US916564A - Score-card and calendar. - Google Patents

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F. J. KRISTOFEK.

SCORE GARD AND CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.5,1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1908. 91 6,554, Patented Mar. 3o, 1909.

INVENTOR WITNESSES; W, (771% M UNITE@ GOSHOUTON, Ot l lt),

A CORPOHJYPION Ol" Nllw' JERSEY.

SCORECA'RD .AND CALENDAR.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lle it known that l, Fu-.Nu J. lnis'i'nrnu, n citizen ot' the tlnited Flutes; residing` in (loshoeton, in the county ot toshoetou und State o'll Ohio. here invented certain new and `nsetnl lniprorenients in Seoreftlnrils und (lalendnrsv7 oi which the t'ollo\\'in;j is n specitication.

lly intention aims to proride an iniprored device tor keepingthe .st-ore ot'ganies und tor showing;l also a rnlendar or srliednle ot' mines between ditierent elnns.

ln the preferred arrangeinenl ol' the derive it is specially adopted tor keepingl tias-w lmll scores und tfor showingl the srhednle ot nimes 'for :iny rlnh or ifliill throughout a season. rlhe `several capabilities' ol' the derire :ire etfeoted in u \'er \f simili ronipnss und with a Very light :ind zittrurtireconstruction.

Other tentures of advantage are referred to in detail hereinafter.

Fig'nret ot' the aiu'fonipnnyingl' drawings is n tare riew ot n derive emhtnlying the invention. l"i;'. Q is a rross-seetion on the line '---2 o'l" Fig. t. Fig. it is a riew ot the lower or underneuth disk. the 'l'ront disk heine removed. hij. slis :i 'l'aee View o1' one oi' the counters removed troni its att=.irlu'.ient to the iront disk. Fig. is' u tare rit-w ot' :mother embodiment. of the invention.

Referring to the enihndinient ol" this -n- Yention illustrated and lirst to Figs. t to the front plate or disk has piroted to it hy ineens ot' a hollow riret l. a rear plate C. The liront pluto is provided with a series ot slots I.) itt one eide, nud ll :it the opposite side. (or nny other desired arrangiL nient otthese two series ot' slots relatively to each other niny he used). ln line with these slotsl nre nrranged the nonies ot' the` months through which the Schedule runs. :is ApriL Mnyf Junor`7 ete., :ind alongside of the outerniostslot is nrmng'ed`tlw word Club At the side of the series ot slots D and E opposite the naines of the months, is indicated the naine ot the one elub'whose schedule is to be followed. The twojopposite series of slots muy lie used l'or two ditl'erent clubs or 'l'or two halves ot the schedule of one eluh. rlhe former use. is indicated in the embodiment ot the invention illustrated. one Series ot" slots heiney it'or thc Boston Nationals ut llonie7 und the other series beine- `for the Boston Amer-irons nt Home. v 'Ihen'nderneath plete' or disk C is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 5. i908.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Serial No. 419,399.

prorided with Columns ot printed indien- :ionsy eoirespoiuling to the r-lot's l) und ll, :liowinu :it the head otl euch column the partieulnr elul who-;e dates with the. hoine eluh are to he iiidirated. and showing down the eohunn the dnys ot the months, so that these letter :arrange themselves alongside of the narines ot the months on the Vfront plate :1nd aire risihle through the slots. For eonrenienee only two such. roluinusI are full)v indirnted in the dran'infggs, hut it will he understood tlmt the rear plate (Il euri-ies` :i nuuiher ot' sueh rolurnns tas shown in dotted lines) eorresponding with the number ot" eluhsl whose schedule is to lie determined. minusl the one eluli whose naine is indicated on the lront disk. i

point ot particular advantage in perinittinf; the use ot the saine device, for two ditterent schedules is the staggering of the slots l) relntirely to the slots lt), so that the solid portions l." between the slots D correspond in their respective distances 'from the center with the slots E, and the solid portionsI (l between the latter series of slots correspond in their radial distances with the sereral slots l). 'lhe lines printed on the rear plate C :ire likewise staggered relativel)1 to eaehrother so that one column corresponds with the slots ll and is risible only when it is in line with the slots E, :1nd the other column ris yisihle only when under the slots I). ',lheretore there cnn be no confusion of a eolunin printed on tht` rear plate with the wrong series ol? slots.y and where two schedules or two ports olI one schedule are to he kept, they will he independent ot euch other. lt: ity is desired to lit-ep further schedules with n single derive, as. for example, to keep the schedule. oil`V any one ot' the clubs abroad, :i plate siinilanto the front plate A might he piroted at the reur ofthe plate C and properly slotted, :ind this latter plate might he printed with Suitable indications on its rear face.

utilize the space between the tapering columns of slots D und E for a' series of disks Il, .l :1nd K, each of which is pivoted only to the frontdisk A, and thus avoids any interference with the rotation of the rear disk relatively to thc front one. At the suine time these three subsidiary disks Il', .l und K nre kept ont; of Sight' and protected hy their positions between the two inain disks A and C. These disks are used i'or scoring. For example, the disk H may carry a series of numerals from l to l2 (see Fig. et), which, as the disk is rotated, become successively visible through an open ing L in the front disk A. The disk J may carry a similar series of numbers which become successively Yvisible through the opening M in the front plate as the disk J is rotated. The disk K may also carry any suitable series of figures which are made visible through an opening N. These several disks areipivoted as by means of hollow rivets O in such positions that their edges project slightly beyond the edge of the front disk A so that the edges oft' the subsidiary disks may be engaged by the finger in order to turn the disks to desired positions. The several disks H, J and K may be utilized for keeping score of various items, such, for example, as the runs of the home club, the runs of the visiting club, i and the number of innings.

The device is especially adapted for use as an advertising novelty, a substantial space 'being provided between the several indications on the i'ace of the front-disk as well upon the back ot' the rear disk. A great advantage of the arrangement of the several features is that they may all be used at once. hey are independent of each other, the counters being capable of being worked separately without interfering with each other or with the schedules. By a suitable modification of the several indications printed on the device, and in some cases a variation in the number vand arrangement of the` slots and disks, the device may be read-ily adapted for any and all games, such, for example, as polo, bowling, etc. The disks are preferably made of Celluloid or similar material which is comparatively smooth so as to oder little resistance to rotation, and which at the same time will notwear out rapidly on its edges nor become soiled so quickly as 'to be unattractive.

W here the number oit lines required vfor each schedule is fewer than that shown in Fig'. l, or the diameter or" the device is made large enough relatively to the lines of the schedule, the slots in the tace plate A may be widened as at D D2, Fig. 5, so that each l slot may be wide enough to show all the dates of the ,schedule of the home club with any one of the visiting clubs. In this case it is not necessary to adopt the number of slots shown in Fig. l, or to stagger them, since as shown in Fig. 5 the slots D D2 may be used for the respective home clubs. as for example the Boston Americans and Boston Nationals. The outermost slot D3 which shows the name of the visiting club whose schedule appears below may be in fact a notch in the edge ofthe front disk, having no outer wall. `With this arrangement of a single column of slots in the face card, two disks H and J may be arranged at the sides of this column, and these disks as well as the lower disk K may be slightly scalloped on the edge so as to make it possible to turn them easily and Without having to project them far vbeyond the edge of the larger disk.

ln each of the forms shown any interference of the two schedules with each other is avoided by having the slots for the'dif- 'ferent schedules in' dilierent circular lin'es; that is to say, at different distances from the center.

l/Vhat l claim is ln combination, a pair of disks one carrying the names of two home clubs, and the other carrying a series of columns each containing the name of another club and a series of dates, the lfront disk having apertures corresponding to the two home clubs, and the parts being so arranged that upon the rotation of the disks relatively to each other the apertures will show the schedules ot' the clubs Whose ames are printed on the front disk with the several clubs Whose naines appe r through the apertures in the front disk, the apertures for the two home clubs being at different distances from the center.

in Witness whereof, l have hereunto sigi'led my naine in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J; KRISTCFEK.

lllitnesses Lona SMITH, FRANK E. Pomnumu.

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