US3756605A - Rotating pointer chance device - Google Patents

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US3756605A
US3756605A US00199142A US3756605DA US3756605A US 3756605 A US3756605 A US 3756605A US 00199142 A US00199142 A US 00199142A US 3756605D A US3756605D A US 3756605DA US 3756605 A US3756605 A US 3756605A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F5/00—Roulette games
    • A63F5/04—Disc roulettes; Dial roulettes; Teetotums; Dice-tops
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A63F1/06—Card games appurtenances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00895—Accessories for board games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F11/00—Game accessories of general use, e.g. score counters, boxes
    • A63F11/0011—Chance selectors
    • A63F2011/0016—Spinners

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  • the games board assembly is in the form of a generally circular deck which is separated into an inner disc and a surrounding outer annulus by an intervening ring mounted to spin freely on the deck and bearing at least one pointer or other marker to co-operate with the inner disc and/or outer annulus.
  • Free spinning of the pointer-bearing ring is essential; this ring may be mounted to rotate on a central fixed spindle or spigot, with washers or pads of a selflubricating synthetic plastics material interposed between the spinning ring and the non-rotating part on which it spins.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan of one games board assembly to be described
  • FIG. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded pictorial view of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2; 1
  • FIG. 4 is a partial view similar to FIG. 2 showing a modification of the device, I
  • FIGS. 5a and 5b are detail plan views to illustratethe reversability of an arrowhead pointer of the device.
  • FIG. 6 is a pictorial view of a sub-base or storage section for the games board assembly.
  • the non-rotary body of the device to be described is made up of two separable sections, namely' a main or base section 10 and a central deck plate 11.
  • the base section 10 is circular in plan and has a peripheral wall 12 and an upstanding flange 13 some distance radially inward from the peripheral wall.
  • the flange 13 is lower in height than the wall 12, while at the centre of the base there is a spigot 14 that is lower again than the flange 13.
  • the deck plate 11 is also circular in plan and has on its underside a central collar 15 that is a frictiontight fit over the spigot 14 on the base section 10.
  • the outer rim of the deck plate 11, which has a small upturned lip 16, has a radius rather less than that of the inner wall of the flange 13 on the base section, so providing an annular channel 17 between the two.
  • a spinning ring member 18 formed by an upstanding flange at the periphery of a rotating disc 19 which lies under the deck plate 11 and has a central aperture that is a running fit around the spigot 14.
  • the ring member 18 is elevated slightly above the flange l3 alongside it and also above the deck plate 11.
  • the spinning ring 18 carries a removable arrow-head pointer 36 which co-operates with a circular game board carried by the upper surface of the deck plate I 1 and/or with an annular game board carried by an inner portion 25 of an annular outer deck surface 23 forming part of the base section 10 and joining the flange l3 and the peripheral wall 12.
  • the pointer 36 may have a square stem 26 (FIGS. 5a and 5b) fitting into a square socket 27 in the spinning ring 18, and the pointer stem can then be placed in this socket so that the pointer points toward the game board on the deck plate 11 or toward the game board on the annulus 25, as desired.
  • the portion 25 of the outer deck 23 that carries the annular game board is lower than the top'of the flange l3 and extends out from the flange 13 about half way to the wall 12. Beyond this, the deck 23 has an annulus 28 which is raised to the level of the top of the ring 18 and provided with sockets 24 to form a peg board.
  • the games boards both on the deck plate 11 and on the deck annulus 25 are changeable.
  • One circular board may be stuck down or otherwise applied permanently to the deck plate 11 and there may be a collection of other separate games boards, any of which can be selected and placed temporarily over the permanent board already on the deck plate.
  • the arrangement thus provides for not merely a single game but a whole library or compendium of interchangeable games.
  • FIG. 6 shows a sub-base or storage section which provides storage for loose games-boards not inuse and fits under the assembly of FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the storage sec-' tion 35 has a flatbase plate 37 with an upstanding pe-.
  • the rim 38 is stepped in at 41 to fit within the wall 12 of the main section 10 of the deck above and specifically into an internal recess 42 provided in the lower part of that wall.
  • the flanges 39 and are of a height to underlie and support, respectively, the outer deck 23 and the floor 20.
  • the annular space 45 between the rim 38 and the flange 39 has division walls 46 at intervals around the annulus so as to divide it into separate storage compartments for tokens, counters and so forth for individual players.
  • separate games boards may be supplied in the form of pressout shapes printed on partly cut card.
  • Another possibility is to form the sub-base or storage section so that a number of these can be stacked one upon another.
  • a ball mounting can be employed for the spinning ring 18 as in FIG. 4.
  • the ring 18 is provided by the upstanding peripheral flange of an L- section annular member 29 that runs on balls 30 lodged in pockets 31 equidistantly spaced around the floor of the trough 32 formed between the flange 13 and the spigot 14.
  • the spigot 14 is here of considerably greater diameter than in FIGS. 2 and 3 and the collar on the deck plate 11 is correspondingly larger but now fits inside the spigot instead of over it. If desired, there could be further balls 33 disposed between the inner edge of the member 29 and the outer wall of the spigot 14 and supported on a ledge 34 within the trough 32.
  • a further modification is the electrification of the board so that, for example, a succession of different lamps or lamp arrays are illuminated as the spinning ring rotates.
  • This can be quite readily achieved, in manner known per se, by fitting the non-rotating deck with a series of circumferentially-spaced electrical contacts, such as embedded strip contacts, which are engaged in turn by a contact rotating with the spinner.
  • the lamps or lamp arrays can be employed to indicate scores", winners, and so forth.
  • a games board assembly comprising a generally circular fixed deck which is separated into a non-rotary inner disc and a surrounding non-rotary outer annulus by an intervening annular channel, a rotary ring member mounted in said channel, bearing means on the deck for said ring member enabling the ring member to spin freely in said channel, and at least one pointer carried by said ring member and cooperating with the inner disc and outer annulus.

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US973186A (en) * 1909-12-03 1910-10-18 George W Davis Educational and amusement device.
US1167407A (en) * 1915-05-08 1916-01-11 Amos Ellmaker Johnson Educational game device.
US1513500A (en) * 1923-02-14 1924-10-28 Greig John Apparatus for playing a game of chance
AT118264B (de) * 1927-08-25 1930-06-25 Eduard Jones Gesellschaftsspiel.
US1846481A (en) * 1930-09-15 1932-02-23 Hilda C Enge Amusement device
US2210201A (en) * 1939-03-09 1940-08-06 Harry S Draper Game device
US3588113A (en) * 1969-04-07 1971-06-28 John H Nelson Game boards with pattern-changing means

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US973186A (en) * 1909-12-03 1910-10-18 George W Davis Educational and amusement device.
US1167407A (en) * 1915-05-08 1916-01-11 Amos Ellmaker Johnson Educational game device.
US1513500A (en) * 1923-02-14 1924-10-28 Greig John Apparatus for playing a game of chance
AT118264B (de) * 1927-08-25 1930-06-25 Eduard Jones Gesellschaftsspiel.
US1846481A (en) * 1930-09-15 1932-02-23 Hilda C Enge Amusement device
US2210201A (en) * 1939-03-09 1940-08-06 Harry S Draper Game device
US3588113A (en) * 1969-04-07 1971-06-28 John H Nelson Game boards with pattern-changing means

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