US1569786A - Target - Google Patents

Description

J. E. POPOFF TARGET Filed Feb. 10, 925 2 Sheets-Sheet l v '1 AW 6%.

WITNESS:

Jan. '12 1926.

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Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB E. POPOFF, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

TARGET.

Application filed February 10, 1925. SeriaI No. 8,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jncon E. Pororr, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Targets, of

which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a game, the general object being to provide a plurality of objects arranged upon a casing and when hit with a projectile will cause the same to move Within the casing and close a circuit at the destination thereof whereby lamps of varying or different colors will be illuminated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tripping means upon the upper portion of the casing which when operated moves laterally within the casing whereby the destination of an object within the casing may be changed and predetermined before its traveling.

A further object of the invention is to provide electric conducting means upon one side of the casing and which may be readily and easily associated with a separate casing in order that a plurality of casings may be arranged in series and yet be electrically connected with the first mentioned casing in order that a plurality of circuits will not be necessary.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: I

Figure lis a top plan view of the casing with parts broken away and showing the arrangement of the tripping means and channels arranged within the casing.

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken through one of the channel members and casing and showing the relative position of the elements therein. p p

Figure 8 is a sectional View of the ends or sides of a pair of casings with the electrical connecting means therefor. p p

Figure at is a plan view of the projectile means and showing the operation of the same.

Figure is a diagrammatic plan view of the electrical circuit used in conjunction with "the present invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail,

wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicatesa casing proper which includes a transparent panel whichextends vertically upon the upper side thereof and adjacent the rear end thereof. The front of the easing 10 has positioned therein a plurality of substantially U-shaped grooved channels having their yoke ends arranged in coact-ing relation and the channel portions as at 12 in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings and are shown in plan view in Figure 2 of the draw ings as set and supported at an inclination toward the front of the casing proper the grooved channels, including spacing blocks 13 upon the under sides thereof and which are of varying heights in order that the said channel portions 12 may be held and supported at the inclination as aforementioned.

Positioned upon opposite sides and adjacent the forward end portion of the channel members 12 are pairs of contact members let, one of each being connected through suit" able conducting wires 15 to lamp bulbs 16 which may be of any desired color and are positioned directly behind the vertically ere tending transparent panel 11 arranged upon 'thenpper side of the casing 10. Conduct ing Wires 17 and 18 are connected to the companion sides of the lamp bulbs 16and opposite contact members It respectively; the conducting wire 18 is connected to a bat tery or the like 19 as indicated in Figure 5 of the drawings. 1 I

It will thus be noted that upon bridging the space between the spaced contacts I-l that the circuit will be closed and the lamp bulbs 16 may be selectively illuminated. In order to provide means, in the form of the object, for closing the circuit or bridge the space between the spaced contact members 14,1 provide metallic ball members 20 which are preferably hollow and which are so shaped as to readily and easily fit within the grooved portions 12 and easily travel therein.

As mentioned in the foregoing, relevant to the means included between the channeled portions 12 arranged within. the casing 10 or predetermining the destination of the ball members 20, that is, in just which channel portion 12 theiball 20 will travel, I pro-. vide a shaft member :21 which has its lower end portion journaled within a block member arranged directly behind the channel members 12 and which has its opposite end extending through and above the top of the casing and includesa substantially, U,- shaped bar member 23 thereon, which has included upon the free end portions thereof, disk members 24:; rigidly secured upon the shaft 21 within the casing 10 is a switch 25 which includes curved portions 26 upon opposite sides and adjacent the free end portions thereof and'which are adapted to be swung laterally between the channel m mbers 12 and form one wall thereof inorder that the passage of the ball members 20 within the channel members 12 will be restricted to one channelonly.

As inferred and understood from the detailed description and accompanying drawings, it is plausible that upon rendering the casing 10 as a target it would be necessary to provide projectile means for operating thetargetl To this end I provide a bow 27 which includes an apertured lug member 28 upon the intermediate portions thereof and which is adapted to be pivotally secured or positioned upon a plate-member 29 in order that the bow 27 willbe held in position and against accidental displacement whereby the same will be always in position and ready for use. The projectile means includes an arrow 30 which of course has its inner end portion engaging a bow string or the like 31 and when fitted thereon and pulledrearwardly against the tension of the bow 27, it will be noted that the bow will be causedto bend and allow the projectile in the form of the arrow 30 to be shotoutwardly therefrom and the player of this game will aim to hit the disk members 24in order to predetermine the passage of the ball members 20 within the channel members 12 before aiming at the ball'members 21 tocause the same to be rotated or travel within the channel members 12 in order to engage the selective contact members 1 1 arranged at the outer ends thereof, in order that lamps 16 of varying colors may be illuminated.

As mentioned in the foregoing, as to providing connecting means between a plurality of casings, I extend plug members 32 between the correspondingsides of the respective casings and which plug members have secured to the outer endportions there of conducting plates 33 and which have included thereon binding posts 34: which are connected with a suitable conducting wire 35 leading to the next casing.

As clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, cutout portions 36 are provided in the front of the casing 10 communicating with the ends of the channel members 12 in order that a portion of the ball members 20 will extend therethrough so that the projectile member 30 may easily andreadily hit its mark and send the object, being the ball member 20, in its course of travel within the channel members 12 in order that the spaced contact members 1 1 may be bridged and the circuit closed in order that the lamps 16 may be selectively illuminated.

The invention is susceptible of anions changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is:

1. A target of the character described comprising it using, a plurality oi channeled horseshoe shaped members arranger] within the casing and tilted forwardly therein, switch members included between the horseshoe members, means il'lrluded upon the upper portion of the switch means for moving the same laterally therein, spaced contact members arranged adjacent the for-- ward end portions of the horseshoe Ill0111- bers and electric signalling means connected in circuit with the contact members for registering a shot. i

A- target of the character described comprising a casing, a plurality of forwardly extending cross section channel shaped intercoimeetcd horse ioe members arranged therein and lmving registering openings provided in the front olf the cusing adjacent the ends thereof, pairs of spaced contact members arranged within the casing between the openings and the end portions of the horseshoe members and upon opposite sides of the ends thereof, switch members arranged between the interconnecting portions of the horseshoe numbers: and having the opposite sides thereof curved to resemble the side wall. of the chaimels, means provided upon the upper portion of the casing and connected with the switches wl irreby the same may be easily and readily turned to simultaneously turn the switches ball members arranged within the channels and normally bridging the space bctwetm a pair of the contact members and extending forwardly an appreciable distance through the openings provided in the front of the casing, a plurality of lamp bulbs arranged upon the rear of the casing and connected with the contact members, projectile means for moving the ball members within the channel portions, and electric connecting means included between the :side walls of the casings whereby the same may be L'Ulh nected with a plurality ol similar casings arranged in parallel therewith.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

JACOB E. POPOh-F.

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