US628769A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

No. 628,769. Patented July II, |899.

A. N. CDSNER & G. L. MATHEWS.

GAME APPARATUS.

(Application led Hay 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

W/T'NESSES g@ /lv VEN Toffs ilsirrnn hlrA'rns AMSEY N. COSNER AND GILBERT l1. MATHEWS, OF NEWVTON, NEV JERSEY..

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,769, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed May 13, 1898i To @ZZ wil/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that we, AMSEY N. COSNER and GILBERT L. MATHEWS, of Newton, inthe county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a fulhclear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide an amusing game apparatus through the medium of which a game of shooting matches may be conducted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tilting chute. adapted to hold a rolling object, which object may be delivered upon a tray, and to provide a gun for the tray, the charge of which gun is to be fired at the rolling object while it is traversing the board.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. i

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game appa ratns. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionv taken through the gun substantially on the'line 2 2 of 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. eis a section on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the gun and a section through a portion of the board, illustrating the preferred manner of connecting the breech to the barrel; and Fig. 6 isa detail sectional elevation on line G 6 of Fig. 1.

A tray or hoard A constitutes the base ot' the appa1atus,which tray or bbard is provid ed with a marginal flange 10. At the junction of what may be termed the upper end of the board and one of the sides a lixed chute 11 is secured. This chute extends downward and inward longitudinally of the boardor base and is narrower at its lower end than at its upper end, being provided at its innerside edge with a flange 12, the outer side Vedge en gaging with the iange of the board or base. A tilting chute 13 is placed in close proximity to the fixed chute and at a right angle to it, receiving the object placed upon the fixed chute. This tilting chute extends trans- Vversely of the board or tray for a desired dissesti No. 630,598. cio modem 1 tance, its outer end being against the flange of the board or tray, which forms a protective margin for the fixed chute.

- The tiltingehute, as shown in Fig. 3, is upwardly inclined at its forward bottom portion, as shownat 15 in said ligure, and the said tilting` chute at each of its sides is provided with a marginal fiange 145 the flange which isl nearest the fixed chute being sho rter than the opposite or inner flange and terminating at the end of the liange 12 on the fixed chute.

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tilting chute is held normally in an upwardly i inclined position (shown in Fig. 1) by means of a spring 16, located at its lower inclined surface 15, fitting in a recess made in the said surface and having bearing against the upper face of the tray or board A, the spring being pivoted ou a staple 17 or its equivalent,which likewise serves as a pivotal bearing for the said tilting chute.

The outer end of the tilting chute may be or a fixed spindle 19, located in the bottomv of the tray and passing through a slot 2O in said bottom, as shown iu Fig. 4. A cord 21 or its equivalent is attached to the upwardlyextending member of the angle-lever l 8, which cord is carried in direction of' the rear end of the tray. r

Near the bottom edge of the tray and also near the side at which the chutes are located a gun B is pivotally placed. The casing or barrel of the gun is preferably open upon its bottom as well as at each end7 except that near the breech portion of the gun at the ,bottom a cross-bar 22 is rigidly secured to the barrel or Casin g, and preferablyintegral with the cross-bar a post 23 is constructed, pivotally mounted in the bot-tom of the tray and provided with a head or a cap-plate 24 of greater diameter than the post, the head or cap-plate being pivoted in the under surface of the bottom of the tray, as is alsoillustrated ICO in Fig. 2. It will thus be observed that the gun may be turned to point in any direction on the tray or board A.

A plunger 25 is fitted to slide in the barrel, being provided with a shank 26', which extends rearward, the shank being of less thickness than the plunger, so as to clear the crossbar 22. At the rear end of the shank of the plunger a breech-piece 27 is constructed,preferably integral with the said plunger-shank. This breech-piece is usually concaved upon opposite sides, so as to he readilygrasped by the thumb and finger ofa hand, and at its top the breech-piece is provided with a lug 26,' adapted to fit into a recess 29 made inthe upper breech portion of the barrel, as shown inFig. l. A spring 30 is passed through the breechpiece, as indicated at 32, and attached to hooks '33' or their equivalents on the outside of the barrel, the spring being so arranged that when the breech-piece is drawn in direction of the rearend of the tray or board,there by drawing the plunger 25 in the same direction, the said spring will be placed under tension.

In the operation of this game apparatus a small ball or marble is placed in the mouth of the gun-barrel, while a larger ball or marble is placed upon the iixed chute v11, from whence it will descend to the tilting chute 13, being held on said tilting chute by reason of its normally-upward inclination. The gun having been loaded, it is pointed to a predetermined point between the tilting chtite and the opposite side of the tray. The breechpiece is then drawn rearward or toward the operator, the ball in the gun following the receding movementof theplunger. The plunger is held in its rear position until' the cord 2l is drawn rearward, causing the horizontal member of the angle-lever to rise upward and carry in the same direction the outer end of the tilting chute, depressing its inner end and causing the ball or marble carried by the tilting chute to roll upon the tray. At that time the breech-piece of the plunger is released, and the ball or marble in the gun. is propelled with the intent of causing the impelled ball or marble to strike the ball or marble delivered from the tilting chtite. At the side of the board or tray opposite that at which the tilting chute is located and at the forward end of said tray a pocket 3l is formed, into which the balls or marbles from the gun or from the tilting chtite will find a resting-place. Preferably the forward end flange of the board or tray is inclined over the bottom thereof or in direction of the back, so as to force the balls or marbles to the pocket 3l and prevent them from jumping over the tray-flange.

Having thus described our invention, we

the tilting chute, thus inclining said tilting Y,

chute downwardly in a direction away from the fixed chute, to discharge the object upon the tray, and a gun located in the tray and varranged to face the path of' the object delivered by the tilting chute.

2. In a game apparatus, a tray, a fixed incline or chute, a tilting chute ranging crosswise of the fixed chute and pivoted about an axis extending longitudinally of the fixed chute, the tilting chute projecting at each side of said axis, one end of the tilting chute being arranged tobe in Contact when in its lower position, with the lower end of the fixed incline, so as to receive'objects therefrom and stop them, means for raising said end of the tilting chtite out of contact with the lower end of the fixed chute and above the pivot of the tilting chute, thus inclining said tilting f chutevdownwardly in a direction away from the xed chute, to discharge the object upon the tray, and a gun located in the tray and arranged to face the path of the object delivered bythe tilting chute.

3. ln a game apparatus, the combination, with a tray, a chute fixed on said tray, having a downward inclination, a pivoted or tilting chute also located on the tray, being placed in communication with the fixed chute and at an angle thereto, and a spring normally holding the inner end of the tilting chtite upwardly, imparting to the same a downward inclination in direction of the fixed chute, of a lift-lever in engagement with the normallydepressed end of the tilting chute, means for operating the said lift-lever, and a gun consisting of a barrel pivoted on the tray, and a spring-controlled plunger having sliding movement in said barrel and provided with a breech-piece arranged, when closed, for locking engagement with the barrel, the said tray being provided with a ^Harige extending over the bottoni at that portion where the chutes are located, the tray being also provided with a pocket at the side facing the said chutes, for the purpose set forth.

AMSEYT. COSNER. GILBERT L. MATHEVVS.

Witnesses:

EVA MAY CosNER, .Tassin G. Ron.

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