US1679360A

US1679360A - Die-throwing device

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Publication number: US1679360A
Application number: US237548A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jung Jacob
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-12-09
Filing date: 1927-12-03
Publication date: 1928-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1945-08-07

Description

Aug. 7, 1928. 1,679,360

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Patented Aug. 7, 19218.

UNITED STATES 1,679,360 PATENT OFFICE.

p JACOB JUNG, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

:DIE-THROWING DEVICE.

Application filed December 3, 1927, Serial No. 237,548,`and in Germany December 9, 1926.

This invention relates tol a device for throwing dice by mechanical means within a closed chamber, and the invention consists in the provision of a `dishcd, glass-covered base carrying a centrally disposed upright tube whercon a plurality of cranked, diethrowing hammers are pivotally supported, said hammers being operated by means of rods arranged within the tube and by means of a knob which is situated outside the glass cover and which is common to all the rods.

Means are provided i'or rendering the knob inoperative in respect of any of the rods.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical section oi the device taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 2, a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. i,

Fig. 3, a view of one of the operating rods,

Fig. 4, a sectional view of the operating knob showing a modified arrangement,

Fig. 5, a view of an operating rod for use with the arrangement of Fig. f1,

Fig. 6, a sectional view of the tube together with a guide element for the rods, and

Fig. 7, a top view of Fig. 6.

The device is composed of a dished base 1 to which a centrally disposed, upright tube 3 is secured by means oi' a nut f1. rlhe base supports a glass bell 2, and the space within the latter is divided by radial partitions I, II and III into three equal and separate chambers. The tube 3 carries in each chamber a pair of brackets 8 between which a cranked hammer 7 is pivotally suspended at 9. Assembled around the lower part of the tube 3 are three sectors 24 which are spaced from one another and arranged so that a hammer 7 is normally disposed in the space between two adjacent sectors. Each chainber of the device contains a die 6, and the base 1 is formed for each chamber with a cavity the walls ofwwhich slope towards the gap between the sectors so as to maintain the die 6 in position, as shown in Figs. l and 2, to be thrown by the hammer 7 For operating the hammers, three rods 13 are housed within the tube 3 which is provided at its lower part with three longitudinal slots 11. The crank arms 10 of the hammers project through the slotsll and also through elongated slots 12 made in the rods 13. Lugs at the lower ends of the rods project outwards through the slots 11 and are engaged by springs 19 which tend to raise the rods. Vhen the rods ar-e de` pressed in opposition to the springs, Vthe arms 10 will 'be engaged at the ends of the slots 12 for operating the hammers and throwing the dice which return by gravity and by virtue of the guide surfaces to their initial positions in iront of the hammers.

Secured to the upper end of the tube 3 is a disc 5 in which the rods 13 as well as the stem 1T of aknob 14, are slidably guided. The knob 14 is supported by a spring 18 and serves asa means for depressing the rods. For each rod the knob 14 has a slot 15 into which the upper end of thev rod pr0- jectsl and which is deep enough to allow the knob to be depressed without aiecting the rod. Normally the slot 15 is traversed by a slide 16 which is fitted radially in the knob and which engages the rod so as to cause it to be depressed together with the knob. If any of the dice is not required for use, the respective slide 16 is retracted so as to render the knob inoperative as regards the particular rod.

The springs 19 may be obviated if the upper end of each rod is provided with a slot 20, as shown in Fig. 5, for the reception f of a pin 21 inserted radially into the knob. The rod will then be held between the pinl 21 and the slide 16 so as to follow the upward as well as the downward movements of the knob. In this case an additional rod guide in the form of a disc 23 provided with guide apertures 22, is mounted in the tube 3, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

To render theV device more interesting and attractive, the brackets 8 are made to represent footballers, the hammers 7 serving as legs. The feet are weighted at the toes so as to maintain the legs in their proper position of rest and so as to render the kicks more eii'ective. ,'Ihe partitions I, II, and III may consist of nets to represent goals.

The dice are preferably made of ebonite or other hard but light material so as not to cause damage to the glass bells.

I claim:

1. A die throwing device of the. character described, comprising a base, a glass bell supported on said base, an upright tube connected to the base and projecting through saidv bell, radial partitions dividing the space under the bell into chambers, brackets connected to the tube in each chamber, a cranked die throwing hammer suspended pivot-ally from said brackets with its crank arm projecting through a slot into the tube, a rod guided within the tube for operating the hammer by engagement with its crank arm, and a. knob supported by a spring on the upper end of the tube and over the ends of the rods so as to allow of being used for depressing the rods and operating the hammers.

2. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the knob is slotted to receive the ends of the rods, the slots being' deep enough to allow the knob to be depressed without alfecting the rods, and means for blocking the slots when the rods are to be operated.

3. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the knob is slotted to receive the ends of the rods, the slots being deep enough to allow the knob to be depressed with aecting the rods, and slides fitted in the knob so as to allow of being placed across the slots as operating abutments for the rods.

4. A ydevice as claimed in claim 1 wherein each rod is connected to the knob by means of a pin-and-slot arrangement so as to allow of relative displacement, and means for preventing such displacement.

5. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the hammers are weighted so as to maintain themselves by gravity in their proper position of rest.

6. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base is formed for each chamber with a cavity adapted to maintain a die in position to be thrown by the hammer when the rod is operated.

JACOB JUNG.