US393816A

US393816A - Puzzle

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Publication number: US393816A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 1905-12-04

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(ModeL) S. P. CHANDLER.

PUZZLE.

No. 393,816. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,816, dated December 4. 1888.

Application filed March 9, 1838. Serial No. 256,686, (Models rnng'etl on opposite sitles of the notehetl liars t at right angles to and itttellnt'iiittg with the titst series of liloeks.

Figure l is it perspeetire viewof the puzzle put together; ntul Fig. 2 is :1 view of the parts separated, the not'ehetl liars hein; left stnntling \ertienlLr and the three series of ltloeks being pnrtly liliti oll' in horizontal rows mul numbered in the ttl'lit'l' in whieh they nre to be built up.

In the drawings. A A represent the two notched lmrs which form the longitudinal tie to the hloek s. 'lhese liars are square in crossseetion and arranged diagonally, and have notehes u u r! u em in their angles adjacent to eaeh other, whieh notehesnreof triangular sides tttttl penetrate to the tniiltlleordiagonal line of the lint-s. 'l'hese bars A A also have each one uoteh, I), in their angles eut at right angles to the notehes rr.

ll B Ii ll represent the series of blot-ks that go hetn'een the two bars. Of these hloeks those numbered 1. It, mnl 5 are nnitle alike, with two notehes 1'. cut in their angles, while the fourth hloek, T. whieh is the last one put in when the puzzle is put t()g(:ilt9t,l$1Jt3l'ft30tlX plain and square, with a slight taper to give a wetlging' or tightening netion, \\iti 'it hohls the parts lit'ttll together.

represent one seriesol' hloeks 1 hot go upon the sides of the hats t\. illlli I) i) It the other. ()i the series all the llloeks have eat-h threenoteheszllternntingnt right angles.

two at the etnls ntnl one in the nlithlle ol the same. (If the series I). hloek t has at single noteh, anti '2 nlnl H have eneh thre :is in series t.

To build up the puzzle, the lntt's A :tt'e hehl upright. with their non-hes n tut-in ezteh other. lllueli 1 of series I is then plzu'etl hetween them at the hottoin. llloehs :ttltl ol series and l) are then ltlztt'tti on t at right angles. llloel; it of series ii is next plan-ml :tl right angles upon 1. and hetween hnrs llh'iekstnnillot' seriestntni llnre t hen plm-etl on 3.,tlllti after this 7 is mljnsteil HlNH't -t. I1 :tlnne 5, and tinnll T is \\'tt|f "tti llltl\\'i. l' in between the hnrsA A at the top..-unl the puzzle is set up nntl tight! heht togetheizso that it may he handled without t'nlling to pieees. as shown in Fig. l.

Havingthnsileseriheil my invention. wlmt l elaim its new is The puzzle herein tleserihetl, eonsisting ot' the two liars A. having notehes 1r :uul It. the series of noteheil hioeks ll, illltti iN'iWttll the harsA ;\,ttllli the two seriesot' tlttit'lttli liloelts I), tittetl upon the outsiileot' lmrs upon oppositesitles aunt :11 right :lnu'le to liloelt's 1L the whole being ittlet'lm'lu-tl snhslnntinll :t shown and tleseriheil.

SAML. l. (HANDLER \Vit'uesses:

F. HINDS,

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