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A. Ostrich South America $200.00

,27 Ibex Europe 10.00

. 28 Alligator Soutl America. 15.00 l 29 Ape South-America 10.00

B. (londolnh. SOuth'AmericaHH. 30.00 30 Beaver North America 5.00 31 Ohamelon South America 2.00 32 Civet North Africa 2.00 C. Toucan South America 10.00 3 Ermine Russian Siberia..." 300.00 34 Gnu South Africa 20.00

v 35 Hedge Hogm. NortllAlnerica-.'..... 10.00 D. Eagle North America... 10.00 36 Hippopotamus Africa 50.00 37 Hyena. Asia... 50.00

38 Iclineumon Egypt. I 25.00 Bird of Paradise..... Australia 35.00 39 Jap'kal india 5.00 40 Raccoon NortllAmerican u'- 5.00 A 41' -Walrlls Artie Circle 15.00

F. Lyle-Bird Australia... v 50.00 42 Zebu... Australia '5000 43 Leopard Africa 15.00 44 Weasel Temperate Zone 3.00 G. Cassowary I Australia 10.00 45 Otter North America 5.00

46 Sable Russia 150.00

47 Oppossum America 3.00

H. Cockatoo Australia]. 510.00

48 Musk-Ox Hudson Bay 10.00

49 Moose Nol'tllAmerica 1 5.00

50 Lynx .1 North America 5.00 1. Golden Pheasant..... Asia 10.00 51 W llite Bear Polar Regions 15.00 52 Cougar South America 5.00 53 Hare Temperate Zone 3.00 l J. Flamingoes Florida 5.00 54 Gopher A rnerica 3.00 55 Gazelle North M ll-a 10.00

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GEORGE WQBRONG, or MILWAUKEE, wisconsm.

. CH EC-K-CONTFOLLED :GAME APPARATUS- SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 518,875, datedApril 24, 1894.

Applicetionfiled February 1,1994. Serial 1T0. $98,636. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BRONG,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, State of Wiscousin, have invented a certain-new and useful Improvementin Check-Controlled Game Apparatus; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention', such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to game apparatus,

and more particularly to that. class of game apparatus in which chips, checks, or other circu ar articles are employed to free the locki'ng mechanism.

My improved game apparatus will be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention.

7 Fig. 2 is 'a view of the same, showing the front of the casing removed, and showing por ions of the -interior in elevation and portions in section. Fig. 3. is a rear elevation of the interior of my improved apparatus, the rear of the casing having been removed, and showing part of the casing broken away tobetter illustrate the arrangement of the push but ton which actuates the lock-freeing device. Fig. 4 is abroken rear elevation of the same, showing a changed position of the parts. Fig. 5 is a vertical detail sectional view, taken online 5-.5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail elevation of the upper end of the arm whiclractuates. the rotating wheel. Fig. 7 is adetail view illustrating a preferred form of checks-or chips. Fig. 8 is a view illustrating a tally or score card, for employment in connection with my improved apparatus, and the checks or chips. Fig. 9-is a vertical sectional view of a somewhat different form 'of receptacle for the checks or chips in the'back part of the case of the machine.

Referring by letter to said drawings, .A des: -ignates a suitable casing provided adjacent to its front part with a vertical board or partition B over which a glass '0 isgplaced. A

' series of pins or other obstructions b b are distributed: over the front surface of the plate B,

Y the front face of said board and said glass, in

.to find its way'downwardlyto the lower part and'the glass G islocated at suflicient distance in front of the board B, to permit the passage of a circular chip or check between an obvious manner, and a suitable slot B is.

provided in the topot' the casing and communicates with ,the space between the board and the glass'as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. The obstructions b b are conveniently arranged in an approximate quincunx order over the front surface of the board 13, so that in order foroneof the checks or chips 5 of .the casing, after having been dropped in atthe slot B, it will. necessarilyihave to describe a zig-zag course between said obstructions. Below the central part of the plate 13,1 provide a wheel D, mounted upon a-revoluble shaft d, and provided with front and rear walls D D, and with radial division walls (1' d, which serve to separate the space between the front and rear walls of the wheel, into a desired number of sector shaped .compart. ments, as shown more particularly in Fig. '2 of the drawings.

Adjacent to opposite sides of the casing, and outside of the periphery of the wheel 1), I provide chutes E and E which lead iutothe rear part of the casing. Back of the board 13,1 provide a vertical partition F through which the chutes E and E are arranged to pass, in the manner shown inFigsJ2aud3.

A chute G is secured to the backof the board or partition F, in such position as to receive any chips or checks discharged from the chute E as shown more particularly in Fig. 90.

' 3, and said chute is made open along one edge as at g andis provided at its other edge with an angular or oblique shoulder or rib g, which extends inwardly, adjacent to the central part of the chute" and is arranged to recede adjacent to the lower part of the chute.

Upon the rear end of the shaft (1 I provide a suitable wheel H havinga plurality of spokes h, and adjacent to the partition F, a plurality of teeth or. corrugations h, as shown, said wheel H being adapted for operation ina manner to be presentlydescribed to elfect a rotation of the wheel D upon the forward end of the shaft. A spring H is secured in any the manner shown more particularly in Figs.

3 and i, said spring being provided with a rounded or bent end adapted to enter between two adjacent teeth of said hub, and to normallyhold the wheel II and wheel D from rotation; i

A bell crank lever I, is pivoted at z to the rear of the partition F and is arranged with one of its arms in the vertical path of a push rodJ, which extends upwardly through the top of the casing A and carries at its upper end a push button J which is protected by ahouslng j. To the other arm of the bell crank lever I, is secured one end of a spring 1 which is fastened at its other end to a stationary part of the device, and serves to normally hold the bell crank in the position indicated in Fig. 3, with the push rod J sup ported thereby in an elevated position. An arin L is pivotally secured at Z to the lower part of the bell crank, and is normally pressed away from the bell-crank by a spring 1 as shown in Fig. 3, the upper free end of said arm L resting normally in engagement, with the oblique side or edge of the chute G. Upon the side of the arm adjacent to said chute is provided an oblique projection L terminat ing at its lower endin ahook which is adapted to engage with a shoulderor projection Z upon the chute in the manner shown. At the free .upper end of the arm L is provided a pivoted pawl M, adapted for engagement with the spokes h h of the wheel 11. A shoulder or stop m, is arranged at the side of the chute G in the path of the upper end of the arm L, so that under ordinary conditions the upward movement of said arm would be prevented by the engagement of its upper end with said shoulder or stop in an obvious manner, and the operation of the movable parts by means of the push button thereby prevented.

As indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the arrangement of the oblique projection L upon the arm L is such that should a chipor check descend through the chute E into the chute G it would follow the oblique flange or rib g and rest between the receding oblique rib, below the center of the chute and the oblique projection L. If now the push-button be operated, the bell crank will be rotated upon itspivotal support, its lower end moved toward the right, and the arm L pressed upwardly inan obvious manner, and by this operation the chip or check will be rotated between the two oblique parts g and L in such a manner as to crowd the free upper end of the arm L away from the chute and out of line with the shoulder m. ously free the moving parts.

Below the hook L the arm L is provided with'an oblique projection N adapted for engagement with an oblique face a, at the side of the chute G in the manner shown more particularly in Fig. 4,and the arrangement This will obvi end of the arm has been freed from the shoulder in said projection N will come into ongagement with the oblique surface it and serve to hold the upper end of the arm away from the chute, and by a further operation of the push-button, will serve to crowd the free end of said arm over into line with the spokes 711 71 of the wheel ll in an obvious manner. As the arm I is crowded away from the chute by the engagement of the projection N with the oblique face 21. of said chute, the oblique projection L will be carried farther away from the oblique rib or ilangc 9 so as to free the coin and permit it to drop and be discharged from the lower end of said chute, as will be presently described. As the pressure upon the push button is con tinned, and the arm L is forced upward, and

wheel H, said wheel. will be partially rotated against the resistance of the spring II in an obvious manner, and as the wheel reaches the position indicated in Fig. l, a projection 0 'upon the arm I will come into engagement with the corrugated or toothed hub of the wheel so as'to prevent further rotation there of, while. the parts are in the position shown in said Fig. 4. In this position the free end of the spring II will bear upon one of the teeth or corrugations of the hub and its tendency will be to rotate the wheel into the position indicated in Fig. 3, as soon as said wheel is 'freed from the arm. By this construction, a rotation of the wheel for a distance more than one tooth at a single operation of the push button is prevented. As soon as the push button is freed, the spring I will serve to automatically return all of the moving parts except the wheel to their initial positions.

It follows from the foregoing description that a chip, check or other circular object which may be dropped through the slot 13 will necessarily take a zig-zag course in its descent through the space between the glass 0 and the board 13 and that when it reaches the lower part of the board 13 it may take any one of several courses or paths of egress, and the wheel being in the position indicated in Fig. 2, said check or chip will be free to drop 'into either of the uppermost compartments of the wheel, or to descend through either of the chutes E or E. It follows, therefore, that all chips or checks which drop into the compartments of the wheel will be retained therein so long as the wheel is unmovcd,but that upon a rotation of the wheel for a distance of one tooth, there being as many teeth as there are divisions (1', one of the compartments will be moved into position'to discharge its contents into thelower part of the casing, while the other compartment will assume the position previously occupied by the first mentioned compartment. It will also be undew stood from the foregoing, that when a chip or check descends through the chute l into the is such that about the time when the upper scribed to enable the push button and ;the

rod connected therewith 'to efiect an adjhst-.

ment of the moving parts so as to produce an ad; ustment of the wheel H'and the wheel D.

vOn the other hand if the chip or check fails E, to the rear of the casing where it may be received by a chute e and directed into any suitable receptacle'or compartment.

I have shown by the dotted lines in Fig, 3 a boxlf as located in the lower rear partof the casing for the reception of such chips for checlgs, which is. conveniently held detachably n position by means of suitable springs n p secured to the bottom of the casing, although this Isa matter of no importance and any suitable means may be employed for securing said box orrece'ptacle in position.

The bottom oft thecasing is conveniently fitted with a block-R,"whichjisarranged beheath the wheel Din front of the partition F and is cut away at "its upper edge to con-. form to the periphery of said wheel in themanner'shownin Fig. 2. This block is pro-- videdwith' a hopper shaped recess, in its front side, which approaches an apex at its lower end, and the rear wall of which inclines down-- wardly-aud outwardly toward the front of the casing. This "hopper shaped recess being shown moreparticularly at R in Fig. 2. By

this construction, thehopper R is-adapted' to receive all chips or checks discharged from the compartments of the wheel, and to direct the same toward the central part oft-the front of the casing, in which an opening a is provided for thedischarge of the chips or checks. Furthermore I prefer to provide a suitable aperturef in the partition F 'through'which the lower end of the chute G is arranged to project, and to providea supplemental in? clinedpassage 'r in the blockRinto which said chute G is arranged to discharge, and it,

. ceeded indrbpping a check or chip into the easing, which check or chip passes through follows therefore that 'whenaplayer'has sucthe chute E and serves to open, or to free the locking device, said check or chip will bedis charged fromthe chute G through the. passage r aud'theaperture a as soon asthe'push s button has been operated,

4 The manner of using my improved-game apparatus is asfollows: Anumber-ofplayers} provide themselves each with a given number of chips or checks, and drop the same through theslot in the top of the casing,,un-

til one player succeeds in freeing'the lockingdevice in the manner just described,;when he operates the push button and'thereby adjusts tli'ewheel so as to discharge the contents of one of the com partments thereof-'into the hop per B, when said chip or check-will bedischarged from the lower end of said hopper,

and through the opening a in the casing, said pla er also receiving back the chip or check which has served to free the locking device; admission of checks or chips, a plurality of Any suitable or desired scale of points may be agreed uponand-the checks or chips may eaoh represent a certain value or number of tions as desired. I preferhowever to employ in connection with the described apparatus a plurality of chips or checks provided with nu,mbers,-characters or other distinguishing with sheets or cards such as shown in Fig. 8,

with a column of figures,"charac ters or marks corresponding to those upon the chips or checks, and opposite said figures, characters or' marks, a column-of names of animals or names of the countries or localities where such animals or birds are found, and to the right of this column a column of blank spaces mercial use to which said animals or birds are column of figures representing the valuations of the difierent animals or birds, which valuations are of course arbitrarily"determined, and at the right of this column still anothercolumn of blank spaces for the insertion of amounts, with a space at the bottom of said column for a total. I

"In playing a game of points, each player is given a card or sheet-such as I have just described, said player writing his name in the "blank at the top ofthesheet. When a player has'been fortunate enough to free the lock-' ing device, and to obtain a'number of chips here or 1-characters in the left hand column corresponding to the numbers or characters upon thephips. or checks-which he has received, fills in the blank spaces,'in .the 001- or birds named, andin theright-hand column places the amounts designating ,theflvalues' thereof,

If desired a forfeit maybe imposed for a failure to properly fill in the spaces'in the birdswhich will be deductedfrom thetotal -number of points.

When all. the chips orchecks havebeen vcasing,havinga slot in'its upper end for the put, at the'right of which column appears a 1. ,A game apparatus comprisinga suitable points or they may. be given different valuamarks, and to employ in connection there-V each of said sheets or cards being provided birds, to the rightof which is a column of the..

for the insertioh'by the player of the comor checks, he checks off from the list the nun'iummwhich designates the uses of'the animals column devoted to the uses of the animalsor used, 'eacli player foots up the totai of the -amounts in the right hand column, and the I player-who has thelargest total after the deobstructions'in the path of said checks or chips, a wheel located in the lower part of the casing, and provided with a plurality oi. compartments for checks or chips, a locking device for normally holding said wheel stationary, a .chute adapted to receive checks or chips, and a lock freeing device adapted for engagement by a check or chip, which passes through said chute, and a device extending to the outside of the casing and, adapted for operation by hand, to free said locking dev1ce,. and effect a partial rotation of the wheel substantially as and for the purpose described.

2 A game apparatus comprising a suitable caslng, having in its upper end a slot for the insertion of checks or chips, a movable receptacle for checks orchips, in the lower part of the casing, a device for normally locking said receptacle from movement, a chute adapted to receivecertain of said chips or checks, a lock freeing device adapted for engagement by a check or chip which descends through said chute, and adapted to engage with and ad ust said receptacle and a device extending tothe outside of the casing and adapted for operation by hand to adjust said lock-freeing device, substantially as described.

3 Agame apparatus comprising a suitable casing, provided in its upper end with a slot for checks or chips, a plurality of obstruc trons in the path of said checks or chips a reg ceptacle for checks or chi ps' movably supported 1n thebottom of said casing, a device for normally holding said recepta le from move J ment, a chute adapted to receive certain of said checks or chips, a device adapted for engagement by a check 0! chip which passes through said chute, and adapted for operation by a suitable device which extends to the outside of the casing, to adjust said receptacle, so as to discharge its contents and a hop er'or receptacleadapted totreceive the disc arged checks or chips, and provided .with an outlet aperture through which said checks or chips may discharge from the easmg, substantially as described.

4 ,A,gal nc apparatus comprisingasuitable casing, provided in its upper endwith a slot for checks or'chips, a plurality of obstructlons in the path 'ofsaid checks or chips, a receptacle for checks or chips movably supported in the bottom of said casing, a device for normally holding. said receptacle from movement, a chute adapted to receive certainof said checks or chipsga device adapted for engagement by a check or chip which passes through said chute, and adapted for operation by a suitable device which extends to the outside of the casing, to adjust said receptacle, so as to discharge its contents and ahopper or receptacle adapted to receive the discharged checks or chips, and provided with an outlet aperture for the discharge of said checks or chips from the casing, the

to discharge into said hopper or receptacle, substantially as described.

5. Agame apparatus comprising a casing having a slot in its upper end for the insertion of checks or chips, a plurality of ob structions in the path of said checks or chips a receptacle for checks or chips movably supported in thebb'ttorn of the casing, a device for normally holding the receptacle from lower end of said chute being also arranged movement, a chute adapted to receive cer-,

tain of said checks or chips, a device adapted for engagement by a check or chip, which passes throughsaid chute, and adapted for operation bysuitable devices'extending to theoutside of the casing, to adjustsaid receptacle so as to discharge its contents, a

hopper, adapted, to receive the discharged checks or chips and provided with an outlet aperture for the discharge of said checks or chips from the casing, and a second chute adapted to receive certain of the checks or chips, and arranged to discharge intoa suitable compartment or receptacle within the casing substantially as described.- I

6. .A game apparatus comprising a casing A having a slot in its upper end, board 13, provided with obstructions b, arranged beneath said slot, the revoluble wheel D, adapted to receive checks or chips, .chute E leading into the back part ofthe casing, chute E leading to the locking mechanism, bell crank I, arnrL connectedwith said'bell crank and adapted to adjust the wheel by engagement with the wheel II on the axis thereof, push rod J engaged'with the bell crank andprovid ed with the push button J, and the hopper R- communicating with the discharge aperture a, and arranged to receive checks or chips discharged from the wheel D and thelocking'mechanism, substantially as clescribed.

In testimony whereofl sign this specifica= tion in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WV. BRONG.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. 'WILES, M. M. WILEs.

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