US1340278A - Toy or game - Google Patents

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A. L. LILLEY.

TOY 0R GAME. APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1919.

Patnted May18,1920.

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TOY OR GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1919.

Patented May 18, 1920.

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ALFRED L. LILLEY, OF WEST HARTFORD, CON NECTICUT:

TOY OB GAME.

To all whom it may can earn Be it known that I, ALFRnoL. LILLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Hartford, in the county of Hartford and tate of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toys or Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus which is designed for the amusement of children and which can be utilized as a toy or plaything by the very young and as a game of chance by those somewhat older.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy or game apparatus which can be manufactured cheaply, can be packed into a small space for transportation and storing or readily assembled by anyone into a form which will attract attention, and can be given motion which will afford amusement for babies and that can be utilized by those older for playing a game of chance.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment of the invention Figure 1 shows a plan of the apparatus assembled for use. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the same taken on the plane inclicated by the dotted line 2-2 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows, on larger scale, a vertical section on the plane indicated by the dotted line 33 on Fig. 1. Fig. 4: shows a horizontal section on the plane indicated by the dotted line H on Fig. 2.

The apparatus has a base 1 which is desirably made circular of wood, although it may be made of other material. This base has a central perforation containing a bushing 2, and a groove in its upper face containing a ball bearing 3. Removably fitting the bushing in the base is the lower end of a tubular post 4. Loosely mounted horizontally on the post and resting upon the ball bearing is a wheel 5. An axle 8 is rotatably supported horizontally by perforations through the tubular post and on this axle are the vertically arranged pulleys 7 and 8. The pulley 7 is fixed so as to rotate with the axle and bear upon the upper surface of the wheel 5, and the pulley 8 which is loose upon the axle may also run upon the upper surface of the wheel 5. Loosely mounted on the post and resting upon the pulleys is a horizontally arranged wheel 9. The horizontal wheels 5 and 9 are provided with radially extending wires 10, and thrust upon these wires are disks 11. The wheels, pulleys and disks are desirably all stamped to Specification of Letters Patent. Patented l 18 1920 Application filed July 24, 1919.

Serial No. 312,968.

shape from leather, although they may be made from other materials. These parts, particularly the disks, may be, when formed, suitably ornamented by embossing, coloring or numbering them, according to taste or requirements of the game to be provided.

The axle in the interior of the tubular post is bent to form a crank 12. In the post and resting upon the crank is a vertically movable rod 13. This rod is pressed downward against the crank by a spring 14 which thrusts between the upper'end of the rod and the under side of the cap 15 that is fastened on the top of the post. WVires 16, to the outer ends of which flags 17 of different nationalities, or other emblems, may be fastened, are passed loosely through perforations in the cap on the post and are jointed to the upper end of the vertically movable rod in the post.

The base may be mounted on a bed 18 formed of a thin piece of wood or thick piece of paper board which may be set into a box 19 that may be used for storing the apparatus when taken down. The bed may be provided with perforations or orifices 20 located in different positions and these openings which are a little larger than the disks may be promiscuously numbered if desired, or the bed may be divided into sections A B C D E F G H by radiating lines 21, which sections may be variously colored or otherwise differentiated.

A rod 2:2 with a handle 23 at its outer end supported by a plate 24: attached to the edge of the bed or box, is provided for extending the pulley axle to a position where it may be conveniently reached and rotated. When the handle is turned the pulleys rotate the upper wheel in one direction and the lower wheel in the opposite direction and this carries the disks on the wires extending from the respective wheels around in opposite directions, and if the disks are of different colors produces a pleasing eifect. At the same time the crank on the axle and the spring at the top cause the rod in the post to rise and fall and wave up and down the flags attached to the wires, and thus increase the pleasing effect.

If the handle is turned rapidly, as the speed of rotation increases the disks under centrifugal action fly off from the wires. As some of the disks will fit the wires and hold more tightly than others, the disks will be thrown out irregularly and some will land in one section on the bed and some in another section, and possibly some will fall through the orifices in the bed. The score resulting from the positions of the disks with relation to the several sections on the bed or to the perforations through the bed, according to the predetermined rules, provides a means for indicating the luck or skill of the players.

The apparatus may be taken down by removing the post from the base, the wheels from the post, the disks from the wheels, the pulleys from the axle, and the handle from the axle, and then all of theseparts may be packed flat for transportation or storing in the comparatively thin box which not only provides the closure but also the bed when the apparatus is being used either for at tracting the attention of small children or used as a game by others.

The invention claimed is l. A game apparatus comprising a base, a post rising from the base, a wheel loosely mounted on the post, an axle supported by the post, a pulley mounted on the axle and bearing against said wheel, means for rotating said axle, wires radiating from the wheel, and disks thrust upon said wires.

2. A game apparatus comprising a base, a post rising from the base, a wheel loosely mo'untedon the post, an axle supported by the post, a pulley mounted on the axle and bearing against said wheel, means for rotatmg said axle, wires radiating from the wheel, disks thrust upon said wires, a rod movable up and down the post, wires jointed to the upper end of the rod, and emblems attached to said latter wires.

3. A game apparatus comprising a base, a post rising from the base, a pair of wheels loosely mounted on the post, an axle supported by the post, a pair of pulleys mounted on the axle between said wheels, means for rotating said axle, wires radiating from the wheels, and disks thrust upon said wires.

4. A game apparatus comprising a base, a pest rising from the base, a wheel loosely mounted on the post, an axle supported by the post, a pulley mounted on the axle and bearing against said: wheel, means for rotating said axle, wires radiating from the wheel, disks loosely mounted on said wires, and a bed supporting said parts and provided with orifices adapted to receive said disks when thrown from the wires.

5. A game apparatus comprising a base, a tubular post rising from the base, a wheel loosely mounted on the post, an axle supported by the post, a pulley mounted on the axle and bearing against said wheel, means for rotating said axle, wires radiating from the wheel, disks thrust upon said wires, a rod movable up and down in the post, a crank on the axis for moving said rod, wires jointed to the upper end of the rod, and

emblems attached to said latter wires. 7 V 6. A game apparatus comprising a base, a post rising from the base, a pair of wheels loosely mounted on the post, wires radiating from the wheels, disks loosely thrust upon said wires, and means for rotating said wheels in opposite directions and tln'owin said disks 0E from. said wires.

7 A game apparatus comprising a base, a post rising from the base, wheels loosely mounted on the post, an axle supported by the post, a pulley mounted on the axle between and bearing against said wheels, means for rotating saidaxle, wires radiating from the wheel, disks loosely mounted on said wires, and a bed supporting said parts and provided with orifices adapted to receive said disks when thrown from the wires.

ALFRED L. LILLEY.

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