US234223A - Combination puzzle and game apparatus - Google Patents

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US234223A
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  • Figure 1 is a side view of the improvement.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line m, Fig. 1.
  • the object of this invention is to furnish a puzzle so constructed that amusement may be found by seeking such an arrangement of the parts of the puzzle as will produce the desired result.
  • the invention consists in forming a combination-puzzle of a short rod, a stationary handle, and four or more balls or short cylinders having alternate numbers and letters formed upon them in such an order that when the said balls are arranged in a particular position the sum of the various columns of numbers will be the same, and the various columns of letters will spell words, as will be hereinafter fully described.
  • A represents a short rod, to one end of which is attached a ball or short cylinder, B, to serve as a handle in using the puzzle.
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  • Upon the rod A are placed four or more balls or short cylinders, C, so arranged that they can be turned easily and independently upon the rod A, but will have sufficient friction to keep them in any position into which they may be turned.
  • the first ball bears the numbers 1 2 3 4 and the letters M K W J, alternating with each other; the second ball, the numbers 7 8 6 and the letters A A I O.
  • the third ball bears the numbers 12 9 10 11 and the letters R T L H, and the fourth ball the numbers 14 15 16 13 and the letters Y E L N.

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(NoModelJ J. R. BARRY. Combination Puzzle and Game Apparatus.
No. 234,223. Patented Nov. 9, I880.
WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.
UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIGE.
JAMES R. BARRY, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS S. LIVERMORE, OF LEICESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
COMBINATION PUZZLE AND GAME APPARATUS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,223, dated November 9, 1880. Application filed March 29, 1880. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES R. BARRY, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combination Puzzle and Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specificauon.
Figure 1 is a side view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line m, Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The object of this invention is to furnish a puzzle so constructed that amusement may be found by seeking such an arrangement of the parts of the puzzle as will produce the desired result.
The invention consists in forming a combination-puzzle of a short rod, a stationary handle, and four or more balls or short cylinders having alternate numbers and letters formed upon them in such an order that when the said balls are arranged in a particular position the sum of the various columns of numbers will be the same, and the various columns of letters will spell words, as will be hereinafter fully described.
A represents a short rod, to one end of which is attached a ball or short cylinder, B, to serve as a handle in using the puzzle. Upon the rod A are placed four or more balls or short cylinders, C, so arranged that they can be turned easily and independently upon the rod A, but will have sufficient friction to keep them in any position into which they may be turned.
Upon the faces of the balls or cylinders G are formed numbers and letters so arranged that when the balls or cylinders (l are brought into a particular position the several columns of numbers, when added, will produce the same sum, and the several columns of letters will spell certain words.
In the example shown in the drawings the first ball bears the numbers 1 2 3 4 and the letters M K W J, alternating with each other; the second ball, the numbers 7 8 6 and the letters A A I O. The third ball bears the numbers 12 9 10 11 and the letters R T L H, and the fourth ball the numbers 14 15 16 13 and the letters Y E L N.
In the arrangement shown in the drawings, when the balls are properly arranged the sum of each column of numbers will be 34, and there are two arrangements of the balls that will produce that result. With this arrangement of letters about one hundred words can be formed.
Other combinations of numbers and letters may be used, if desired, without departing from my invention.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pateut A combination-puzzle formed of the rod A, handle B, and four or more balls or short cylinders, 0, having alternate numbers and letters formed upon them in such an order that when the said balls 0 are arranged in a particular position the sum of the various columns of figures will be the same and the various columns of letters will spell words, substantially as herein shown and described.
JAMES R. BARRY.
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J AMEs T. GRAHAM, O. SEDewIcK.
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