Card Game Marker.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 30th July, 1892-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
A Card Game Marker.
We, ROBERT FREDERICK FOSTER, of 25 Union Square, New York City,
United States of America, Gentleman, and MONTAGUE GOODALL, 24 Great
College Street, Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to an improved card game marker and is intended to
provide a simple apparatus for shewing the state of the game both as regards the
number of tricks and the number of points.
In carrying our said invention into practice we provide a base of wood of
suitable size and thickness, preferably rectangular in form. Each of the long sides
is furnished with recesses in which marking blocks preferably made of wood are
pivoted and a spring is adapted to bear against each block so as to keep the same
in one or other of two positions. The said blocks have one side suitably dis-
tinguished from the other adjacent side and from the base piece and the blocks.are
so arranged that one of these two sides shall always be scen level with the upper
face of the base. It is to be understood that when a trick or point is to be
registered the distinguishing face of a block, is turned level with the base, thus
the state of the score is shown at a glance by the number of distinguishing faces
seen on the marker.
The great advantage possessed by our improved marker arises from the fact that
the marking blocks never stand up above the face of the base piece, but are always
level therewith; they are consequently not liable to be accidentally displaced, and
are morcover very easily visible from a distance. The marking pieces of some
markers in common use when raised are liable to be knocked down accidentally
and moreover from some points of view it is not easy to see at a glance how many
points are registered, they are therefore liable to deceive a player who may only
take a cursory glance thereat. The marking blocks are capable of being turned
back simultaneously.
We make our improved markers of any sort of wood or of ivory, mother-of-pearl
or any other suitable materials.
We prefer to use the markers in sets of two made from different woods or
materials in order to distinguish the same, for example we may make one with a
walnut base and ebony blocks and the other with an ebony base and walnut blocks,
the distinguished or marking sides of the blocks being faced with ivory for example,
or otherwise suitably distinguished from the other face and the base piece.
Dated this 26th day of March 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Card Game Marker.
We, ROBERT FREDERICK FOSTER, of 25 Union Square, New York, United
States of America, Gentleman, and MONTAGUE GOODALL, of 24 Great College
Street, Camden Town, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to an improved card game marker and is intended to

page_text: provide a simple apparatus for shewing the state of the game both as regards the
number of tricks and the number of points.
In our improved marker the marking pieces do not project above the level of
the base piece.
In the accompanying drawings we have shown our invention as applied to a whist
marker by way of example though it is to be observed that it can be equally well
applied to markers for other card games.
Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved marker and
Figure 2 is section on the line 2-2 Figure 1.
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A is a wooden base furnished with recesses A in which marking blocks B
preferably made of wood are pivoted on the wire C. A spring D is provided to
bear against each block B so as to keep the same in one or other of two positions.
The blocks B have one side B₁ suitably distinguished from the other adjacent
side Band from the surface of the base piece A, as for instance the distinguishing
face of the block may be light and the other face and the base piece dark, or vice
cersa or the distinguishing mark may be a, numeral, When a trick or point is to
be registered, the distinguishing or marking face is turned level with the base as
shewn in the right hand side of Figure 2, thus the state of the score is shewn at a
glance by the number of distinguishing faces seen on the marker. In some cases
where the faces are provided with numbers the score is indicated by the sum of the
numbers that are visible or by the highest number visible.
:
The great advantage possessed by our improved marker arises from the fact that
the marking blocks never stand up above the face of the base piece, but are always
level therewith. They are consequently not liable to be accidentally displaced and
are morcover very easily visible from any position at the table.
The marking
pieces of some markers in general use when faised are liable to be knocked down
accidentally and moreover from certain points of view it is not easily seen how
many points are registered the player may therefore be deceived if he take only a
cursory glance thereat. The marking blocks are capable of being simultaneously
turned back by simply pressing their edges on the table.
We make our improved markers of any sort of wood or of ivory, mother-of-
pearl or any other suitable material.
:
The markers are preferably used in sets of two for card games and we prefer to
use different woods or materials for the two markers in order to distinguish the same,
for example we may make one with a walnut base and ebony blocks and the other
with an ebony base and walnut blocks, the distinguished or marking sides of the
blocks being in both cases faced with ivory.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that. what we
claim is
A card game marker constructed substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.