US2375292A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Description

May 8, 1945.

R. I. DORFMAN GAME APPARATUS Filed March 24, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ROBE/FT]. DflRFMA/V BY ATTORNEY R. l. DORFMAN GAME APPAIRATUS May 8, 1945.

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. GAME APPARATUS Robert I. Dorfman, New York, N. Y. Application March 24, 1913, Serial No. 480,269

that type of game which employs a' large number I of prize indicating indicia.

It is an object of my invention to provide game apparatus compact in structure. and possessing means to display a multitude of game. indicia.; capable of being played by a large number of ersons.

.- It is a further object of my invention, to. provide in such game apparatus, rotary means, capable of manual rotation, to carry the multitude of ame indicia.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an arrangement ofthe means which carry game indicia. as to. effect the exposure of 'a multitude of such indicia in the minimum of space.

'My invention also has for its objects, such as hereinafter are made to appear, and its nature and its peculiar features and advantages will appear in the course of the description.

My invention is also in the combination and arrangement of parts and details of construction as herein set forth and claimed. Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, part of this specification, to explain my invention, it being however, illustrative of only one of the embodiments which my invention may take.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my game, showing the facing, the housing, and rotating drum.

Fig. 2' is a plan section taken through the drum along line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the drum on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a layout or a game indicia. strip for the drum, partly open and closed.

Fig. 5 is a layout of two such game indicia strips, as combined on the rotating drum.

Fig. 6 is a layout of a series of strips shown in Fig. 5, showing the manner in which'they are placed and aiiixed on the drum.

Fig. '7 is a layout of the pattern of the housing, in which the drum is mounted.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a vertical section of the drum, showing the arrangement of strips bearing game indicia.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the game is provided with a housing 9, comprising a cabinet Ill, facing II, and opening l2 in said facing. Drum I3 is mounted in the cabinet In, by means of shaft is, which is mounted in holes, pierced in mountings l6, H. The surface of the drum is covered with a sheet bearing prize shown in layout of the pattern in Fig. Single -"I op 24 has an extension 240 andv bottom 23: an

extension 23a.

In assembling the housing 9, bottom Hand top 24 are bent. inwardly along lines I anddi-to form the bottom and top of the housing. Part la, being out along lines a, b, c, is easily bent inwardly along line e to meet part no, similarly out and bent. The holes 2.5, 2.6. of parts Ilia and Ho are made to register to receiveshaft H. which carries drum 13. Part tab is similarly-cut along lines a, b, c, and bent inwardly, along. lines o to meet part Mb similarly cut andbent, andused to form the other mounting, the holes 25, 26 being made to register to receive shaft. M, which carries drum Hi. The drum. being thus mounted, sides 2!, 2|. are bent inwardly along lines i and :i to closethe cabinet and keep the shaft confined. Extensions Zla, .2Ib and 22a, 22b are then bent along lines k, 2, m, n and are afiixed by adhesive or other means along the top and bottom respecs scale.

tively covering the holes out of which mountings I6, and I1 were cut, and serving to keep the cabinet Ill, together. Extensions 23a and 24a are then bent along lines o and p as shown in Fig. 3 and the cabinet I0, is then afiixed to the facing I I by stapling 21, or other suitable means.

In Fig. 2, the drum I3 is shown with drum I3,

The length of the drum is slightly shorter than the opening l2 in the facing I l, and the arrangement of the mountings within the cabinet is such as to allow a portion of the surface of the drum to protiude beyond the opening 12 as shown in Fig.

In preparing the strips I8 for carrying the game indicia, I prefer to cut strips of paper of length equal to the length of the drum and of width adeouate to permit cutting of the strip as shown m Fig. 4. Single lines indicate lines of cut and double lines, lines of folding. Each strip when out is thus provided with portion q, r and s and extension t. The game indicia is imprinted on extensions 12, which is then bent onto part q, thus concealing the indicia. To complete the sealing of indicia, and prevent the impression of the printing from making the indicia known, flaps and s are bent over part t, as shown in Fig. 4, to produce a completely folded game tongue 11. The construction of the strip in this manner leaves spaces 111, which are filled by superimposing two strips l8 of Fig. 4, one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 5, thus filling the spaces w and doubling the.

number of game tongues 11 in each row, before mounting on sheet 28, as hereinafter described.

I prefer to provide in this manner 18 tongues in a row, each tongue being in width by some of the tongues will designate prizes, and

in length, although the number and dimensions may be varied as desired. v

The first game strip l8, thus completed, is then mounted upon a sheet of paper 28 of width of the drum, and the length sumcient to cover the surface of the drum. The first strip i8 is then sewn onto the sheet 28 by a double row of stitching 29, 30, shown in Fig. 5, which serves to seal flaps r and s and extension 15, and at the same time to attaoh'the strip l8 to sheet 28. The next strip [8 is then placed slightly below the first strip and sewn down in similar manner. The process is repeated until the entire sheet 28 is thus covered, and then the assembly is rolled around drum l3 and aifixedthereto by adhesive,.as shown in Figs. 1, 3

and 8. A single row of stitching may be used instead of a double row, if desired. In the above manner, I have produced in. the minimum of space, 1152 game tongues, by the use of 64 rows of strips. The number may be increased or diminished as desired, and the rows'of tongues may be variedin color.

The rules of play for the game are simple and may be varied; The player rotates or spins the drum forward by pushing down over the front surface of the drum exposed at opening 12, allowing it to spin until it stops, or he may rotate it to any particular point desired, or if the rows are colored, to the color preferred. He then pulls one of the tongues off the drum. The double row of stitching has the efi'ect of perforating the tonguesat the base,'permitting ready severance tongue 15, an act to be performed (Sing), by way of illustration in this type of game. Other variations are possible and these'are byway of example.

It is obvious that the game apparatus may be sub} ected to various changes in construction without departing from the principle of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. Such changes are-all intended to be within the scope of my invention. Although I have explained my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that my present disclosure has been made only by way of example.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a game apparatus, having a housing, comprising a cabinet, a facing for said cabinet, a portion of said facing being cut out to provide an opening for said cabinet; a rotatable drum in said housing; means for mounting said rotatable drum in said cabinet; said rotatable drum being adapted to rest upon said mounting means within said cabinet, and to be rotated at the will of the player, so as to expose to view, through said out out portion of the housing, the outer surface of said drum; said outer surface of said drum, comprising a sheet of game indicia strips disposed in succession one behind the other, each of said strips comprising a base portion, and extending integrally therefrom a plurality of protruding game tongues, each of said tongues comprising an extension folded back upon itself to conceal game indicia carried thereon, and side'overlapping parts to cover said extension and conceal the impression of said indicia; and stitchingmeans disposed along the length of each strip and positioned to seal the base of said tongues and affix said strips to said sheet, said game tongues being thereby adapted to be easily severed fromsaid strips in the course of play, and to be readily opened for inspection of the game indicia thereon.

ROBERT I. DORFMAN.

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