US3180658A

US3180658A - Score recording device

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Publication number: US3180658A
Application number: US246656A
Authority: US
Inventors: O'dwyer John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-12-19
Filing date: 1962-12-19
Publication date: 1965-04-27
Anticipated expiration: 1982-04-27

Description

April 27, 1965 Q'DWYER SCORE RECORDING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 19, 1962 April 27, 1965 J. o'DwYER 3,180,658

SCORE RECORDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 19. 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 consE|2345s ffi/l/l//V/ DATE /w n l?. x3 14 v5 le GAME INVENTOR.

3 5/7 27g/.5. JOHN o' DwYER BY g ATTOP/VH April 27, 1965 J. o'DwYER scoRE RECORDING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed' Dec. 19, 1962 INVENT OR ATTORNEY Patented 27, i955 This invention concerns a game scoring device. According to the invention, there is provided a base frame having a pair of removably mounted spools on -which is carried a score chart in the form of an elongated paper web. The base frame includes a platen over which the web is passed. Knobs are engaged with the spools for turning the spools to advance the web over the platen. On the base frame is a removable cover having openings dening windows to expose certain portions of the web on the platen. On the exposed portions of the web in the openings in the cover may be marked scores of a game such as bowling, golf, or the like. yThe cover has indicia thereon at the openings listing the several frames of a bowling game, the several holes of a golf game or the like. The device permits the score chart to be advanced for scoring manysuccessive games or rounds of play. When the paper chart is fully scored it can be removed and a new roll of paper can be inserted on the spools.

It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a game scoring device having a base frame adapted to mount spools carrying a paper web score chart over a platen on the frame, with a cover removably mounted on the frame, the cover having openings to expose certain portions of the web and including indicia at the openings for guidance in marking the paper web.

` Another object is to provide a game scoring device of the character described with novel means for removably mounting and holding the cover on the base frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game i scoring device of the character described with a novel means for assembling the platen over which the paper is passed upon the base with the thumb screw for holding the cover upon the base also serving for holding the platen upon the base.

' For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claimsin which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FGURE 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cover per se,

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the base frame with cover removed, parts being broken away,

vHG. 4 is an end elevational view of the base frame taken on line 4 4 of FIG. 3,

FlGS. 5 and 6 are sectional views taken on lines 5 5, 6 6, respectively, of FIG. 3,

PEG. 8 is a perspective View of the base frame per se, spools and paper web being removed,

FlG. 9 is a perspective view of a spool,

FlG. 1G is a perspective View of a web and roller guide,

FiG. 11 is a top plan view of another score recording device according to the invention,

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken on line 12-12 of FlG. 3,

FlG. 13 is a fragmentary plan view of an end of the paper web employed in the device,

HG. 14 is an exploded fragmentary perspective view of a modified construction for the bolt attaching end of the cover in which the finger bolt not only secures the cover to the base but the platen to the base, and

PEG. 15 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of the modified portion ofthe construction as viewed generally on line lS-r of FlG. 14, the cover being shown in position.

In FlG. l,` there is shown a score recorder device 10 having a base frame ft2 on which is removably mounted a cover 14. The cover ld, as shown to best advantage in FGS. 1 and 2, is a shallow, open bottom, box-like member with a top wall 16, end walls i3, and

side walls

22, 24. The end and side walls define a skirt all around the cover depending from the top wall. The cover may be pressed or stamped from sheet metal or may be molded plastic. The top wall 16 has an elongated rectangular opening 2S. Adjacent one edge of this opening are numerals 2e molded or pressed into the body of the cover. Another opening 23 is formed in the top wall adjacent to opening 2S' to expose the total score of the previous game or round of play recorded on a paper web score chart Sil inside the device. The web 3) has a printed scoreboard or score box 32 which is marked play by play adjacent to the numerals 26. The web has a portion 33 reserved for marking the date as indicated by the date marking 27 on the cover.

End wall 18 of the cover has

notches

3d, 35 and 36. Notches 3d and 36 extend around hubs of

knobs

38, 4% which are used to turn spools d2, 42' on which the paper web is engaged; see FG. 3. Notch has a raised edge which is engaged by annular flange i6 of a screw 49 having also a knob 4S disposed between knobs 38, d@ and carried by the base frame. When the screw 49 is tightened the cover is secured on the base frame. The end wallie of the cover has spaced inwardly extending projections 2l which tit into corresponding recesses 23 formed on end wall 5@ of the base frame; see FIG. 4. The cover is thus held at one end by engagement of the rojections 2l in recesses 23 and at the other end by the knob 425 of screw d@ pressing on wall The free edges of side walls 22, 2d of the cover seat on r'ianges 52, Sd formed at outer edges of the base frame bypressing or coining; see FIGS. 3-6 and S.

The base frame i2 includes a substantially rectangular base plate 56 which is slightly curved transversely and formed with slightly curved lateral extension S2, 5d. The plate has upwardly extending end walls 5d, Si. End wall SIL carries rotatable stub shafts SS, ed to which the knobs 38 and til are attached. A crossbar or plate d2 is mounted on the inner side of end wall 5l.

Hubs

64, 66 are secured on the inner ends of shafts 5&3, dii which pass through plate 62. These hubs have keys 63 which engage in slotted ends 69 of spool lshafts 76; see FlGS. 3, 6, 8 and 9. Spring washers .74- on shafts 53, ed are located between the hubs 6d, 66 and plate 62 to prevent backlash in the shafts S3, et) and too free rotation of the knobs and spools so that the paper web can be held properly tensioned on the platen.

The paper web passes over a platen 75 which is a 1 generally rectangular elongated plate. The plate has depending end anges 7d, 73. Flange 76 has an outwardly extending foot Sil which lits into a loopfSZ pressed upwardly out of the base plate 56; see FIGS. 5 and 7. Flange 7S iits into a recess deined between cross plate 62 and end wall 5l. A sleeve screw 85 extends through lit curved edges 79 of the top of the clip. The clip has Y thereon.

aisdese 'Y curved legs 93 which are outwardly concave to guide the cylindrical rolls R of paper web carried by the spools.

The spools have annular end Jlanges 94, 96. Ends 95 of the shafts 7l? extend beyond the flanges 53 and engage in holes 96 formed in a leaf spring 98 adjacent end 5l) of thecover i4., This leaf spring is secured to the depending end lange 76 of platen 75 by a screw 99. The leaf l sprinfy extends. laterally of the platen at' the end thereof ina'vertical plane perpendicular to the platen to journal the ends of the spool shafts adjacent end Sl. of cover 14 The other ends of the spool shafts are slotted at 69 and engage on keys 68 of hubs 65.-, 66 at the other end of the base frame. The shafts 7l) of the spools have dianietrally opposed slots 71 in which may be threaded end naps or tongues 39a of the web Sli; see FIGS. 6 and 13.

Cover i4 for recorder l@ shown in FIGS. l and 2 is intended primarily for scoring bowling games and provides for ten frames as indicated by the ten numerals Z6. FlG. l1 shows a similar score recording device lila having a cover ida arranged for scoring golf games. Web 30a has eighteen printed boxes B with oblique lines L for marking the par of each hole. Eighteen numerals 2e areV impressed in the cover at opposite edges of opening 25a, with nine boxes at each edge of the opening. An extension 261 of opening 262 is employed to expose portion P ofthe webfor marking the total score. Opening 252 exposes the total score of the previous round of the course. Arrows A, A' on the covers ld and lila indicate that knobs 35, lil may be turned in either direction to move the web in either direction in the device.

ln FIGS. 14 and l5, the base l2 has the end wall 5l and a cross bar or plate 62 with an inwardly depressed f portion 62 forming, upon being secured to the end wall 5l by the hubs 64 and 65 of the knobbed shafts 53 and 60, a pocket 62" into which depending end attaching flange 76 of the platen 75 is inserted. A turn screw a9 is extended through a hole 76 in the flange 76, a hole 5l in the end wall 5l and is threaded into thread hole 62a in the cross plate 62. This eliminates the special hollow bolt and nut arrangement in the first form of the inventionxas shown in FlG. l2. The turn screw i9 has a flange 46 that will engage with the end wall lila of cover lll@ so that the same turn screw when tightened by its knob 4S' will be threaded in opening e221 in the cross plate 62 and will serve not only to hold the platen 75 with its depending Yattaching flange i6 in the pocket 62" but the cover 10SL would be flange 46 of the screw engaging ytl'ierewith in the manner as above described in connection with the first form of the invention to hold both the platen and the cover in placeupon the end wall 51 of the base l2. To remove the cover it is not necessary that the turn screw i9 be entirely removed as shown in FIG. l5 but merely backed off a slight amount to release the flange 46 end wall ille of the cover Mia.

The invention makes it possible to keep score of many rounds of golf, or many bowling games. T he device may be readily adapted for scoring baseball games, football games, boxing matches, hockey, soccer, etc. The device is easily portable. playing the game, without interfering with his play.

The device .is rugged, durable, and inexpensive to'manuv facture. It makes an ideal accessory for participants and spectators of many types of games. A permanent record is provided of scores, in a compact, easily filed form.

While I have illustrated andy described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that l do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changesrand modifications may be ymade within'the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

This application is a continuation-in-part of the application-Serial No. 129,153 filed August 3, 196i, for A Scoring Device, now abandoned.

of the screw 49' from the slottedv It can be carried by a player while -Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: Y

l. A game scoring device ofthe character describe comprising an ,elongated rectangular base plate having an integral upwardly extending end wall at each end thereof; a medially disposed platen having an integral flange at each end thereof which extend downwardly therefrom into engagement with said base plate; a cross- *ar disposed .adjacent one of said anges'and one of said end walls;

a screw shaft, having an actuating knob and a clamping flange on one end thereof, by whichv said one of saidV flanges and said cross-bar are secured to Vone of said end walls with said Vcross-bar extending. Youtwardly on each side of said one of saidV anges; Ya leaf spring secured to the other of said ilanges and extending outwardly therefrom'on each side thereof; means by which the other of said flanges is anchored to said base plate against lateral movement with respect thereto adjacent the other end wall; a pair of stub shafts one of which is rotatably mounted in aligned apertures in said one of said end walls and said cross-bar on one side of said platen and the other of which is rotatably mounted in aligned apertures in said one of said end walls and said cross-bar on the other side of said platen,.each ofV said stub shafts having an actuating knob secured to the outer end thereof and a key on the inner end thereof; said leaf spring havingl a pair of apertures one of which. is disposed adjacent one end thereof in axial alignment with one of said stub shafts and the otherof which is disposed adjacent the other end thereof in` axial alignment withvthe other of said stnb shafts; a pair of similar spools each of which comprises a shaft having a key slot in oneend thereof and a pair of annular flanges one of which is disposed adjacent to and inwardly of eachend thereof,xone of said Vspools being removably mounted on one sidetof said platen with the slotted end thereof engaging the key on one of said stub shafts and the other'end thereof extending through the aperture in said leaf spring disposed in axial alignment with the said one of said stub shafts and the other of said spools being mounted on the other side of said platen with the slotted endvthereof engaging the key on the other of saidfstub shafts and the'y other end thereof extending through the aperture in said leaf spring disposed in axial alignment with the said other of said stub shafts; a web which is wound upon one of said spools and is adapted to be withdrawn therefrom'across the upper surface of said platen and wound onto' the other of said spools; and a shallowbox-like cover which is adapted to enclose said platen and said spools, said cover comprising a top wall, and a pair of downwardly extending side walls which are connected together at the ends thereof by a Vpair of end walls, one of saidrend Walls'being provided with a pair of spaced inwardly extending bosses and the other end ywall having a plurality of slots "therein which are adapted to encompass said stub'shafts and said screw shaft, said topwall having an elongated opening therein which is disposed over said platen whensaid cover is vin place and through which said web is exposed; and securing means by which said cover .is'removably secured in place `comprising a pair of spaced depressions in the said other end wall of saidbase into which said bosses extend, and said screw shaft which'is adapted to clamp the 'other said end wall of said cover between the clamping flange thereon and the said one end wall ofvsaid base.

2. A game scoring deviceasfdened by claim l in which the side edges of said platen are curved downwardly and inwardly, and in which a generally inverted U-shaped spring guide clip is disposed under said platen intermediate the, end flanges thereof; .said clip. comprising a flat top section which abuts the `underside of said platen, and a pair of outwardly concave legs which extend downwardly from the .ends of said top section into engagement with ,Said base plate, eachl of said legs having a' horizontally 5 disposed groove therein for reception of the downwardly 2,142,103 and inwardly curved side edges of said platen. 2,167,893

References Cited by the Examiner 108 770 UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 250:285

702,072 6/02 Paupa et al. 281-7 1,817,793 8/31 Aebi et al 281-9 6 1/39 Barcroft 281-9 8/ 39 Kinney 281-9 FOREIGN PATENTS 8/ 17 Great Britain. 4/26 Great Britain.

JEROME SCHNALL, Primary Examiner. LAWRENCE CHARLES, Examiner.

Claims

1. A GAME SCORING DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR BASE PLATE HAVING AN INTEGRAL UPWARDLY EXTENDING END WALL AT EACH END THEREOF; A MEDIALLY DISPOSED PLATEN HAVING AN INTEGRAL FLANGE AT EACH END THEREOF WHICH EXTEND DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BASE PLATE; A CROSS-BAR DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID FLANGES AND ONE OF SAID END WALLS; A SCREW SHAFT, HAVING AN ACTUATING KNOB AND A CLAMPING FLANGE ON ONE END THEREOF, BY HICH SAID ONE OF SAID FLANGES AND SAID CROSS-BAR ARE SECURED TO ONE OF SAID END WALLS WITH SAID CROSS-BAR EXTENDING OUTWARDLY ON EACH SIDE OF SAID ONE OF SAID FLANGES; A LEAF SPRING SECURED TO THE OTHER OF SAID FLANGES AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFORM ON EACH SIDE THEREOF; MEANS BY WHICH THE OTHER OF SAID FLANGES IS ANCHORED TO SAID BASAE PLATE AGAINST LATERAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO ADJACENT THE OTHER END WALL; A PAIR OF STUB SHAFTS ONE OF WHICH IS ROTATACLY MOUNTED IN ALIGNED APERTURES IN SAID ONE OF SAID END WALLS AND SAID CROSS-BAR ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PLATEN AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN ALIGNED APERTURES IN SAID ONE OF SAID END WALLS AND SAID CROSS-BAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLATEN, EACH O SAID STUB SHAFTS HAVING AN ACTUATING KNOB SECURED TO THE OUTER END THEREOF AND A KEY ON THE INNER END THEREOF; SAID LEAF SPRING HAVING A PAIR OF APERTURES ONE OF WHICH IS DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH ONE OF SAID STUB SHAFTS AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID STUB SHAFTS; A PAIR OF SIMILAR SPOOLS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A SHAFT HAVING A KEY SLOT IN ONE END THEREOF AND A PAIR OF ANNULAJR FLANGES ONE OF WHICH IS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO AND INWARDLY OF EACH END THEREOF, ONE OF SAID SPOOLS BEING REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID SPOOLS BEING SLOTTED END THEREOF ENGAGING THE KEY OIN ONE OF SAID STUB SHAFTS AND THE OTHER END THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTUER IN SAID LEAF SPRING DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE SAID ONE OF SAID STUB SHAFTS AND THE OTHER OF SAID SPOOLS BEING MOUNTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLATEN WITH THE SLOTTED END THEREOF ENGAGING THE KEY ON THE OTHER OF SAID STUB SHAFTS AND THE OTHER END THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTURE IN SAID LEAF SPRING DISPOSED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE SAID OTHER OF SAID STUB SHAFTS; A WEB WHICH IS WOUND UPON ONE OF SAID SPOOLS AND IS ADAPTED TO BE WITHDRAWN THEREFROM ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID PLATEN AND WOUND ONTO THE OTHER OF OF SAID SPOOLS; AND A SHALLOW BOX-LIKE COVER WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ENCLOSE SAID PLATEN AND SAID SPOOLS, SAID COVER COMPRISING A TOP WALL, AND A PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER AT THE ENDS THEREOF BY A PAIR OF END WALLS, ONE OF SAID END WALLS BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF SPACED INWARDLY EXTENDING BOSSES AND THE OTHER END WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS THEREIN WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS SAID STUB SHAFTS AND SAID SCREW SHAFT, SAID TOPWALL HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING THEREIN WHICH IS DISPOSED OVER SAID PLATEN WHEN SAID COVER IS IN PLACE AND THROUGH WHICH SAID WEB IS EXPOSED; AND SECURING MEANS BY WHICH SAID COVER IS REMOVALY SECURED IN PLACE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED DEPRESSIONS IN THE SAID OTHER END WALL OF SAID BASE INTO WHICH SAID BOSSES EXTEND, AND SAID SCREW SHAFT WHICH IS ADAPTED TO CLAMP THE OTHER SAID END WALL OF SAID COVER BETWEEN THE CLAMPING FLANGE THEREON AND THE SAID ONE END WALL OF SAID BASE.