Year: 1899

page_text: Played.
I, ALFRED WEINTRAUD, of 2, Cripplegate Buildings; City of London, Ware-
houseman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved parlour game and apparatus to enable
such game to be played.
For the purpose of the game, I employ a round or square table, against which
from two to five players can be seated. Each player has a number of coloured
marbles or spheres of coloured glass corresponding to a number of other marbles
or spheres of smaller size which are thrown into a pedestal or carrier.
The spheres in the pedestal are intermixed preferably by a turn button, and
on the pedestal being rotated by a handle an opening is uncovered for one marble
or sphere only to fall or roll from it into an inclined rail as a race upon the table
and to run into a central hole from which it returns to the pedestal by a channel
underneath into a receiver. The marbles or spheres of glass in the pedestal are
not seen by the players while within it, and they i.e. the players therefore cannot
tell which colour marble is to be disengaged.
Around near the edge of the table, cups are fitted leading by other inclined
rails to the central hole, and the players on perceiving the colour of the dis-
charged marble rapidly lift a corresponding one of larger size from trays and
the first dropped into the cup rolls down its incline and blocks the central open-
ing, the quickness of sight in discerning the colour of the discharged smaller
marble by the players and the activity in the collection of a correspondingly
coloured marble from the tray and placing it in the cup and the final blocking of
the central hole enable a scoring to be made according to prescribed rules.
It is preferred that an extra person, a server, be engaged to place the smaller
balls in the pedestal and for discharging same singly through a flap door, so
that the actual players attention is not drawn away from, the game.
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The scoring may be by counters or by pegs which can be inserted into holes
at the top edge of the table.
Each set of balls in play may be differently numbered for easy identification.'
Such a game which I purpose calling "Dax" can be played. on a table, on or
against the edge of which the pedestal can be secured consisting of a cylinder of.
two parts, one to fit on the other. The lower part has a bevel wheel within it,
turnable by an outside handle to travel to a horizontal position on either side.
"The wheel gears into a pinion on the sleeve of a carrier, said carrier being of
circular formation. The base slightly conical is affixed to a vertical shaft which
passes through the sleeve and is stepped into the bottom of the casing, the conical
base inclining the marbles to its edge and against the wall of the carrier. This
carrier has a couple of hinged flaps and a guide shoot between which is a gan

page_text: separating their lower parts. This gap has a double inclined edge plate for
closing one of the flaps by rising on the edge, the upper flap being also closed
by bearing against a wedge piece at each movement of the handle while the
carrier is travelling over a portion of its motion to prevent the following balls
leaving, the selected ball being retained in the shoot until it reaches an outlet
in the upper cylinder. This is provided with a free fall flap to prevent the ball
so played from being seen by the players until it issues from the casing and is
running down the inclined rails to the hole in the centre of the table through
which it passes into a channel leading to near the server," where it re-enters
the casing by a curved descending tube into an open sided column from which
the balls are lifted at the termination of the game, or round to the top where the
balls in succession strike against a spring and are thereby forced into the upper
cylinder or casing and into the carrier for recommencing the game or round.
"
The upper casing has a screen slightly coned to lead the balls into the carrier,
and to prevent the balls taking up a regular position in the carrier to baffle the
players, a curved lip is fitted so that the order of the entering marbles becomes
broken up. The carrier shaft projects through the cover of the apparatus to
enable it to be spun round and so shift the position of the balls in the carrier
independently of the motion of the discharging handle.
The table is provided with drawers in which by removable or fixed trays the
several sets of balls can be kept apart and handy, the drawer being partitioned
off for holding the counters or scoring pegs.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Alfred Weintraud.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Parlour Game and Apparatus to Enable such Game to be
Played.
I, ALFRED WEINTRAUD, of 2, Cripplegate Buildings, City of London, Ware-
.houseman, 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:-
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This invention relates to an improved parlour game and apparatus to enable
such game to be played.
My invention is clearly illustrated in the annexed drawings, Figure 1 being
an elevation partly in section of an apparatus complete for playing the game, and
consisting of the table fitted with the pedestal.
Figure 2 is a plan of same.
Figures 3 and 4 are elevation and sectional elevations respectively of the de-
tached pedestal with horizontal carrier.
Figure 5 is a sectional plan through line x, x, of Figure 4.
Figures 6 and 7 are elevation and plan respectively of carrier and door closing
arrangement.
Figures 8, 9, and 10 are respectively part sectional elevation, sectional eleva-
tion, and sectional plan on lines y, y, z, z, of a modified arrangement of horizontal
carrier pedestal.

page_text: Figure 11 is a side section and Figure 12 a back view partly in section of a
pedestal in which the marble carrier arranged vertically instead of horizontally.
The same letters of reference identify corresponding parts in all the drawings.
For the purpose of the game, I employ a round table A, as in Figures 1 and 2,
or it may be square, against which from two to five players can be seated. Each
player has a number of coloured marbles or spheres of coloured glass correspond-
ing to a number of other coloured marbles or spheres of smaller size which are
thrown into a pedestal B, or carrier.
The spheres C in the pedestal are intermixed preferably by a turn button 1),
and on the carrier E of the pedestal being rotated by a handle F an opening is
uncovered for one marble or sphere only to fall or roll from it into an inclined
rail G upon the table A and to run into a central hole H, from which it returns
to the pedestal B by a channel I underneath into a receiver J. The marbles or
spheres C of glass in the pedestal B are not seen by the players while within it,
and they .e. the players therefore cannot tell which colour marble is to be
disengaged.
Around near the edge of the table A, cups K are fitted leading by other inclined
rails L to the central hole H, and the players on perceiving the colour of the
discharged marble rapidly lift a corresponding one of larger size from trays and
the first dropped in to one of the cups K rolls down its incline L and blocks the
central opening H which may be enclosed by a bridge H¹ with openings for
the passage of the balls to the central hole, the quickness of sight in discerning the
colour of the discharged smaller marble by the players, and the activity in the
collection of a corresponding coloured marble from the tray and placing it in the
cup K, and the final blocking of the central hole H enable a scoring to be made
according to prescribed rules.
It is preferred that an extra person, a server, be engaged to place the smaller
balls in the pedestal B and for discharging same singly through a flap door M,
so that the actual players attention is not drawn away from the game.
The scoring may be by counters or by pegs which can be inserted into holes
at the top edge of the table.
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Each set of balls in play may be differently numbered for easy identification,
and in some cases the inclined rails for the spheres of the players may be dis-
pensed with, the spheres or balls being pushed or struck by cues towards the
central hole, or with the object of hitting with the players ball the ball emana-
ting from the machine or pedestal before it has had time to escape down the
central hole.
Such a game which I purpose calling "Dax" can be played on a table A, on
or against the edge of which the pedestal B can be secured consisting of a cylinder
of two parts, one N to fit on the other P. The lower part has a bevel wheel Q
within it turnable by an outside handle F which can only travel to a horizontal
position on either side, where it is arrested by the stop pin F as shown in
Figures 3 and 4. The wheel gears into a pinion S on the sleeve T of a
carrier E, said carrier being of circular formation.
The base V slightly concave is affixed to a vertical shaft W which passes through
the sleeve and is stepped into the bottom of the casing, as at X, the conical base V
inclining the marbles C to its edge and against the wall of the carrier E. This
carrier shown in the detail views, Figures 6 and 7, has a couple of hinged flaps Y
and Y¹ and a guide shoot Z between which is a gap a separating their lower
bparts.
This gap a has a double inclined edge plate fixed to the support c for closing
one of the flaps Y¹ by rising on the inclined edge, the upper flap Y being also
closed by bearing against a wedge piece d at each movement of the handle while
the carrier E is travelling over a portion of its motion to prevent the following
5 balls leaving, the selected ball being retained in the shoot Z until it reaches an
outlet e in the upper cylinder N. This is provided with a free fall flap M to
prevent the ball so played from being seen by the players until it issues from the

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casing and is running down the inclined rail G to the hole H in the centre of
the table through which it passes into a channel I leading to near. the server,
where it re-enters the casing by a curved descending tube J into an open sided
column g from which at the termination of the game or round the balls are lifted
to the top where the balls in succession strike against a spring h and are thereby
forced into the upper cylinder or casing N at i and into the carrier E for recom-
mencing the game or round.
The upper casing N has a screen k slightly coned to lead the balls into the
carrier E and to prevent the balls taking up a regular position in the carrier to
baffle the players, a curved lip is fitted so that the order of the entering marbles
become broken up.
The carrier shaft W projects through the cover of the apparatus to enable it
to be spun round and so shift the position of the balls in the carrier independently
of the motion of the discharging handle F.
The table A is provided with drawers m in which by removable or fixed trays
the several sets of balls can be kept apart and handy, the drawer being partitioned
off for holding the counters or scoring pegs.
In the arrangement of pedestal B shown in Figures 8, 9, and 10, the spheres or
balls C after being shifted in their position on the base V in the carrier E by
spinning the carrier shaft or spindle W, are lifted by the shaft and the base until
they reach the level of the opening for the ball which is nearest to fall through
the opening into the shoot Z and received on the movable bottom Z operated by the
guide g and the cross piece 2 which also carries the guide and adjustable counter
balance or stop s.
The spindle W and base V carrying the remaining balls are then lowered, the
separated ball in the shoot Z dropping until it arrives opposite the outlet e to
push past the fall flap M and escape onto the inclined rail G to the central hole H
in the table A.
Instead of revolving the carrier E horizontally, I sometimes revolve it vertically
(Figures 11 and 12) within the ring casing Ni on trunnion bearings t, t, by the,
handle u.
The balls are fed from the open column g through the opening 2 into the
carrier E when its wider part is downwards. The carrier is then revolved within
the race of the ring casing N' until on its narrow end nearly reaching the bottom
position, the inclined edge of the spring divider Y enters the notch and
separates the uppermost balls from the lowest, when the latter may be released
by a turn of the handle operating the flap door for escape by the shoot /
and outlet door M in the front of the pedestal B into the inclined rail G. on the
table.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The improved parlour game and apparatus to enable such game to be played,
consisting of a table fitted with radial inclined rails for leading balls to a central
hole which is connected with a return channel in communication with an open
sided feed column on a mixing pedestal attached or fitted to the table, said
pedestal comprising a revolvable mixing carrier mounted on a shaft or axle with
opening or outlet for escape of a single sphere or ball at a time into a shoot.for
its final issue through a flap door to the outside of the casing of the pedestal...
2. In an improved parlour game and apparatus connected therewith, the means
of mixing a number of different coloured or marked balls and allowing one of
them without any control to be mechanically separated from the others and con-
ducted to outside the apparatus as described for the purpose set forth.
2. The improved parlour game consisting of the mixing by a
number of coloured or marked balls in a closed chamber from which a single ball
which cannot be controlled or selected may escape onto a table into a central hole,
server
of a

page_text: and the quick selection by the players of a corresponding coloured or marked ball
from a number of balls with which each player is provided with the object of
being the first to occupy the central hole after the "served" ball has passed
through the successful player scoring according to the rules.
The 27th day of February 1980
R. CORE GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Alfred Weintraud.
R. CORE GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Alfred Weintraud.