US552694A

US552694A - Game-board

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Publication number: US552694A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1913-01-07

Description

(.No Model.) Y sheets-sheet 1. P. S. MGGEE:

GAME BOARD.

No. 552,694. Patented Jam. 7, 1896.

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(No Model.) 2 sheets- Sheet 2.

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10.552,694. Patented m1111896.

ANDREW BVGRAHAM. PHOTO-IJUIDWASHINGTDND C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK s. MceEE, on DoDGEvILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAM EHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of :Letters Patent No. 552,694, dated January 7, 1896. Application liled August l5, 1895. Serial No. 559,421. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PATRICK S. MCGEE, residing at Dodgeville, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain newand useful improvements in game-boards or puzzles; and it consists of a circular base A, having an upwardly-projecting flange a, extending around to its outer edge and with a series of ten chambers h placed equidistant from one another.

In the center of the circular base A is a revolving turret B which has also upwardlyprojecting flanges made thereon to hold the balls, and a socket f is formed on the innerlange to hold the spring e for throwing the ball, said spring having a rod g riveted thereon and passing loosely through the op posite side, said rod being used or manipulated by the player.

The object of this game-board is to place the balls o, thrown one by one from the turret or monitor, into the concaves z' of the .outer chambers.

passing between the deleetors l and resting in the concave the front of the turret having sides p extending from the circular ilange to more accurately guide the balls as they are thrown out from the turret.

In commencing the game (see Fig. l) the player by tilting and shaking must bring the balls within the open circle c of the revolving turret. This operation, which maybe termed loading the monitor, is to be done without turning the movable disk or turret. We will now assume that, the balls being all in the circular inclosure c of the revolving tur-V ret, one ball rolls into the concave fn. The gunner then steers the turret around to position by the rod g. He then draws on the rod, which in turn compresses the spring e, and lets go of the rod, and by the proper manipulation the spring will carry the ball into the concave c' of the outer chamber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The herein described toy, consisting'of the circular base A, having an upwardly projecting flange extending around its periphery and having a series of chambers h, with a concave c', in each of said chambers to hold the ball, and the deilectors K, with the central revolving turret B, said turret havingcircular flanges to form an inclosure to hold the balls in place, with a concave n, in said turret base to hold the ball in position, and the spring e, with rod g, attached thereto for manipulating the ball, substantially as set forth. PATRICK S. MCGEE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES T. I-IANNIGAN, FREDERIC A. GREENE.