical set forth. 1

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is i 1. A bulletin board comprising a member representing a field, a plurality of runner members movable independently of and past each other, operating means for said runner members, and means for limiting themove ment of one or more of said runner members relatively to theothers.

2. A bulletin boardcomprising a memberrepresentinga field, a plurality of runner members rotatable independently of each other for unlimiteddistances, operating means common to all of said runner mem hers, and means for stopping the movement of one or more of said runner members. i i

runner members 'ently movable "operating means common to all of said run- 3. A bulletin board comprising a member representing a field, a plurality of I movable unlimited distances independently of each other, centrally located friction devices coeperating with all of said runner members,

" means for moving'sai'd runner members, and

means for stopping the movement of any of said runner members Without interfering with the movement of'the others. I r 4. A bulletin board comprising a mem berrepresen tinga field, a plurality of radial runner members having a common centrally located pivotal mounting and independfor unlimited distances,

ner members, and means for stopping the movement of any of said radial runner members independently of the others.

5'. bulletin board, comprising a member representing 'a field, a plurality of radial runner members having common pivotal mounting and movableindependently of and past each other, common operating means for "said radial runner members, and means for-limiting the movement of any of said radial runner members without interfering with'the movement of the others.

6. A bulletin board, comprising a member representing afield, a plurality of extensible runner members movable independently of and past -eachother, and adjustable stop means movable into the paths of runner members when the latter are extended.

7. A bulletin board comprising a member rep resenting a field, a plurality of parallel runner members disposed in different planes,

members movable independently for unlimited distances, a centrally located shaft on which said runner members are pivotally mounted, friction devices connecting the runner members with said centrally located shaft, means for operating said shaft, and

adjustable stop devices for the runner members. i 7

9. A bulletin board, comprising a member-representing afield, a plurality of runi'iermembers movable independently for unli ited-distances, acentrall located shaft on which said runner members are pivotally mounted, friction devices connecting the runner members with said shaft, means for regulating the tension I of said friction derunner memb vices, and adjustable stop devices for the ers.

10. A bulletin board, comprising a member representing a field, a plurality of runner members movable independently for unlimited distances, a shaft on which said runner members are pivotally mounted, friction devices connecting said runner members and shaft, an operating shaft, gearing between said operatingshaft and the shaft on which the runner members are mounted, and adjustable stop devices for said runner members.

11. A bulletin board comprising a member representing a field, said member having runway openings and openings representing base positions at the intersections of the runway openings, a plurality of radial runner members adaptable to project across said runway and base openings and movable behind and visible through the same, and means for obscuring the runner members at the base openings.

12. A bulletin board, comprising a member representing a field, said member having runway openings and openings representing bases at the intersections of the runway openings, a plurality of radial runner members adaptable to project across and movable behind said runway and base openings so as to be visible through the same, and slides movable over the base openings for obscuring the runner members at the base positions.

13. A bulletin board, comprising a member representing a field having runway openings and base openings representing bases at the intersections of the runway openings, a plurality of radial independently movable runner members movable past the runway and base openings, operating means common to all of said runner members, adjustable stops for arresting any of the runner members at and between the base openings, and adjustable means for obscuring the runner members at the base openings.

-1tl:. A bulletin board comprising a member representing a field and having runway openings and base openings at the intersections of the runway openings, a plurality of pivoted arms radiating from a common center and constituting runner, members, each of said arms comprising relatively movable parts whereby said arms may be extended past the runway and base openings, means for arresting said arms, when extended, at and between base openings, and adjustable means for obscuring the extended runner member arms at the base openings.

15. The combination with a member representing a field, of aplurality of runner members movable in different planes and capable of passing each other.

16. The combination with a member representing a field, of a plurality of extensible runner members movable independently in different planes.

17. The combination with a member representing a field, of a plurality of runner members movable in diiferent planes, a rotatable mounting for said runner members and friction devices interposed between said rotatable mounting and said runner memhere.

18. The combination with a member representing a field, of a plurality of runner members, a mounting for said runner members, friction devices interposed between said mounting and runner members, and an operating means common to all of said runner members, said operating means connected with said mounting for turning the same to transmit motion to each of the runner members through the medium of said friction devices.

19. The combination with a member rep resenting a field, of a plurality of runner members, all portions of each of which are movable in a difierent plane from those of the others, said runner members being 1novable independently of each other.

20. The combination with a member representing a field, of a plurality of extensible runner members, and view obstructing means for concealing said runner members at the bases.

21. The combination with a member representing a baseball field, of a movable runner member and means including manually operable shields at the bases over the path of the runner member and manually operable stop devices adjacent to the bases, whereby a runner play may be set before it is executed.

22. The combination with a member representing a baseball field having the diamond portion separated from the remainder of the field to form runway and base openings, of a plurality of runner members all movable in a plane behind the field memher and adapted to extend across and be movable behind said runway and base openings, said runner members being disposed in different planes and movable past each other.

23. The combination with a member rep? resenting a baseball field having its diamond portion spaced from the remainder of the field to provide runway and base openings, of radial runner members disposed behind the field member and movable past said openings, a plurality of adjustable stop pins movable into the paths of the runner members, and means for supporting the stop pins.

24. The combination with a member rep resenting a baseball field having its diamond portion spaced from the remainder of the field to provide runway and base openings, of radial runner members disposed behind the field member and movable so as to be visible through said openings, a frame disposed behind and spaced from the field member, and adjustable stop pins mounted on said frame and movable into the paths of the runner members when the latter are moved behind the runway and base openmgs.

25. The combination with a member representing a baseball field and having openings representing runways and bases, of a plurality of radial runner members behind said field member and adapted to pass each other and be visible through said openings, and means for obscuring any of said runner members from view through said open mgs.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL G. OS'CANYAN.