A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1895-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
IGNAZ SULZBACHER, of the Firm of Oppenheimer and Sulzbacher, of 18 Stein-
buchler Strasse Nuremberg, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new game and apparatus for playing the same to
which I have given the name of "Tableaux Vivants."
In carrying out my invention I employ a kind of stage consisting of a box or
case having an opening in the front, the whole being preferably made to represent
"Punch and Judy show."
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To the bottom of the opening on the inside of the stage I hinge a number of
strips of cardboard or other suitable material on which are representations of heads
or other figures or devices. The top of each of the strips is furnished with a pin
or other suitable projection adapted to enter into an eye on a wire or other rod
hinged to the back part of the bottom of the box or case, in such a manner that
when the pins are in the eyes the figure strips are held horizontally in the box or
case below the level of the opening in the same whilst the wire or other rods
project upwards from the strips.
The hinges by which the figure strips are attached to the bottom of the opening
are provided with india-rubber or other suitable springs which normally tend to
raise the strips.
The game is played by causing counters or the like to fly through the opening
and to strike the wire rods, thereby releasing the figures which spring upwards
under the action of their springs, the impulse being preferably imparted to the
counters by nipping them with another counter or other instrument in the well
known manner.
For convenience of packing the stage is made to fold up.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
I, IGNAZ SULZBACHER, of the Firm of Oppenheimer and Sulzbacher, of
18, Steinbuchler Strasse, Nuremberg, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturers,
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 :-
This invention relates to a new game and apparatus for playing the same to
which I have given the name of "Tableaux Vivants."
In carrying out my invention I employ a kind of stage consisting of a box or
case having an opening in the front, the whole being preferably made to represent
& Punch and Judy show."
"
To the bottom of the opening on the inside of the stage I hinge a number of
strips of cardboard or other suitable material on which are representations of
heads or other figures or devices. The top of each of the strips is furnished with

page_text: a pin or other suitable projection adapted to enter into an eye on a wire or other
rod hinged to the back part of the bottom of the box or case in such a manner
that when the pins are in the eyes the figure strips are held horizontally in the box
or case below the level of the opening in the same whilst the wire or other rods
project upwards from the strips.
The hinges by which the figure strips are attached to the bottom of the opening
are provided with india-rubber or other suitable springs which normally tend to
raise the strips.
The game is played by causing counters or the like to fly through the opening
and to strike the wire rods, thereby releasing the figures which spring upwards
under the action of their springs, the impulse being preferably imparted to the
counters by nipping them with another counter or other instrument in the well
known manner.
For convenience of packing the stage is made to fold up.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :—
Figure 1 is a front view of the apparatus for use in playing my new game.
Figure 2 a plan of the same.
Figure 3 a vertical section on the line 3-3 Figure 1.
a is the bottom of the box or case preferably made of sheet metal and provided
with projecting lips b, b into which the bottom ends of the front c, provided with
the opening e', and sides d, d of the said box or case are adapted to be inserted,
the said front c and sides d, d being preferably made in one piece and collapsable.
e, e, e are the figure strips provided at the top with the pins f, f, fand attached
at their lower ends in any suitable manner such as by pins or clips f f f to the
india-rubber strip g which is fixed to a strip of wood h glued or otherwise attached
to the front c at the bottom of the opening c¹ the said india-rubber strip serving as
a spring normally tending to raise the strips to the position shewn in dotted lines
in Figures 1 and 3.
i, i, i are the wire or other rods hinged to the bottom a of the box or case and
provided with eyes j, j, j adapted to receive the pins on the figure strips e, e, e
and hold the latter in a horizontal position in the box or case below the lower
edge of the opening e' in the front c of the same as in Figure 3. The upper ends
of the wire or other rods i, i, i project above the lower edge of the opening c¹ as in
Figures 1 and 3 so that when a counter is caused to pass through the opening and
to strike one of the rods i, i, i the corresponding figure strip will be released and
allowed to spring upwards under the action of the india-rubber strip g into the
position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The new game hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
2. The manufacture and use, for playing the hereinbefore described new game,
of a box or case having an opening in the front, figure strips hinged inside the box
by means of an india-rubber strip or other suitable spring-hinge to the front of the
same and below the lower edge of the opening, the said figure strips being
provided at their upper ends with pins adapted to enter into eyes in wire or other
rods hinged to the bottom of the said box or case, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
Dated the 27th day of Lul. 1905
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.